Funded Startups in North Carolina
Across the 50 most recent North Carolina-funded entries (oldest shown: 2025-01-23; most recent: Ohanafy on 2025-11-27), one disclosed round stands far abov…
Across the 50 most recent North Carolina-funded entries (oldest shown: 2025-01-23; most recent: Ohanafy on 2025-11-27), one disclosed round stands far above the pack: Vantaca’s $300M private equity round (2025-10-18) dwarfs the next-largest disclosed amount, Ubiquity’s $350M hardware round (2025-05-13). By contrast, several much smaller disclosed checks cluster near the bottom of the disclosed range, including $10K The ReCollective (2025-05-01) and $30K Housing Assistance Corporation (2025-04-10).
The list also shows concentration by theme and time: many deals are “Series Unknown” (24 of 50 rows), and biotech appears repeatedly (four biotech rows: Incyclix Bio $11M on 2025-08-22; Opus Genetics $2M on 2025-06-23; Lamassu Pharma $3M on 2025-06-03; Atsena Therapeutics $150M on 2025-04-02). Geographically, the Charlotte and Durham pair repeatedly appears as the likely deal corridor, with multiple rounds in each city spanning April–November 2025, while Wilmington, Raleigh, and Asheville contribute smaller but noticeable pockets.
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What stands out as the largest disclosed round in this North Carolina list, and how does it compare with the rest of the disclosed checks?
Vantaca’s $300M private equity round on 2025-10-18 is the largest disclosed amount in the October portion of the timeline, and it sits well above the next-largest disclosed checks such as Ubiquity’s $350M (2025-05-13) and the many rounds clustered below $100M (for example, Plantd $22M on 2025-10-03 and PetScreening $80M on 2025-03-06).
Which sectors cluster most in these 50 entries, based on repeated appearances?
Biotechnology is the clearest repeat: Incyclix Bio ($11M, 2025-08-22), Opus Genetics ($2M, 2025-06-23), Lamassu Pharma ($3M, 2025-06-03), and Atsena Therapeutics ($150M, 2025-04-02). Artificial intelligence also recurs frequently across cities, including Restor3d ($104M, 2025-08-22), Well ($30M, 2025-04-15), and Siftwell Analytics ($4M, 2025-11-21).
How often are round stages undisclosed or labeled “Series Unknown,” and what does that imply for comparing deal timing?
“Series Unknown” appears in 24 of the 50 rows, including entries like Ramona (undisclosed, 2025-08-14) and Syntari (undisclosed, 2025-05-25). That concentration means many comparisons will hinge more on round date and disclosed amount than on stage labels, even when notable checks like Vulcan Elements $65M (2025-08-11) are present with a specific stage.
Are there temporal clusters in the most recent window, or are rounds evenly spread across the date range?
The date range spans 2025-01-23 to 2025-11-27, but several higher-activity stretches appear in mid-to-late 2025. For example, August 2025 alone includes multiple large disclosed rounds such as Restor3d $104M (2025-08-22) and Vulcan Elements $65M (2025-08-11), alongside smaller checks like Siftwell Analytics $4M (2025-11-21) later in November.
Which entries look like outliers in disclosed size within the list’s disclosed amounts?
At the small end, The ReCollective’s $10K (2025-05-01) and Housing Assistance Corporation’s $30K (2025-04-10) are starkly below most other disclosed checks. On the large end, Vantaca’s $300M (2025-10-18) and Atsena Therapeutics’ $150M (2025-04-02) sit far above the mid-range examples like Bridge $9M (2025-07-16) and Adaptin Bio $8M (2025-04-07).
Do specific cities dominate, or is funding spread across many locations within North Carolina?
Charlotte and Durham show repeated appearances across multiple months, with Charlotte entries including Siftwell Analytics ($4M, 2025-11-21), Nowigence ($6M, 2025-08-11), and Franzy ($2M, 2025-07-15), and Durham entries including Scale Social AI ($1M, 2025-11-23) and Plantd ($22M, 2025-10-03). Wilmington, Raleigh, and Asheville appear less frequently but still produce notable single-city anchors such as Ohanafy in Wilmington ($5M, 2025-11-27) and Humacyte in Morrisville ($50M, 2025-03-25).
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