Babcock Demon Incubator (BDI) operates under the Wake Forest School of Business / Angel Center for Entrepreneurship. BDI’s mission is to foster entrepreneurial education at Wake Forest, increase the number and quality of growth-oriented early stage ventures in the Triad, support intellectual property commercialization activities, and contribute to an entrepreneurial spirit in the local community.
RootLevel Labs participates in the Microsoft® BizSpark™ program. Through this program, RootLevel Labs is able to provide almost free access to Microsoft development tools. Having access to a full range of development tools is especially helpful for projects that find that the Microsoft Suite of tools is the best option. RootLevel Labs also participates in the Microsoft Startup Zone.
RootLevel Labs works extensively with investor groups to validate ideas for projects and as a later source of funding when a project is completed and ready to become a standalone company.  As accredited and experienced angel investors, Guardant Partners has created  a network of committed capital, member-managed Angel Funds, in the Southeast, capable of investing $250,000 to $1.5 million in early and expansion-stage, high-growth entrepreneurial ventures with an emphasis on technology deals. As a partner with RootLevel Labs, Guardant helps ensure that investable ideas are created.
Excel Venture Management builds companies that apply transformative life science technologies to solve problems in healthcare and beyond. The Excel investment portfolio is balanced across healthcare IT and services, diagnostics, and medical devices, plus life science platforms that address adjacent markets including energy, chemicals, defense and agriculture.  The majority of the team’s prior investments, which include some of the world’s premier healthcare and life science companies, are thriving and over half have achieved successful exits generating billions in value.
Square 1 Bank is dedicated to helping early stage entrepreneurs build successful companies. We understand that true help is needed early — before money has been raised. To serve this need, we are proud to offer Square Roots, a program dedicated to helping pre venture companies and early stage entrepreneurs prepare for the myriad of obstacles they face.