Farmstead Raises $7.9M to Expand it Online Grocery Business
Online grocer Farmstead announced today that it has raised a $7.9 million Series A round of funding. The new financing was led by Aidenlair Capital with participation from Y Combinator, […]
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KFC Is the Latest QSR to Ditch the Dining Room in Favor if Digital Drive-Thru
KFC unveiled two new designs today for future stores that emphasize off-premises order formats and minimal dining room space, according to Nation’s Restaurant News. The Louisville, Kentucky-based chain is the […]
Aleph Farms Debuts Commercial Production Platform for Cultivated Steak, Starts Construction of Its ‘BioFarm’
Today, Aleph Farms announced a platform for the commercial production of its cultivated beef steak. The company says this platform will allow it to eventually produce meat grown from cells […]
Choco Is Challenging L.A. Chefs to Curb Food Waste With Food Creativity
As the world’s food waste problem gets literally bigger each year, so too does the amount of creative effort tech companies are putting into fighting it. The latest of these […]
Swedish Vertical Farming Company Urban Oasis Raises $1.2 Million
Urban Oasis, an indoor vertical farming company based in Sweden, announced today that it has raised 10.5 million Swedish Krona (~$1.22M USD). Investors include Family Offices Pelarhuset, Anteeo, and Yobi […]
Toast Launches a Tech Suite for Contactless Restaurant Payments
Restaurant management platform Toast today launched what the company is calling its “contactless payments suite” that includes two new social distancing-friendly ways for customers to pay for their meals: Toast […]
Mealhero Raises €2.5M for Its Frozen Meals-by-Mail Service
Mealhero, a Belgium-based frozen meal kit delivery service, has raised €2.5 million (~$2.97M USD) in funding. Mealhero’s CEO, Jeroen Spitaels announced the fundraise via a Linkedin post today (though according […]
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Square Moves Into the Restaurant Back of House With Square KDS
With COVID-19 restrictions putting the future of the restaurant front of house in question, many restaurant tech companies are turning to the back of house as the next area for […]
Terra Kaffe Raises $4 Million for Pod-Free Grind and Brew Coffee Maker
Terra Kaffe, a New York based startup that makes grind and brew coffee machines, has raised $4 million from The SeedLab, an early stage venture capital firm focused on consumer […]
Meet Bobacino, the Boba Tea Making Robot
Let’s just get this out of the way: “robo-boba” is fun (if slightly difficult) to say out loud. But it’s a phrase you could be saying it a lot more […]
ChickP Releases New Starch For Food and Beverage Applications
ChickP Protein, an Israeli-based food tech startup, announced the release of its chickpea isolate starch today. The product is called “ChickP Native Starch” and contains 98% pure starch. The chickpea […]
Merlot-M-G! The WineCab Wine Wall is a Robot+AI Sommelier
What do you get for the person who has everything? How about an artificially intelligent robot sommelier that can securely store, manage and suggest wines from your collection? The Winecab […]