| Date | Title | Description |
| 02.04.2024 | Cooks Venture tried to raise chickens better. Then 1M birds were killed. | Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part series on what happened when Cooks Venture suddenly ceased operations in Arkansas.
Cooks Venture was supposed to be a difference maker in the chicken industry.
Instead of the typical bird raised... |
| 21.03.2024 | Exclusive: Former Cooks Venture CEO says company needed more capital | Editor's note: This is part 2 of a series about the sudden suspension of operations by Cooks Venture of Decatur.
The founder of failed poultry startup Cooks Venture tells Axios that a lack of money was its downfall.
"We would have been... |
| 27.10.2023 | What Houston startups are hiring, new high tech athletics facility, and more trending innovation news | Editor's note:Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup articles on InnovationMap included which Houston Innovation Awards finalists are hiring, Ric... |
| 27.10.2023 | Houston is the 8th best metro for newcomers to make connections, study says | A big city might seem impersonal, but don't be fooled. There's more going on behind the scenes than what a resident might be seeing through their local lens, especially in Houston. A recent LinkedIn study has revealed the best U.S. metros f... |
| 26.10.2023 | Houston energy startup joins Texas-based climate accelerator | An Austin-based climate accelerator announced its 2023 cohort, which includes a Houston cleantech startup.
StudioX named seven startups to its 2023 cohort, and SeisWave Corp., a seismic service company, will join the program that aims to he... |
| 26.10.2023 | VC investor: Houston's energy tech ecosystem grows as Bay Area activity seemingly slows | There's stretch of sleek low rise office buildings in Palo Alto — referred to as Sandhill Road — that has long been the center of Silicon Valley (and the world’s) venture capital sector. An investor friend of mine told me recently that Sand... |
| 16.10.2023 | Houston-area selected among 7 regions for $7B federal hydrogen hub investment | A Houston-area project got the green light as one of the seven regions to receive a part of the $7 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to advance domestic hydrogen production.
President Joe Biden and Energy Secretary Jennifer G... |
| 13.10.2023 | Local billionaires top list of richest in Houston, per Forbes | Austin's Elon Musk and Michael Dell are the richest people in Texas, but Houston billionaires are not far behind, according to the newForbes 400, a list of the 400 richest people in the United States for 2023.
Houston oil tycoon JefferyHild... |
| 12.10.2023 | 3 Houston college students win big in global Intel AI competition | Three students from Houston Community College Southwest won the top national prize at the 2023 Intel AI Global Impact Festival competition, HCC announced this month.
Sumesh Surendran, Ruben Treviño, and Muskaan Shahzad won the top spot in t... |
| 11.10.2023 | Innovative California company taps Houston area for purified water projects | Houstonians are used to filtering their water, but few really ponder why they’re doing it.
“Most people, when they think about water stress, they think about water scarcity, like what you see happening in Northern Africa or maybe the Southe... |
| 11.10.2023 | Global accelerator announces latest Houston cohort of early-stage startups | For the eighth time, a global accelerator and venture group has selected five early-stage Houston tech startups to support and help grow.
In partnership with the Downtown Launchpad, gener8tor began its eighth gBETA cohort in September. The ... |
| 10.10.2023 | Pediatric device consortium led by Baylor, Texas Children's lands $7.4M FDA grant | The Southwest National Pediatric Device Innovation Consortium announced this month that it has received a $7.4 million grant from the Food and Drug Administration to continue developing innovative pediatric medical devices.
Led by Baylor Co... |
| 06.10.2023 | Texas burger spot takes bite out of innovative, eco-friendly initiative | Hearty Austin-based chain Hopdoddy Burger Bar has unveiled a new lineup of regenerative burgers that are supposed to be better for the planet and the consumer.
The term "regenerative burger" could cause a few head-scratches: Some ... |
| 05.10.2023 | Houston unpacks No. 7 rank in U.S. for recent moves, says new report | Houston is shifting as people move into the city and around it. A new population analysis by online loan marketplace LendingTree has named Houston the No. 7 metro for recent movers.
The study used population data from a 2021 U.S. Census Bur... |
| 04.10.2023 | Cancer-fighting startup partners with Houston cell therapy accelerator | When it came time to name their cell therapy startup, Houston life science innovators simply had to look to their calendar.
“I would argue that March is the best month in Houston,” Sarah Hein tells InnovationMap. “We started talking about p... |
| 02.10.2023 | Space tech startup opens new $40M HQ at Houston Spaceport | Houston aerospace company Intuitive Machines has moved into its new $40 million headquarters at the Houston Spaceport.
Intuitive Machines’ new home supports NASA’s $93 billion Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the moon by ... |
| 28.09.2023 | Houston expert encourages energy industry to bridge its generational divides | What’s the biggest obstacle between us and net-zero? Is it policy? Technology? Financing? All of these are important, yes, but none of them is what is really holding us back from our energy transition goals.
The biggest obstacle is a lack o... |
| 25.09.2023 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from health care to energy tech — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Brianna Brazle, founde... |
| 22.09.2023 | 3 Houston universities rise to the top in new list of best Texas schools for 2024 | Houston universities are ramping up high quality educational experiences for their students as three local universities earn top 10 ranks for the best Texas colleges in 2024, according to a new report by U.S. News and World Report.
Rice Uni... |
| 21.09.2023 | Inflation: Why Houston employers should prioritize employee financial well-being | Inflation impacts everyone, including individuals, the workforce and business leaders. As the cost of living continues to rise, employees face diminishing purchasing power, shrinking retirement savings and higher stress levels.
In PwC’s 202... |
| 19.09.2023 | Houston heart health startup secures $8M in funding, announces new partnerships | With fresh funding, a Houston-based health tech platform that's less than a year old has grown its United States footprint.
CardioOne, which has created a cardiology care delivery enablement platform that serves independent cardiologists, h... |
| 18.09.2023 | Texas organization announces inaugural cohort of social enterprise startups with Web3 tech | A Texas-based accelerator focused on helping BIPOC and female founders on their entrepreneurial journeys announced the inaugural class for its newest accelerator.
DivInc's DWeb for Social Impact Accelerator, a 12-week intensive hybrid progr... |
| 14.09.2023 | Houston startup with sustainable biotech solutions lands new customer in United Airlines | An innovative Houston company is celebrating a new deal with a global airline.
Cemvita Corp. announced a new offtake arrangement with United Airlines. Cemvita's first full-scale sustainable aviation fuel plant will provide up to 1 billion g... |
| 13.09.2023 | Founders, investors sound off on Houston's VC scene, energy innovation potential, and more | Last week, nearly 1,000 people convened in Houston to discuss venture capital activity, startups, and decarbonization, and the Houston factor among it all.
On September 7, Venture Houston hosted several keynote addresses and panels througho... |
| 13.09.2023 | Baylor Medicine opens innovatively inclusive dermatology center in Houston | All skin is created equal, but not all skin behaves the same. It’s with this in mind that Baylor Medicine Dermatology has announced the debut of its newest office.
The Skin of Color Clinic is located inside the Jamail Specialty Care Center ... |
| 07.09.2023 | Rice team develops complex wearables that can navigate users through Houston | A group of Rice researchers have tapped into the sense of touch to improve how wearable technology can communicate with its user.
Barclay Jumet, a mechanical engineering PhD student at Rice working in the labs of Daniel Preston and Marcia O... |
| 06.09.2023 | University of Houston reveals inaugural cohort of energy research fellows | The University of Houston has named eight graduate students to its first-ever cohort of UH-Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows.
The PhD and doctoral students will each receive a one-year $12,000 fellowship, along with mentoring from experts at ... |
| 05.09.2023 | Houston regenerative medicine company opens new lab at UH | Pete O’Heeron wants you to know that “Bohemian Rhapsody” was originally released as a B-side. What does this nugget about Queen have to do with regenerative medicine? For O’Heeron and his company, FibroBiologics, it means everything.
That’s... |
| 05.09.2023 | Houston expert: Cultivate transparency when recruiting flexible workplace positions | How the workplace operates, especially flexible work arrangements, captivate job seekers, prompting many job listings to spotlight remote or hybrid work options. Interestingly, a significant portion of hybrid and remote workers say they wou... |
| 30.08.2023 | How this Houston investor closed a $32M oversubscribed fund in less than a month | It might be cool to arrive fashionably late to a party, but Houston investor Sahir Ali likes to be early when it comes to new technologies.
"What has been a part of my success and has driven a lot of my profesional, scientific, and fin... |
| 28.08.2023 | Photos: Ion Houston's latest art installations tackle tech, social issues | Two new art installations at the Ion speak to the building's past and its potential future.
Revealed at an event earlier this month, the innovation hub developed by Rice University is now home to installations by Houston-based artists Chris... |
| 22.08.2023 | Houston space tech startup raises $350M series C, clinches unicorn status | Houston has another unicorn — a company valued at $1 billion or more — thanks to a recent round of funding.
Axiom Space released the news this week that it's closed its series C round of funding to the tune of $350 million. While the compan... |
| 21.08.2023 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from medical device to climatetech — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Jeremy Pitts, manag... |
| 21.08.2023 | University names Houston founder to leadership role to oversee new innovation hub | Rice University’s Office of Innovation has named Houston materials scientist-turned-entrepreneur Adrian Trömel as its new assistant vice president for strategy and investments.
Trömel founded non-invasive neurostimulation medical device com... |
| 16.08.2023 | Houston developer to roll out innovative pilot to improve parking at major development | Houston real estate company McCord Development will roll out an innovative 12-week pilot to learn how to make parking smarter at its master planned development Generation Park in Northeast Houston.
In partnership with Milwaukee-based CivicS... |
| 26.07.2023 | The Shift: Northwest Arkansas startups have gotten more than $90M from VCs so far this year | NWA, Little Rock and Tulsa metro area companies">Data: Pitchbook; Chart: Tory Lysik/Axios Visuals
Investors have sown more than $91 million in 10 Northwest Arkansas startups since the beginning of the year.
Private equity database c... |
| 28.03.2022 | Cooks Venture raises $50 million | New York-based Cooks Venture Cooks Venture
Founded: 2018
Headquarters: New York, NY, US
Total Funding: $39.75M
See full company profile "> , a poultry company specializing in heirloom birds and regenerative agriculture, has raised $... |
| 10.02.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Protix bags $57m for bugs, Endless West gets $60m for molecular spirits | This week, the Netherlands’ Protix bagged big bucks for insect protein, while US-based Cooks Venture secured capital to breed slower-growing chickens.
Over in the cryptocurrency world, an initiative born as a joke might actually wind up as ... |
| 08.02.2022 | Cooks Venture Raises $50M From PIUS | Cooks Venture, a Decatur, Ark.-based independent poultry genetics company, secured $50m in funding.
Insured technology financing company PIUS provided the funding.
The company intends to use the funds to increase its genetics assets and str... |
| 08.02.2022 | Cooks Venture Receives $50M |
DECATUR, AR, Cooks Venture announced today the securing of $50 million in funding from insured technology financing pioneer, PIUS.
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| 08.02.2022 | Cooks Venture, the chicken company with big dreams, eats up $50M | Chicken is the most consumed meat in the United States and the world. And yet, the system in place to breed and feed and raise all this chicken is incredibly detrimental to our overall well-being. It props up a conventional agricultural app... |
| 08.02.2022 | Cooks Venture secures $50 million investment | DECATUR, ARK. – Cooks Venture, a poultry company specializing in heirloom birds and regenerative agriculture, received $50 million in funding from technology company PIUS.
Cooks said the investment helped underwrite its intellectual propert... |
| 02.12.2021 | Cooks Venture's Broiler Breed Scores High In The Global Animal Partnership's Better Chicken Study | DECATUR, Ark., Dec. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Cooks Venture, an independent poultry genetics and pasture-raised meat company rooted in regenerative agriculture, is proud to announce the results from the Global Animal Partnership (G.A.P.) mult... |
| 13.07.2021 | Why The Fastest-Growing Bone Broth Brand Is Committing To Regenerative Farming | Today, Kettle & Fire bone broth launches a line of product sourced entirely from farms practicing ... [+] regenerative agriculture. Kettle & Fire |
| 20.05.2021 | Purpose At Work: How Cooks Venture Is Disrupting The Agriculture Industry | Purpose At Work: How Cooks Venture Is Disrupting The Agriculture Industry PHOTO PROVIDED BY Cooks Venture |
| 30.07.2020 | Why Cultivian Sandbox invested in chicken producer Cooks Venture | From the rise of grass-fed to direct-to-consumer e-commerce aggregators to small-scale farmers shipping straight to consumers’ doors, not to mention the advances of new farming methods as well as alternative meat products, there’s an ongoin... |
| 22.07.2020 | Cooks Venture Lands $10M Series A To Raise Healthy Chickens | 4 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Blue Apron founder Matthew Wadiak traded in meal kits for life on the farm when he started Cooks Venture a few years ago to raise chickens with better farming practices.
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| 22.07.2020 | Cooks Venture Raises $10M in Series A |
DECATUR, AR, Cooks Venture today announced the closing of a $10 million Series A investment led by SJF Ventures and Cultivian Sandbox.
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| 22.07.2020 | Cooks Venture Raises $10M in Series A Funding Round | Cooks Venture, a NYC-based vertically-integrated food company, closed a $10m Series A funding round.
The round was led by SJF Ventures and Cultivian Sandbox with participation from Larry Schwartz and John Roulac, executive producer of the u... |
| 22.07.2020 | Cooks Venture Raises $10 Million in Series A Round | Cooks Venture, a vertically-integrated food company re-envisioning the future of agriculture, today announced the closing of a $10 million Series A investment. SJF Ventures and Cultivian Sandbox led the investment with participation from La... |
| 22.07.2020 | Cooks Venture raises $10 million in Series A funding | Cooks Venture has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by SJF Ventures and Cultivian Sandbox, with participation from Larry Schwartz and John Roulac.
At its most basic level, Cooks Venture provides a proprietary breed of chicken to gr... |
| 21.07.2020 | Bill Niman’s new startup takes antibiotic-free meat labeling to task | In recent years, increasing attention has been paid to the use of antibiotics in conventional livestock production. Antibiotics provided at subtherapeutic doses promote growth while staving off disease, which can spread like wildfire in hig... |
| 30.01.2020 | Next Generation AgTech Company Cooks Venture Raises $4 Million | Next-generation AgTech and food company Cooks Venture announced it raised $4 million in funding led by Golden West Food
Cooks Venture — a next-generation AgTech and food company committed to regenerative agriculture and supply chain transpa... |
| 28.01.2020 | Cooks Venture raises $4 million from Golden West Food Group to ramp up distribution | Cooks Venture, the agtech company looking to revolutionize the chicken industry, has today announced the close of a $4 million funding round led by Golden West Food Group.
Cooks Venture has been working in stealth for many years, but launch... |
| 28.01.2020 | Cooks Venture Secures $4M in Funding | Cooks Venture, an AgTech and food company, raised $4m in funding.
The round was led by Golden West Food Group.
The company intends to use the funds to expand national distribution to wholesale and retailers.
Founded by Matthew Wadiak, forme... |
| 28.01.2020 | Cooks Venture Raises $4 Million | Cooks Venture - a next generation AgTech and food company committed to regenerative agriculture and supply chain transparency - is pleased to announce a $4 million capital raise led by Golden West Food Group as part of a long-term strategic... |
| 09.09.2019 | Ag Tech Company Cooks Venture Receives $12 Million In Financing | Cooks Venture — announced it closed $12 million in senior secured financing provided by AMERRA Capital Management, LLC.
Cooks Venture — a next generation ag tech company that is committed to regenerative agriculture and a truly transparent ... |
| 05.09.2019 | Cooks Venture picks up $12 million to rethink agriculture from the ground up | “You are what what you’re eating eats,” says Matthew Wadiak, cofounder and CEO of Cooks Venture and former Blue Apron COO.
The company, which just received $12 million in funding, is looking to rethink the way we grow crops, feed our livest... |
| 05.09.2019 | Cooks Venture raises $12 million to promote sustainable agriculture | We eat a lot of poultry. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that the average American consumed 93 pounds in 2018, a record. And in 2014, the combined value of production from broilers, eggs, turkey, and chicken sales was $48.3 bil... |
| 05.09.2019 | Cooks Venture raises $12 million to promote sustainable agriculture | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
We eat a lot of poultry. The U.S. Department of A... |
| 05.09.2019 | Cooks Venture Raises $12M in Financing | Cooks Venture, a NYC-based AgTech company, closed a $12m senior secured financing.
The financial resources were provided by Amerra Capital Management, LLC.
The company will use the funds to:
expand their processing capabilities, and
grow na... |
| 05.09.2019 | How Blue Apron’s Co-Founder Plans to Disrupt the Chicken Industry | Cooks Venture CEO Matthew Wadiak argues the nutritional value in pasture-raised chicken is far superior to any chemically-formulated “meatless” meat on the market. Cooks Venture
The next big thing in food innovation is “chickenful” chicken.... |
| 05.09.2019 | Cooks Venture Raises $12M | Cooks Venture, a next generation Ag Tech company committed to regenerative agriculture and a truly transparent supply chain, today announced the closing of $12 million senior secured financing provided by AMERRA Capital Management, LLC, a p... |
| 25.06.2019 | What’s in a Name? The Pastured Poultry Label is Getting Controversial and Consumers are Paying the Price | UPDATED: JULY 19, 2019: adds further quote from Matt Wadiak in response to comments by Paul Greive and others about stationary houses.
It’s no secret that consumers want to know more about food production and animal welfare. Their appetite ... |
| 28.05.2019 | Regenerative agriculture is getting more mainstream. But how scalable is it? | “Some terms defy definition. ‘Sustainable agriculture’ has become one of them,” writes the USDA National Agricultural Library. “In such a quickly changing world, can anything be sustainable? What do we want to sustain?”
Amid increasing cons... |
| 26.03.2019 | Blue Apron founder launches Cooks Venture: ‘We started by fixing the biggest problem in the food system: chicken’ | Cooks Venture – which has launched with frozen direct-to-consumer products, and will offer retail/foodservice products in July - has acquired an 800-acre farm in Arkansas with a hatchery, pedigree chickens and barns; and processing facili... |
| - | Cooks Venture Raises $10M to Breed Chickens That are Healthier Inside and Out | 407SHARES
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The health and practices of the food supply chain in the United States are becoming a hot-button, political issue. The Farm System Reform Act introduced by Senator Corey Booker has been making headlines fo... |
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