­­­With a background in banking and technology and an interest in breweries, Natalie Waggett, and a team of Wilmington locals, have started Ohanafy, a software startup with a product for the beverage industry.   Waggett describes her endeavor with the startup as a passion project that turned into a passion product.    Her years of working as ...

The city of Wilmington will meet new job demands in the region by equipping workers with digital skills that support higher-paying careers and the digital economy. At its meeting Tuesday night, city council unanimously voted to use $2.5 million of American Rescue Plan Act funding to launch DigitalBridge Wilmington, “a partnership working with employers to cre ...

Wilmington-based nCino has announced new appointees to its executive leadership team.  SimpleNexus-founder Matt Hansen was named chief product officer, responsible for managing nCino’s global product development and engineering organization. Hansen founded SimpleNexus in 2011, a subsidiary of nCino, and was its CEO for over a decade.  There, Hansen &l ...

While many industries continue to experience a worker shortage, in the past few years the technology field in Wilmington has seen an increase in talent, as revealed in a recent LinkedIn workforce report.   The report found that Wilmington ranks No.11 in the U.S. with 27.6% in growth in tech talent from 2019 to 2022, joining other North Carolina cities including Ashe ...

Wilmington-based fintech firm Apiture has raised $29 million in its latest round of funding, which the company will use to expand its sales and marketing efforts and accelerate product development, according to a press release Thursday. With this funding, which was led by Live Oak Bank, Apiture has now raised a total of $69 million since its inception in 2017. &ldquo ...

Genesis Block has been chosen by a coalition created by Duke Energy to build an online platform that promotes diverse-owned businesses in the clean energy industry, according to a press release Wednesday. “We are honored and excited to be selected to build out the vision of the DiCE platform, which is to use technology and collaboration to create more opportu ...

The origin of Cygnus Technologies, a company that provides analytical products to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, can be traced to the founder’s motto of creating value.   The Southport-headquartered company was established in 1997 by Ken Hoffman in Boston when he found an unmet need in the growing biopharma industry in biologic testing for puri ...

Three Wilmington companies have had their exporting privileges suspended for 180 days by the U.S. Commerce Department due to accusations of security violations, according to a press release this week. The companies: Quicksilver Manufacturing Inc., Rapid Cut LLC and U.S. Prototype Inc., received a Temporary Denial Order (TDO) from the department’s Bureau of Industr ...

For many entrepreneurs, solving a widely felt problem with a unique solution is the formula needed to launch and grow a successful startup. According to the article “The Importance of Innovation in Business” from Northeastern University, companies that currently stand out and are leaders in their pack all embrace innovation.   Innovation helps set a star ...

To keep the Wilmington community safe and provide a convenient way to communicate with residents, the Wilmington Police Department has been adopting more technology-based platforms over the past few years.   This includes the recent launch of the Mobile News/Public Information Officer (PIO) units, which are SUVs branded with QR codes for people to scan and download ...