December 6, 2019
Dutch startup Meatable is developing lab-grown pork and has $10 million in new financing to do it
Meatable, the Dutch startup developing cruelty-free technologies for...
December 2, 2019
Africa Roundup: Nigerian fintech gets $360M, mints unicorn, draws Chinese VC
November 2019 could mark when Nigeria (arguably) became Africa’s...
November 20, 2019
Brava, a smart oven maker with big names attached, just sold to an industrial equipment company
Brava had a lot of things working in its favor as startups go. It was founded in...
October 29, 2019
WeFarm rakes in $13M to grow its marketplace and network for independent farmers
Huge networks like Facebook and LinkedIn have a huge gravitational force in the...
October 28, 2019
Kenya’s Twiga Foods eyes West Africa after $30M raise led by Goldman
Kenya’s Twiga Foods has raised a total of $30 million from lenders and...
October 24, 2019
Naspers Foundry is open for South African startup pitches, CEO says
Naspers’ 1.4 billion rand (≈$100 million) VC fund to support South...
October 17, 2019
‘Cloud kitchens’ is an oxymoron
The biggest wave in consumer products right now has all the hallmarks of another...
October 14, 2019
DoorDash opens a shared kitchen in Redwood City
DoorDash is opening its first shared commissary kitchen in Redwood City, Calif.,...
October 11, 2019
To beat Amazon Go, Standard Cognition buys cashierless DeepMagic
Valued at $535 million, autonomous retail startup Standard Cognition has emerged...
October 11, 2019
Lab-grown meat could be on store shelves by 2022, thanks to Future Meat Technologies
Are consumers ready for meat grown in a lab? Companies like Memphis Meats, Aleph...