Below is the latest breakdown of venture capital investment in North Carolina-based technology startup companies from Q2 2012 through Q1 2015:
Clearly North Carolina is a hotbed for life science technology companies, with the top three categories of Medical Devices, Pharmaceutical and Biotech companies receiving the preponderance of funding over the three-year period.
Many of these life science companies are based in three areas: Durham, Chapel Hill and the Research Triangle Park.
Durham is where Duke University is located, so the University no doubt accounts for the concentration of activity in the Durham, Chapel Hill and Research Triangle Park "triangle".
North Carolina would do well to continue to build on its Duke University propensity to spin out technologies and risk-taking entrepreneurs.