Audrey Elsberry

N.C. State Ports Authority Chief Operating Officer Doug Vogt spoke on plans to upgrade gate processing at the Port of Wilmington to decrease turn times for delivery trucks, among other technical updates. (File photo)

Canapi Ventures, a financial technology-focused venture capital fund based on Live Oak Bank’s campus in Wilmington, has invested about 20% of its latest $750 million Fund II.

UNCW researcher and PFAS Testing Network member Ralph Mead collects a water sample from the Cape Fear River. (Photo by Daria Amoto)

Wilmington-based health technology company Predicate Healthcare Performance Group (HPG) has been drawing attention in recent months.

Christy Owens started UTap2, a digital business card company, in the Wilmington area last year. (Photo by Madeline Gray)

The first six months of 2024 were the busiest half-year since 2022 for worldwide M&A transactions larger than $10 billion, despite a slowdown in May and June.

Shareholder activism at nonbank financial institutions spiked in 2023 and continues to soar in 2024.

Renasant Corp. 's proposed $1.18 billion acquisition of First Bancshares Inc. is t he third $1 billion-plus bank deal in three months and the fourth-largest deal since the start of 2022.

The largest deal announced in 2024 through August came a fter a drought in $10 billion-plus global M&A deals in July.

A vote against proposed change-in-control payments by shareholders at Independent Bank Group Inc. hinged in part on the future employment status of the executives set to receive those payments.