Top Startups in North Carolina
See the top North Carolina startups that raised capital this year, from Flexential to Teamworks. Check out the full list and map of the NC tech scene.
- 01Information Technology • Other•North Carolina$1BEquity
Flexential, a data center infrastructure provider, raised approximately $1 billion in primary equity via a continuation vehicle and strategic investment from GI Partners’ GI Data Infrastructure, with participation from Hamilton Lane and Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners.
- 02Hardware • Internet Services•North Carolina$575MEquity
National fiber broadband builder Brightspeed priced a $575M capital offering, incremental to $3.7B raised in 2024.
- 03Data and Analytics • Real Estate•North Carolina$300MEquity
AI-driven community association platform Vantaca secured a $300 + million minority growth investment led by Cove Hill Partners with participation from JMI Equity at a $1.25 billion valuation.
- 04Education • Information Technology•North Carolina$235MSeries F
Sports operating-system startup Teamworks raised a $235M Series F led by Dragoneer Investment Group at a pre-money valuation above $1B (primary and secondary).
- 05Blockchain and Cryptocurrency • Financial Services•North Carolina$200MEquity
Digital-asset tokenization firm FG Nexus raised a $200 million funding round from undisclosed investors.
- 06Biotechnology • Health Care•North Carolina$130MSeries A
Migraine-focused biotech Slate Medicines raised a $130 million Series A equity round led by RA Capital Management, Forbion, and Foresite Capital.
- 07Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•North Carolina$104MEquity
Durham-based personalized orthopedic implant maker restor3d raised a $104M strategic investment: $65M minority equity from Partners Group and $39M from existing shareholders.
- 08Agriculture and Farming • Biotechnology•North Carolina$100MEquity
Food-production tech startup TARGAN raised a $100 million growth financing round from Symbiotic Capital.
- 09Blockchain and Cryptocurrency • Financial Services•North Carolina$72MEquity
Blockchain bank N3XT raised $72 million across three funding rounds from Paradigm, HACK VC, Winklevoss Capital, and other investors.
- 10Energy • Hardware•North Carolina$60MSeries A
Solid-state transformer startup DG Matrix raised a $60 million Series A led by Engine Ventures with participation from ABB, Cerberus Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures, Clean Energy Ventures, Fine Structure Ventures, Helios Climate Ventures, MCJ, and Piedmont Capital.
- 11Consumer Electronics • Financial Services•North Carolina$58MSeries C
AI-driven wealth management platform Eton Solutions raised a $58M Series C in two tranches led by Navis Capital Partners, a repeat investor.
- 12Biotechnology • Health Care•North Carolina$45MEquity
AI-drug-discovery firm Ten63 Therapeutics raised a $45 M strategic investment from Chugai Venture Fund and the Gates Foundation.
- 13Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Data and Analytics•North Carolina$40MSeries A
Fastbreak AI, an AI-driven sports scheduling platform, raised a $40M Series A equity round led by Greycroft and GTMfund with participation from the NBA, NHL, TMRW Sports and several professional athletes.
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Data and Analytics • Design•North Carolina$34MEquityProcurement-intelligence firm Beroe raised a $34 million primary equity round led by Relativity Resilience Fund with participation from Mukul Agrawal, Ashish Kacholia, Lashit Sanghvi and Alchemy Long Term Ventures Fund.
- 15Manufacturing•North Carolina$25MEquity
IperionX, a titanium manufacturing and 3D-printing startup, secured an additional $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense’s IBAS program.
- 16Biotechnology • Health Care•North Carolina$25MSeries A
Ammortal, a recovery-tech maker of a $160,000 immersive recovery chamber, secured investments from seven professional athletes including Mike Trout, Freddie Freeman, Alex Bregman, Garrett Stubbs, George Kittle, Matt Chapman and Bode Miller.
- 17Manufacturing • Real Estate•North Carolina$22MSeries B
Carbon-negative materials startup Plantd raised a $22 million Series B round from undisclosed investors.
- 18Consumer Electronics • Hardware•North Carolina$20MEquity
AI-driven partner-ecosystem platform Unifyr raised a $20 million strategic growth investment led by Investcorp Technology Partners Fund V.
- 19Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Consumer Electronics•North Carolina$20MSeries B
Lucid Bots, a provider of a platform for autonomous exterior cleaning, raised $20M in a Series B led by Cubit Capital and Idea Fund Partners with participation from Taylor Rhodes, WaterStone Impact Fund, Front Porch Ventures and existing investors
- 20Food and Beverage • Information Technology•North Carolina$20MEquity
Sennos, an AI sensing, precision hardware, analytics and automation company for the fluidics and fermentation industries, raised $20 million in a strategic funding round led by TomEnterprise with participation from investor Jan Ståhlberg
