WIN Portfolio Companies

Diveplane

Raleigh, NC (Artificial Intelligence): Groundbreaking technology start-up dedicated to keeping the best of humanity in artificial intelligence. CEO, Mike Capps.

Advanced Animal Diagnostics

Morrisville, NC (Animal Health): provides livestock producers with on-site diagnostics that improve profitability and empower more precise care of animals so they live healthier, more productive lives. CEO, Joy Parr Drach.

Reveal Mobile

Raleigh, NC: (Ad Tech): Creates accurate and precise mobile audience segments to help companies advertise effectively by using patented beacon detection and latitude/longitude data. CEO, Brian Handly.

Natrx

Raleigh, NC (Advanced Materials): Delivers innovative infrastructure solutions that protect shorelines and the surrounding environment. Its patented technology allows the team to produce naturalistic structures that are customized to the project site conditions. CEO, Leonard Nelson.

Portfolio companies must meet the following criteria:

Spiffy

Raleigh, NC (Consumer Services) Provides full-service mobile car washes and detailing as well as on-board diagnostics. CEO, Scot Wingo.

Wolfpack Connection

Have a founder, executive, or board member who is a NC State alumnus, faculty, staff, student, or parent, or have licensed NC State University intellectual property.

Funding

Raising seed or Series A equity capital of $250,000 to $5 million or syndicating later-stage equity financings with an existing or new lead investor.

SonoVascular

Chapel Hill, NC (Medical Device): Developing a multi-mechanism thrombectomy system for the endovascular treatment of arterial and venous disease, including deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, peripheral artery occlusion and acute ischemic stroke. CEO, Dan Estay.

Location

To help build economic development and support the land grant mission of the university and the company must be location in the Uinted States.

Most of the companies WIN has invested in are headquartered in the Triangle area and 23 of 25 are headquartered in NC. “These companies drive innovation, job creation, and positive environmental impact in North Carolina and beyond, all while strengthening the reputation of NC State University as an institution that is investing in innovation,” Phillips stated.