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Sharing success stories internal to Duke Capital Partners and external to our portfolio companies.
Breath of Life: Duke Inventors Secure $5M for Novel Oxygenation Startup
27th Mar 2025
Duke clinician partners with Duke engineers to tackle an elusive critical care challenge: Can oxygen be delivered directly into the bloodstream?
Founder & Investor Spotlight: Deb Liu
Deb Liu, Founder, Tech Executive, Board Member, Duke Capital Partners Investor Member embodies the spirit of technical innovation and entrepreneurship fostered here at Duke University.
Spotlight: DCP Venture Partner Dave Neal
DCP OPS Member Spotlight Dave Neal Venture Partner · Duke Capital Partners · Since 2018 Ask anyone in the DCP community who made the biggest difference in their experience — and one name surfaces consistently:…
Neurophos Secures $110 Million Series A to Launch Exaflop-Scale Photonic AI Chips
Neurophos, a Duke Capital Partners portfolio company and leader in photonic AI chip technology, has raised $110 million in an oversubscribed Series A round led by Gates Frontier.
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Founder Spotlight: Elle Smyth
Elle Smyth, Co-Founder and CEO of RetailReady, embodies the spirit of technical innovation and entrepreneurship fostered here at Duke University.
10 Years, 60 Startups, $105 Million – and Counting: Duke Capital Partners Leads the Way in Alumni Investing
From its start as one of the first alumni-led venture groups of its kind, Duke Capital Partners continues to connect Duke alumni investors with innovative Duke-affiliated startups – and train the next generation of venture…
VQ Biomedical secures $5M, including a seed round led by Harbright, WIN, and DCP
VQ Biomedical is a Duke University start-up and DCP portfolio company resulting from the collaboration Duke clinicians and engineers.
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