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Building enduring companies on the North Carolina coast
Seahawk Innovation is a Wilmington, NC venture development firm and fund. In partnership with UNCW, we contribute time, talent, and treasure to help entrepreneurs build valuable businesses and create real liquidity.
M&A
Bring your company to market with a range of expert buy/sell and valuation services.
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Work with us to turn your business dream into a reality.
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Our investors’ capital supports a range of carefully selected, promising businesses.
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Seahawk Innovation
The traditional venture fund model is broken — too often, institutional investors benefit at the expense of founders.
Seahawk was built differently. We are company builders, not passive portfolio managers. Our model enables entrepreneurs to control their own destiny, build impactful businesses and generate real financial returns for their families and their communities.
Learn More“We build entrepreneurs, adding time, talent, and treasure as needed.”
- Founded in 2013 as a public-private partnership with the University of North Carolina Wilmington
- Headquartered at UNCW’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE)
- M&A, capital raising and consulting unified in a single discipline
Experience you can bank on
Operators who have built, funded and sold companies
Our partners have founded, operated and exited traded-sector companies and completed transactions from small-scale deals up to $3 billion.
- Founded with UNCW
- 2013
- Years of venture experience (Tobin Geatz)
- 30+
- Combined years of M&A experience
- 40+
- Largest transaction size
- $3B
Key capabilities
How we create enterprise value
Consulting
Innovation Advisory Services
Our public-private partnership with UNCW gives Seahawk Innovation direct access to world-class physical infrastructure, intellectual property and university human capital assets — resources we put to work for every client and portfolio company.
Advisory services
Investment Banking
Investment Banking
We prepare companies for exit, clearly communicating business models and value propositions to sophisticated buyers. From acquisition planning to transaction execution, we deliver across a broad spectrum of industries.
Buy / sell advisoryNews
Milestones and press coverage
Capital raises, showcases and press coverage for Seahawk Innovation and our portfolio companies.
SportGait Raises $430,000 For Tech Development
SportGait secured $430,000 in financing to accelerate technological development, software engineering and clinical deployment of its concussion management platform.
Read on WilmingtonBiz (opens in a new tab)SportGait One of the Six North Carolina Companies Featured in NC Tech Showcase
SportGait was selected as one of only six emerging North Carolina startups featured at the statewide NC Tech Showcase, spotlighting life sciences, healthcare and disruptive technologies.
Read on WRAL TechWire (opens in a new tab)Wilmington Company Makes Headway in Concussion Diagnostics
Like balancing on a surfboard with your eyes closed, gait destabilizes after head trauma. Learn how SportGait’s tools evaluate vestibular and neuromuscular indicators.
Read on Port City Daily (opens in a new tab)In the News!
Early coverage of Seahawk Innovation’s launch, its venture fund model and its partnership with the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
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Ready to turn your business dream into a reality?
Whether you are raising capital, preparing to sell or looking for an acquisition, our team is ready to help.