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Fintech Company Robinhood to establish Customer Experience Center in Charlotte, adding nearly 400 new jobs
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 30, 2021) – Robinhood announced Tuesday it is locating a customer experience and account operations center in Charlotte, investing $11.8 million in new office space and bringing nearly 400 new jobs to the city. With the second-largest financial center in the nation, North Carolina is one of the fastest growing tech hubs where companies like this know they can flourish, said North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper.
Robinhood is a mobile-first investing platform known for pioneering commission-free trading with no account minimums, lowering the barriers for millions of investors to participate in the financial markets. Founded in 2013, Robinhood offers investing in stocks, options, exchange traded funds and cash management products through its brokerage, Robinhood Financial, cry
by Jim Shamp, NC Biotechnology Center April 21, 2021 .
MORRISVILLE – San Francisco-based medical genetics testing company Invitae is investing $114.6 million to bring its wide-ranging test manufacturing capability to North Carolina, adding 374 life sciences jobs to the Research Triangle area.
The company, whose name is pronounced “in-VEE-tay,” is moving into the rezoned and renovated 25-acre site of the former Morrisville Outlet Mall on Airport Boulevard, now with 245,000 square feet of Class A office and lab space and renamed The Stitch. The company said it chose the North Carolina site as its East Coast lab and production facility over competition from Frederick, Maryland.
“Biotechnology companies continue to choose North Carolina as a trusted and reliable location to grow their companies,” said Governor Roy Cooper. “From specialized workforce training programs to world-class research infrastructure, companies like Invitae appreciate the advantages our state de
RALEIGH The North Carolina Department of Commerce Main Street & Rural Planning Center released a new digital tool on the organization’s website to give residents and visitors of North Carolina the ability to explore the state’s 66 “Main Street” communities. The tool, launched as a tourism-based economic development initiative, will be known as the NC Main to Main Trail, and is organized around each of the state’s eight prosperity zones.
“Main Street communities are economic engines for North Carolina,” said North Carolina Department of Commerce Secretary Machelle Baker Sanders in a statement. “The new NC Main to Main Trail initiative is an additional opportunity to support the economic recovery of North Carolina’s rural communities and small businesses.”
by Jim Shamp, NCBiotech writer April 14, 2021 .
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, WRAL TechWire features a story highlighting life science jobs across North Carolina and the NC Bio Jobs Hub initiative from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.
RESEARCH TRTIANGLE PARK – Abzena, a global British contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has announced a $213 million plan to join the fast-growing North Carolina biomanufacturing ecosystem.
The privately held manufacturer of cell-based biologics for academic research labs and pharmaceutical companies said today it plans to build a new factory in the Lee County city of Sanford, creating 325 new jobs paying an average of more than $63,300 a year.