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News bites: DoorDash CFO, ChowNow Dough and Soylent’s No

by Chris Albrecht
October 27, 2017Filed under:
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Here are a few news stories from around the web that you may have missed.

DoorDash CFO leaves company. Mike Dinsdale didn’t even last a full year with the food delivery startup, has left to join Gusto as its new CFO. (TechCrunch)

ChowNow gobbles up $20M in Series B. The online food ordering service offers restaurants a white label platform for their own use, and has a mobile restaurant discovery app. The company has raised roughly $40 million to date. (TechCrunch)

Canada tells Soylent to take off. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency blocks sales of the Silicon Valley drink because it does not meet all the criteria for being a “meal replacement.” (CNN Money)

Amazon-owned Whole Foods may be a boon to smaller companies. Some food startups welcome their new Bezos overlord, and his ability to centralize buying and expand customer bases. (USA Today)


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