Category: Future of Drink
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Summer parties may be over, but BrüMate, which makes insulated containers meant to keep adult beverages properly chilled, is probably celebrating today as it announced (registration required) that it has received a $20 million strategic investment from the San Francisco Equity Partners private equity firm. Denver-based BrüMate creates various lines of multi-purpose, insulated metal koozies.…
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Since we now live in a world where the to-go order is the main attraction at restaurants, we need to start treating the issue of excess single-use packaging with a whole lot more urgency. Clearly I’m not the only one to have that thought, as two major QSR chains made sustainability announcements of their own…
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Bruvi, a startup that makes its own pod-based single serve coffee/drink system, announced today that it raised $2.2 million in Seed funding at the end of July. This brings the total amount raised by Bruvi to $3.15 million. Bruvi makes an internet-connected Keurig-like coffee system that uses eco-friendly “B-Pods” to brew individual cups of coffee,…
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Trade, the online specialty coffee marketplace and subscription service, announced today that it has raised a $9 million round of funding. The round was led by Madrona Venture Group with participation from JAB and Launch. This brings the total amount of funding raised by Trade to $21 million. Trade’s mission, as company CEO Mike Lackman…
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Playing its part in fighting the world’s gigantic coffee cup waste problem, UK-based Circular&Co. today unveiled its Circular Travel Mug made from recycled single-use paper cups and designed to last a decade. The company currently has a Kickstarter campaign where backers can pre-order the mug. This isn’t the company’s first foray into sustainable consumer products.…
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There is no shortage of solutions out there promising to improve your morning cup of coffee. But that hasn’t stopped Pure Over from throwing its hat into the ring with a new pour over solution that launched on Kickstarter today. Pure Over’s is pitching an all-glass pour over system that doesn’t require anything beyond ground…
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Drizly, the online booze shopping and delivery service, announced yesterday that it has raised a $50 million Series C round of funding. The round was led by Avenir with participation from Tiger Global and other existing investors. This brings the total amount raised by Drizly to $119.6 million. The funding comes during what appears to…
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Ugly fruits and veggies can be pretty appealing (and delicious) when you grind them into dust. That’s the basic pitch for the 2050 Company, which launched its line of instant smoothies made from upcycled produce via Kickstarter today. Sourced from farms and distributors across the West Coast, 2050 takes cosmetically imperfect fruits and vegetables and…
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Heineken UK is now tackling the problem presented by all those plastic rings connecting their bottles of beer by ditching them for a more environmentally friendly cardboard topper to hold those cans together. Heineken UK today announced the Green Grip, its new cardboard packaging that is 100 percent plastic free. It will first be used…
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The Spoon team has a heavily caffeinated conversation for this week’s podcast. Here are the stories we discuss: With traffic down due to the pandemic, Cafe X shuts down its airport robot baristas Atomo coffee raises $9 million for ‘molecular’ coffee Another week, another ghost kitchen funding Are mobile menus the next big application for…
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Atomo, the Seattle startup that re-creates coffee on a molecular level, announced today that it has raised a $9 million in seed funding from S2G Ventures, AgFunder, Bessemer Venture Partners and existing investor Horizons Ventures. This brings the total amount raised by Atomo to $11.6 million. While Atomo’s molecular coffee was started in a lab,…
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Cafe X has shut down its San Jose and San Francisco airport operations, laid off staff and made a number of other market adjustments as the company adapts to the new realities brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Henry Hu, Co-Founder and CEO of Cafe X told us via Twitter messaging that with airport traffic…
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