Steven Jay Lerner

Founded in 2007 by Julius Genachowski, Sean Greene and John McKinley, LaunchBox Digital LLC is a business incubator and venture capital firm located Durham, North Carolina.

VantageSouth Bancshares, Inc. is a bank holding company, which engages in the management and operation of banks. It offers checking and savings account, lending, business and consumer credit cards, and mortgage lending for businesses and individual customers through VantageSouth Bank. The company was founded on April 27, 2001 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Crescent State Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Crescent Financial Bancshares. The bank operates 15 full-service banking offices in the communities of Cary (2), Apex, Clayton, Garner, Holly Springs, Sanford, Southern Pines, Pinehurst, Raleigh (3), Knightdale and Wilmington (2), North Carolina. Founded and headquartered in Cary, NC, they pride themselves on being able to provide fast, local decision-making and quality customer service to each of their customers. Their bankers are hand-picked members of the community with strong banking backgrounds. Through one's expertise they are able to help their customers make sound financial decisions.

Piedmont Community Bank Holdings, Inc. operates as a bank holding company. It was established to build a strong community banking franchise across the Carolinas and Virginia. It offers personal and commercial banking services through its subsidiaries. Piedmont also controls VantageSouth Bank, a community bank based in Burlington, NC. The company was founded in 2009 by Adam Abram and Scott Custer and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Capstrat LLC offers marketing and public relations services to corporations and non-profit organizations. It provides interactive communications, marketing communications, public relations, and government affairs services. The firm serves the technology, health-care, and financial services industries. The company was founded by Kenneth L. Eudy Jr. and Steve Meehan in 1994 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

FGI Research, Inc. operates as a proprietary machine learning modeling platform and provides marketing research, data, and analytics solutions. The private company is based in Chapel Hill, NC. The company was founded by Steven Jay Lerner.

Rachmuth Bio-Capital LLC provides online weight loss programs. The firm's programs include clinically proven diet and exercise plans customized to user’s profiles. Its platform uses the web and SMS texting to provide personalized weight management solutions. The company was founded by Guy Rachmuth and Sloan Rachmuth in 2009 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Yadkin Financial Corp. operates as a bank holding company. It run business through its wholly owned subsidiary, Yadkin Valley Bank and Trust Co., provides consumer and commercial banking services to individuals and small and medium-sized businesses in various branches in North Carolina and South Carolina. The company primary business is providing banking, mortgage, investment & insurance services to businesses and consumers across the Carolinas. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.