CED Mentor Partners are individuals and organizations committed to supporting the mission of CED and understand the importance of enhancing our community’s entrepreneurs, start-ups and emerging growth companies. CED’s Mentor Partners recognize the value of ongoing mentorship to the success of entrepreneurs. The financial support from Mentor Partners allows CED to offer programs and provide resources to entrepreneurs throughout the year.


Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
Allscripts
Alston & Bird LLP
ATCOM Business Technology Solutions
Bank of America
BB&T
BDO
Bioventus
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Capitol Broadcasting Company
Carlyle & Conlan, Inc.
ChannelAdvisor
Cherry Bekaert LLP
Chubb Group of INsurance Companies
Cisco
Citrix
Deloitte LLP
Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP
Duke Energy
Ernst & Young
Financial Directions Group
GlaxoSmithKline
Grant Thornton, LLP
Harbert Venture Partners
Hatteras Venture Partners
Hughes Pittman & Gupton, LLP
Hutchison PPLC
IBM
Intersouth Partners
Jones Lang LaSalle
K&L Gates LLP
Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP
NC IDEA
Noro-Moseley Partners
Pappas Ventures
Pepsi Bottling Ventures
PNC Bank
Poyner Spruill, LLP
PwC
Rankin McKenzie, LLC
Red Hat
The Reseach Triangle Park
Rex Health Ventures
RTI International
River Cities Capital Funds
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson, PA
Scale Finance, LLC
SciQuest
Silicon Valley Bank
Smith Anderson
Square 1 Bank
StarVest Partners
Synecor, LLC
Synergy Commercial Advisors
Thompson Hine
Triangle Business Journal
Vaco Raleigh LLC
Wells Fargo
Williams Mullen
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

York Properties/McDonald York Building Company