Last updated · 2026-05-04

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Triangle Startups is a free public reference for startups, founders, funding, and signals across Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, and RTP. The intent is that you can use it: read it, link to it, share screenshots in DMs, cite a fact, paste a paragraph into your notes. Most of what people want to do here is fine. The rest of this page is the part that is not obvious.

What you can do

  • Read everything on the public site without signing in.
  • Link to any page. Permalinks are stable.
  • Quote a paragraph or two with attribution back to the source page.
  • Share screenshots and links in DMs, Slack, Discord, group chats, wherever.
  • Cite Triangle Startups in your own writing, podcast, deck, or report. A backlink is appreciated when the surface supports one.

What to ask first

  • Bulk-scraping the site to populate a competing directory. The robots.txt names which automated crawlers are welcome (LLMs, search engines, social previews); other automated traffic that hits a rate limit will see a 429.
  • Republishing a substantial portion of the data, copy, or research. Quoting a fact with attribution is fine; lifting whole sections is not.
  • Training a paid, redistributable product on the database. Public-web LLM training crawlers indexing the site is fine; a competitor pulling the data wholesale is a conversation.
  • Republishing editorial framings under a different byline. Reportable facts are facts. Reads on a company carry a byline for a reason.

Data requests

CSV exports, structured data, API access, research collaborations: trianglestartups@gmail.com. Default answer for founders, operators, and reporters in the Triangle is yes. Default answer for other directories looking to lift the data is a conversation first.

Corrections

If a fact, framing, or attribution on the platform is wrong, email trianglestartups@gmail.com. Operator-feedback defaults to correct; ask for the data that supports the correction and the page updates.

Sources

Funding data is sourced from original press releases, GlobeNewswire, GrepBeat, Tweener Times, and WRAL TechWire when accessible. Founder and company facts come from public filings, public profiles, networking conversations, and direct outreach. Crunchbase is not a source. Editorial framings carry a byline; reportable facts cite the source.

Changes

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