Our Team
The Carolina Angel Network (CAN) brings together the UNC-Chapel Hill entrepreneurial community and alumni network to empower the early stage startup ventures that drive our future.
Our mission is to support the UNC-Chapel Hill startup community with funding and advice from experienced alumni who are members of the network. CAN is a membership-based angel investing platform.
In 2016, CAN was founded and supported by the UNC Office of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, UNC Development Office, Kenan-Flagler Business School and Vice Chancellor of Finance & Administration. The team started evaluating its first deals in February 2017.
Randy Myer - Executive Director
In addition to running the Carolina Angel Network, Mr Myer is a professor at the Kenan-Flagler Business School on the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill campus. He joined the UNC faculty in 2000 and became a full-time faculty member in 2002, teaching Entrepreneurship courses. Besides his UNC activities, he is an investor in two venture capital funds, a private equity fund, and two local angel groups. He is a Board member of the Carolina Research Venture Fund. He is a former Board member of NC Idea and the NC School of Science & Math. Mr. Myer founded Best Friends Pet Care in 1991 (a national chain of high-quality pet care facilities). It was sold to a private equity firm in 1998. Before starting Best Friends, Mr. Myer was a partner with Booz, Allen & Hamilton for 13 years. Mr. Myer received his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and received his MBA from Harvard University.
Ted Zoller - Development Director
Highly regarded in regional and national entrepreneurial communities, Dr.Zoller teaches and conducts research on entrepreneurship at the Kenan-Flagler Business School. He served as the director of the business school’s Entrepreneurship Center for 15 years and is an active practicing entrepreneur and angel investor. Dr.Zoller co-created the Startup-UNC venture development program, Launch Chapel Hill accelerator, the Blackstone Entrepreneurship Network, the Adams Apprenticeship, and BLUE, an entrepreneurship community embedded within an on-campus residence hall and maker space.