Enjoy lunch with Marlene Spritzer, an expert in life science lab, manufacturing and office leasing. Marlene helps science and technology companies align their facilities needs with their business goals. This is a great opportunity for an early-stage company to strategize about their expanding team and facilities projections.

TCB Capital Advisors, a merchant bank, advises healthcare companies in raising capital, mergers & acquisitions, and commercial/operational strategy. TCB offers both pre- and post-transaction services, ensuring success beyond the immediate deal, such as building out corporate development functions, working with business development teams to drive revenue, providing post-transaction integration and consulting services, and supporting management towards successful expansions and/or exits. TCB Capital Advisors is an affiliate of Weild & Co.

4 tickets to a Durham Bulls regular season home game at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park during the 2024 baseball season courtesy of PNC Bank. Game to be determined on mutually agreeable date & based on availability.

CAST Individual Membership beginning immediately through 2025, which includes a subscription to CAST’s weekly newsletter; and recent CAST publications on a variety of timely agricultural issues

As the trade association for North Carolina’s life sciences industry, the NC Life Sciences Organization™ advances the industry and ecosystem and enables its members to innovate and collaborate for success in a global marketplace. Learn more

Jeff Welch joined OTC as Director of New Ventures in early 2021 after five years as Bioventus’ executive responsible for all corporate development activities. Read more.

Seeking to break free from the confines of your home, immerse yourself in a delightful workspace, and engage with fellow entrepreneurs who resonate with your vision? Come aboard at the Junction! It's Innovate Carolina's premier coworking hub and rendezvous for kindred spirits.

Cynthia (Cindy) Reifsnider leads data, impact and research services for Innovate Carolina. Cindy is the lead developer and database administrator for UNC-Chapel Hill’s startup metrics and innovation/economic development metrics and databases. Read more.

This package includes 20 5-oz cups of Andia’s premium ice cream. Plus 3 toppings on the side.

Enjoy the luxury of a L'Oréal gift basket of skin and hair care products.

RHA Ventures is a boutique investment company for visionary founders looking for capital and a“Founders for Founders” approach to business. With decades of collective operational experience,the firm's partners bring seasoned, hands-on support with go-to market approaches, commercialdevelopment, growth and exit strategies. Read more.

Coffee,  Lunch or Dinner with Bill Spruill. Imagine having the ear of Founder, Investor, and Board Member Bill Spruill.  Bill is co-founder and former CEO of Global Data Consortium (GDC)… Read more.

Winner of this raffle prize will receive a signed copy of his book ‘The Launch Path: Getting From a Startup Idea to a Launch-Ready Venture’ AND one hour Zoom Meeting with Bret Waters, The Silicon Valley Guy.

One hour of consulting from Ben Provan, Director of Hangar6, FFVC’s in-house prototyping studio. Have a product / hardware idea you’ve been considering or working on? In this hour, you will have the opportunity to pick the brain of a robotics engineer and former startup founder/CEO on all things prototyping, commercialization, and early stage startup development.

Aisha’s work spans a wide range of technical areas, including immunotherapies,biotechnology, small molecule pharmaceuticals, agricultural biotechnology, anddiagnostic assays. Her clients include large agricultural chemical companies,pharmaceutical and biotech companies of varying size, as well as a variety of start-upsand emerging companies.

Mark is a creative force and financial innovator with a long history of building brands and scaling businesses. Born outside of Boston and the son of a diplomat, his family moved around a fair amount when he was young. He spent his high school years in Milan, Italy, where he learned to speak Italian and perfect his soccer skills. Read more

StartUp founders check out this experience to refine your pitch. The lucky raffle winner will love this opportunity for a 1:1 pitch session with Dr. Tim Flood, who specializes in public speaking, presentation skills, business writing, ideation, pitch making, leadership training, global and cross-cultural communication, personal branding, and startup/SMB messaging.

4 lower-level tickets & one VIP parking pass to a Carolina Hurricanes regular season home game at the PNC Arena during the 2023-2024 hockey season courtesy of PNC Bank.