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Back in March, Spoonflower, an on-demand, digital printing company, reported 30% year-over-year growth in the first quarter. By most standards, it was poised for a "nice" year going forward, says its CEO Michael Jones. Then the pandemic hit. “We saw a little bit of a slow down for
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A year after setting up second headquarters in North Carolina, personal health startup Well Dot is getting ready to scale. On Monday, the firm, which has home offices in Chapel Hill and Newton, Massachusetts, announced it had landed $40 million in first-round funding. Well's backers include well-known Silicon
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Raleigh-based Pendo is expanding its footprint into the Asia-Pacific. Despite the on-going pandemic, the cloud tech startup is opening offices in Tokyo, Japan and Sydney, Australia. The uptick: Pendo will employ more than 20 people in Asia over the next two years, in roles spanning sales, marketing, customer success, and
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As the pandemic worsens and safety nets vanish, millions are on the brink of financial ruin. Some are facing the threat of eviction or foreclosure. Most can’t afford a lawyer to represent them. That’s where Courtroom5 comes in. This Durham-based, Black-owned startup offers a step-by-step “legal toolbox,” powered
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With contractors and interior designers not allowed to physically set foot in their clients’ spaces due to COVID-19, executing design projects has become difficult at best. But a small North Carolina startup is working to change that. Enter Intiaro, a 3D visualization firm based out of Greensboro, North Carolina. Located
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A Charlotte fintech startup, flush with $8.7 million in new funding, is launching its own platform aimed at making us all philanthropists. Amicus.io is focused on “democratizing” donor-advised funds (DAF). This week, it unveiled its first product, DAF 2.0 — a platform, it says, allows consumer banks to