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| 09.09.2026 | NotCo Sells Brazilian Business & Reportedly Closes Mexican Arm Amid AI Pivot | 4 Mins Read Chilean food tech unicorn NotCo has offloaded its Brazilian business and reportedly shuttered its division in Mexico as part of its shift from plant-based manufacturing to AI-led product development.
Three months after agreeing ... |
| 01.09.2026 | Fysh Foods: Beyond Sushi Owner Scoops Up Shark Tank’s Influencer-Led Vegan Seafood Brand | 4 Mins Read Fysh Foods, the influencer-founded vegan seafood startup that won a Shark Tank deal in 2024, has been bought by City Roots Hospitality, a plant-based restaurant group led by chef Guy Vaknin.
New York City’s City Roots Hospitalit... |
| 31.08.2026 | US Vegan Seafood Maker Impact Food Winds Down As Meat-Eating Culture Persists | 4 Mins Read US vegan seafood startup Impact Food, whose plant-based tuna featured on the menu of several poke chains, is ceasing operations after struggling to “change consumer behaviour”.
Plant-based seafood player Impact Food has reached ... |
| 23.08.2026 | Ever After Foods Acquires Fishway, Secures Funding for Cultivated Protein Expansion | Israeli cultivated protein leader Ever After Foods acquired Belgian biotech firm Fishway. This strategic move integrates critical aquatic cell biology and animal-component-free media expertise. The deal also secured an additional $2 million... |
| 18.08.2026 | Ever After Foods Nets $2M & Snaps Up Cultivated Seafood Startup Fishway | 4 Mins Read Israeli food tech firm Ever After Foods has secured $2M in funding and acquired Belgium’s Fishway, combining their cultivated protein technologies with an initial focus on pet food.
Ever After Foods is advancing its cultivated m... |
| 12.08.2026 | German Cultivated Meat Fat Startup Cultimate Foods Winds Down | 3 Mins Read Berlin-based Cultimate Foods has closed down nearly four months after filing for bankruptcy, unable to secure enough funding to stay afloat.
Cultimate Foods, the German startup known for its cell-cultured fat that enhances the t... |
| 03.08.2026 | Livekindly Collective to Acquire Dutch Meat-Free Player Dalco Food for $7.3M | 3 Mins Read Livekindly Collective has made yet another addition to its portfolio of meat alternative brands, agreeing to buy Hilton Food Group’s Dalco Food subsidiary for £5.4M ($7.3M).
US holding company Livekindly Collective has signed a ... |
| 09.07.2026 | Deep Dive: What’s Driving the Consolidation Wave in Alternative Protein? | 11 Mins Read More than 80 alternative protein startups have experienced M&As, insolvency, or closures over the last two years – and investors and founders don’t expect this consolidation trend to stop.
”I think the next generation of fo... |
| 07.07.2026 | Spain’s Alimentos Sanygran Takes Over Nutrition & Santé’s Plant-Based Food Business | 3 Mins Read Spanish manufacturer Alimentos Sanygran has acquired the plant-based and organic business assets of Nutrition & Santé’s Iberia arm, including a factory and 60-odd employees.
Alimentos Sanygran, a Navarra-based manufacturer o... |
| 02.07.2026 | Livekindly Collective Steps Up M&A Strategy with Greenforce Takeover | 4 Mins Read US holding company Livekindly Collective has signed its latest acquisition deal with the purchase of German plant-based foods startup Greenforce.
“This category will keep consolidating, which – given our strong position in the m... |
| 02.07.2026 | Bayou Best Foods Acquires BettaF!sh to Bring Plant-Based Seafood Across the Atlantic | 5 Mins Read In a convergence of cross-Atlantic vegan seafood brands, US startup Bayou Best Foods has taken over Germany’s BettaF!sh to bring its shrimp, tuna and salmon alternatives to more consumers.
Two years after its establishment, Bayo... |
| 01.07.2026 | Gas-cquisition: Biosphere Scoops Up NovoNutrients to Strengthen Gas Fermentation Platform | 4 Mins Read US biomanufacturing firm Biosphere has acquired fellow gas fermentation specialist NovoNutrients, a year after the latter put its assets up for sale.
Fresh off a $9M Department of Defense grant for its gas fermentation technolog... |
| 24.06.2026 | Schouten Buys Fellow Dutch Plant-Based Meat Player to Expand Europe Footprint | 4 Mins Read Dutch plant protein player Schouten Europe has acquired Bobeldijk Food Group, which makes a wide range of meat and seafood alternatives.
In yet another instance of consolidation in the alternative protein sector, Dutch pioneer S... |
| 16.06.2026 | French Plant-Based Meat Startup Swap Food Enters Liquidation, Faces Shutdown Without Buyer | 5 Mins Read Parisian plant-based whole-cut meat maker Swap Food (formerly Umami) has entered liquidation and ceased activities in France, with a closure of its US operations imminent unless a buyer is found.
A year after replacing its CEO a... |
| 11.06.2026 | Molinos Río de la Plata to Acquire NotCo’s Plant-Based Business in Argentina & Uruguay | 4 Mins Read Molinos Río de la Plata, Argentina’s largest branded food company, has agreed to purchase 100% of Chilean AI-led plant-based food firm NotCo’s operations in Argentina and Uruguay.
NotCo’s transition from a CPG-focused plant-base... |
| 29.05.2026 | Sweden’s Kale Foods Snaps Up Plant-Based Meat Brand Färsodlarna | 3 Mins Read Swedish vegan food distributor Kale Foods has acquired the Färsodlarna brand of plant-based meat from investment company Novax.
Kale Foods, the distribution arm of Swedish agrifood tech investor Kale United, is bolstering its fo... |
| 27.05.2026 | Germany’s Infinite Roots Acquires Fellow Mycelium Meat Startup Bosque Foods | 5 Mins Read German food tech firm Infinite Roots has strengthened its mycelium meat portfolio with the acquisition of Bosque Foods, which had filed for insolvency due to regulatory challenges in 2024.
Mycelium meat’s star is rising rapidly ... |
| 18.05.2026 | Cultimate Foods: Cultivated Meat Maker Files for Bankruptcy, Remains Hopeful About Future | 3 Mins Read German cultivated fat startup Cultimate Foods has filed for bankruptcy and initiated a financial restructuring to return the business to the path of long-term growth.
The financial abyss facing alternative proteins continues to ... |
| 14.05.2026 | Italian Poultry Major Amadori Snaps Up Plant-Based Meat Brand Unconventional | 4 Mins Read Italian meat giant Amadori Group has acquired Bologna-based plant-based protein player Unconventional, making it the country’s third-largest vegan brand.
With an expansion in both sales and the consumer base for plant-based prod... |
| 08.05.2026 | German Dairy Major Müller Scoops Up Legacy Plant-Based Milk Player Berief Food | 4 Mins Read German dairy giant Müller has agreed to acquire local plant-based milk pioneer Berief Food, which will continue to operate as a largely independent unit.
One of Germany’s oldest plant-based food companies is changing hands to ac... |
| 30.04.2026 | KKR Explores $10B Sale of Flora Food Group After Ditching Plant-Based Promise | 4 Mins Read US investment firm KKR is exploring a $10B sale of Flora Food Group, the spreads business it acquired from Unilever in 2018, after abandoning a plan to make its entire offering plant-based.
The company behind Country Crock, I Ca... |
| 21.04.2026 | Global Sales of Plant-Based Food Grew by 3% in 2025 Amid Funding Decline: GFI Report | 7 Mins Read Alternative protein think tank the Good Food Institute has released its State of the Industry reports for 2025, covering plant-based, fermentation-derived and cultivated proteins.
People across the world bought more plant-based ... |
| 17.04.2026 | Tooru to Acquire Plant-Based Milk Machine Startup Mylky for $16.2M | 4 Mins Read UK wellness-focused investor Tooru has agreed to purchase Mylky, a Belgian company selling at-home plant-based milk machines, for £12M ($16.2M).
On the back of “phenomenal growth” for its plant-based milk machines, Belgian e-com... |
| 02.04.2026 | Italy’s The Bridge, A Decades-Old Plant-Based Pioneer, Acquired by Investment Firm Ambienta | 4 Mins Read Italian plant-based dairy pioneer The Bridge has been acquired by asset manager Ambienta, with the founding Negro Marcigaglia family reinvesting in the 32-year-old company.
One of Italy’s most well-established plant-based food c... |
| 11.02.2026 | Cultivated Fish Startup Avant Shuts Singapore Operations, But Continues to Eye Approval | 4 Mins Read Asian cellular agriculture firm Avant is winding down its research arm, Avant Proteins, in Singapore; however, it is still pursuing regulatory approval for its cultivated fish in the city-state.
In yet another instance of consol... |
| 10.02.2026 | Refresco to Buy Plant-Based Milk Leader SunOpta for $1.1B After Boost in Sales & Demand | 4 Mins Read Dutch beverage giant Refresco has agreed to acquire US plant-based food and drink company SunOpta in a $1.1B deal, which is set to complete in Q2 2026.
In a sign that non-dairy milk still holds clout, Dutch beverage producer Ref... |
| 03.02.2026 | The Tofoo Co Strengthens Plant Protein Portfolio with Acquisition of Germany’s Topas | 4 Mins Read UK tofu leader The Tofoo Co is set to acquire German seitan producer Topas, best known for its Wheaty brand, ahead of a planned launch in Europe’s largest plant-based market this year.
As it sets its sights on European expansion... |
| 28.01.2026 | Billions of Dollars Marketed As ‘Green’ Are Quietly Fuelling Deforestation | 10 Mins Read From Brazil’s cattle pastures to Indonesia’s palm oil plantations, European “green” funds that claim to combat climate change are financing companies tied to deforestation and rising emissions, shows a new investigation by Gree... |
| 21.01.2026 | Vegan Food Group Splits From VFC & Meatless Farm, Closes Clive’s Purely Plants | 4 Mins Read Vegan Food Group has closed its York office to focus on its plant-based factory in Germany, with VFC and Meatless Farm separating from the company, and Clive’s Purely Plants shutting down.
Two years after its formation, the Vega... |
| 16.01.2026 | Swedish Plant-Based Meat Startup Hooked Foods Calls It Quits Amid Sector Slowdown | 4 Mins Read Swedish plant protein startup Hooked Foods, known for its vegan seafood and chicken products, has declared bankruptcy after running out of cash.
Hooked Foods, a Stockholm-based producer of meat and seafood analogues, has become ... |
| 09.01.2026 | Aqua Cultured Foods: US Fish-Free Startup Shuts Amid Scale-Up & Funding Challenges | 5 Mins Read Aqua Cultured Foods, a fermentation startup known for its cellulose-based seafood, has ceased operations after being unable to secure financing “without taking on undue risk”.
Fish-free seafood maker Aqua Cultured Foods has reac... |
| 19.12.2025 | Dutch Cultivated Meat Startup Meatable Shuts Down Amid Fundraising Struggles | 4 Mins Read Dutch cultivated pork maker Meatable is winding down its operations after failing to secure funding, its shareholder has announced.
Days after Israel’s Believer Meats announced it had ceased operations, another leading cultivate... |
| 17.12.2025 | Infogram's Legacy: Fueling a New AI Tech Frontier | Latvian tech pioneer Infogram sparked a robust "mafia" of ex-employees launching new ventures. This network now drives global innovation. Three AI-powered startups lead this wave. Desktop Commander automates complex PC tasks using... |
| 17.12.2025 | Exclusive: Livekindly Collective Snaps Up TiNDLE Foods’s Plant-Based Meat Business in Three Countries | 4 Mins Read Livekindly Collective has made its latest acquisition in the plant-based meat sector, taking over TiNDLE Foods’ foodservice business in the US, the UK and Germany.
A month after announcing its plans to divest from the US and foc... |
| 11.12.2025 | Cultivated Meat Startup Believer Meats Shuts Down After USDA Approval & $34M Lawsuit | 3 Mins Read Israeli cultivated meat startup Believer Meats, which received US approval for its chicken this year, has ceased operations, a week after it was hit with a lawsuit over unpaid bills.
Just over a month after becoming the fifth co... |
| 03.12.2025 | Bettani Farms Expands Brand Portfolio with Plant-Based Cheese & Meat Acquisitions | 6 Mins Read US startup Bettani Farms has acquired vegan cheese brands Stockeld Dreamery and Numu, and plant-based meat maker Hungry Planet, bringing them under one brand umbrella.
Consolidation is the name of the game in the plant-based spa... |
| 27.11.2025 | Plant-Based Protein Innovator Trubar to Be Acquired by Turkish CPG Giant for $143M | 4 Mins Read Canadian plant-based protein bar maker Trubar has entered an acquisition agreement with Turkish consumer goods company Eti Gıda in a C$201M ($143M) deal.
On the back of a year of explosive growth, when revenues hit $50M and its ... |
| 21.11.2025 | TiNDLE Foods to Sell US Business to Focus on Private-Label Products in Europe | 4 Mins Read Plant-based meat company TiNDLE Foods is pivoting its business model to divest its US operations and focus on private-label products in Europe.
Months after rolling out its vegan chicken in hundreds of Kroger stores, marking a n... |
| 17.11.2025 | UK Vegan Cheese Brand Julienne Bruno Acquired Out of Administration by The Compleat Food Group | 4 Mins Read Julienne Bruno, known for its dairy-free Italian cheeses, has been rescued out of insolvency by The Compleat Food Group’s Harvey & Brockless.
In yet another instance of consolidation in the plant-based category, British non-... |
| 28.10.2025 | Desktop Commander lands €1.1M pre-seed for AI desktop automation | Latvian-based Desktop Commander, the company behind the open source Desktop Commander MCP server, has raised a €1.1 million pre-seed round led by 42CAP, with participation from BADideas Fund.
Desktop Commander MCP provides AI-controlled acc... |
| 28.10.2025 | Desktop Commander raises €1.1M in pre-seed round | Desktop Commander, the company behind the open source Desktop Commander MCP server, has raised a €1.1M pre-seed round led by 42CAP, with participation from BADideas Fund. The company’s goal is to make building local automations from predefi... |
| 04.09.2025 | Industry Consolidation: 40+ Major Alternative Protein Companies Have Shut or Been Acquired in Past Year | 2 Mins Read The previous 12 months have seen a sharp increase in the number of alternative protein businesses that have ceased trading, come close to the brink, or been acquired. Here are all the major deals, starting September 2024.
The al... |
| 28.08.2025 | From open source curiosity to boardroom tool: Vizzu’s bid to make data stories as easy as slides | Data analysis has a problem. Most data today is presented through static charts and dashboards, but these often fall short when it comes to engaging audiences or guiding them toward clear insights. Complex datasets can overwhelm viewers and... |
| 06.08.2025 | VCs Are Focusing More on Purpose and Less on Profits — Here Are the 5 Things They're Looking For in Founders As venture capitalists become more purpose-driven, businesses need to be aware of the trait... | Venture investors are adapting to the times, and are increasingly open to working with Al technologies and investing in both new and emerging sectors such as longevity and wellness, areas of the global economy which have seen over 75% more ... |
| 19.03.2025 | Business | Job tenure is down: What to do before you quit | The median job tenure generally got longer from the 1980s through the 2010s. From 2014, it started to recede. Women tend to have shorter tenures than men – a gap that was starting to close in the 2010s, but has since opened back up. And ten... |
| 13.03.2025 | Student Loan Repayment: Navigating the Uncertainty | The landscape of student loan repayment is shifting like sand beneath borrowers' feet. Recent developments have left many in a state of confusion and concern. The suspension of income-driven repayment (IDR) applications has thrown a wrench ... |
| 10.03.2025 | Business | First-time home buyer data: listings up, prices down in Q4 | Inventory holds, despite colder weather
Generally, as the weather cools, the number of listings decreases. But the past several years have taught us that seasonal fluctuations can be atypical when other complex factors — such as a pandemic,... |
| 12.09.2024 | Не слишком ли много мы разрешаем нашим приложениям? | У многих в телефоне есть фото паспорта, водительского удостоверения, свидетельства о рождении ребёнка. Но не все догадываются, как легко можно получить к ним доступ. Одно разрешение, выданное приложению, может привести к раскрытию данных. М... |
| 05.09.2024 | The Housing Dilemma: First-Time Buyers Face a Mountain of Challenges | The American dream of homeownership is slipping through the fingers of many would-be first-time buyers. The landscape is littered with obstacles. Rising prices, high mortgage rates, and a shortage of inventory create a perfect storm. It’s a... |
| 03.09.2024 | Business | Q2 affordability obstacles hinder would-be first-time home buyers | For that reason, we examined the potential housing payment for first-time buyers in the second quarter. This payment not only accounts for the price of the home, but also the typical first-time buyer down payment, mortgage rate, real estate... |
| 02.09.2024 | Недельный геймдев: #189 — 1 сентября, 2024 | Из новостей: GameNGen сгенерировал Doom, Bloodborne запустили на ПК, Remedy и Annapurna объявили о сотрудничестве для работы над Control 2, новые возможности для показа контента на странице в Steam.
Из интересностей: история одной опечатки ... |
| 18.07.2024 | National Politics | Fact-checking Day 3 of the Republican National Convention | As the chart shows, wages have fluctuated, but they were on an upward trend before Trump took office. The noticeable spike in the chart came in April and May 2020, during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, when unemployment also shot up an... |
| 05.06.2024 | Latvian startup RivalSense raises fresh capital to provide AI-driven competitor insights | Read this article in:
Riga-based RivalSense, a startup that enables users to monitor their competitors using AI, has secured fresh funding in an angel round led by Change Ventures, with the participation of Fiedler Capital and local busines... |
| 30.05.2024 | Красиво и понятно: какие инструменты для визуализации данных нужны дата-аналитику | Ежедневно аналитики обрабатывают массу данных в формате таблиц. Они хорошо ориентируются в них и видят взаимосвязи. Но для коллег из других сфер такой объем неструктурированной информации может быть шокирующим. Сделать данные более наглядны... |
| 21.05.2024 | Как сделать крутую презентацию за 5 минут и продать свой продукт, даже если нет времени и дизайнера | В мире бизнеса, где каждый день на счету, время — это один из самых ценных ресурсов. Когда речь идет о создании впечатляющих презентаций, многие сталкиваются с проблемой нехватки времени и отсутствия профессионального дизайнера. Именно здес... |
| 30.04.2024 | Productive solar technologies draw investors as global off-grid solar sector funding slumps | Productive Use of Renewable Energy (PURE) technologies, especially those in the solar irrigation and cold chain segment, saw increased investor interest last year, despite a 43% funding slump recorded in the global off-grid solar sector.
Th... |
| 11.03.2024 | Celebrating B Corp Month 2024 | It’s March which means it is B Corp Month, a month-long campaign to promote and celebrate the benefits of B Corp certification. We are so proud to have invested in 7 certified brands and to have welcomed The Thinking Traveller and Bloom &am... |
| 13.12.2023 | Проверьте свои пуши: если показатели ниже этих, пора что-то менять | Что такое пуши
Push-уведомления, или пуши — это всплывающие сообщения, которые появляются в браузере, на рабочем столе или в области уведомлений на смартфоне. В статье мы говорим о мобильных пушах, хотя многие рекомендации применимы к други... |
| 10.05.2023 | Voting Rights Groups Reach Settlement with Jacksonville City Council, Ensuring Fairer Maps for Next Twelve Years | JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Today, local voting rights groups, Jacksonville residents and the Jacksonville City Council agreed to continue using maps ordered by a federal court that provide fair representation to Black communities through the next... |
| 25.04.2023 | Иллюстрации для блогов: немного о принципах, инструментах и авторском праве | Немного советов по подбору и обработке фото – чтобы кадры не выглядели как «в альбоме у соседа», про маркетинговую бессмыслицу на Хабре, а также про авторское право и полезные онлайновые сервисы.
Данный пост – это одна из глав моей книги «Х... |
| 24.01.2023 | Business
Business | Home buyers hoping to spend $200K this year face disappointing reality check | A little optimism can help propel you when things get difficult in the homebuying market. But if you’re feeling too good about your chances of buying this year — good in ways simply not justified given the current economic conditions — you ... |
| 14.12.2022 | Обзор зарубежной недвижимости для россиян. Что, где, почём? | Допустим, у вас есть квартира в Москве. Или в Томске, не суть. Если вы решите её продать, какую недвижимость за рубежом вы сможете купить и в какой стране?
Еще пару лет назад такой вопрос казался если не странным, то праздным. А всерьез про... |
| 21.11.2022 | НАКОПИЧУВАЛЬНА ПЕНСІЙНА СИСТЕМА: НЕМАЄ СЕНСУ ЧЕКАТИ НА КРАЩІ ЧАСИ | Минулого тижня депутати не наважилися на розгляд доопрацьованого законопроєкту №2683 про загальнообов’язкове накопичувальне пенсійне забезпечення та прийняли рішення відкласти голосування.
Десятирічні намагання держави трансформувати пен... |
| 04.10.2022 | United Real Estate Forges New Florida Alliance in National Expansion | United Real Estate announces Jacksonville, FL merger, welcomes 400 agents The entire United team has worked diligently for over a decade to build a program that now attracts top operators like Ray, Sonny, Nanci and their team of professiona... |
| 22.04.2022 | Best data visualization tools and software 2022 | Image: Public domain/Mark Kaelin
Regardless of their industry, geographical location, or size, businesses operating in the modern world generate vast amounts of data about products, transactions and customers. To gain a competitive advantag... |
| 15.03.2022 | 5 cost-effective tools for data visualization | Image: ZinetroN/Shutterstock
You probably already have all the data, readily available, waiting to be viewed. The problem might be the tool to turn that data into maps, charts, graphs and tables. What software should you use? You’ll find qu... |
| 14.10.2021 | Amazon Briefing: Retailers are copying Amazon search advertising | Now, it’s hard to visit a major retailer website without seeing sponsored slots in search results. “It’s pretty clear that all retailers understand that the future of their business lies in their ability to sell advertising,” said Mike Blac... |
| 14.10.2021 | Amazon Briefing: Retailers are copying Amazon search advertising | This is the latest installment of the Amazon Briefing, a weekly Modern Retail column about the ever-changing Amazon ecosystem. To receive it in your inbox every week, sign up here.
There’s a simple way to prove that Amazon’s advertising pla... |
| 29.09.2021 | Procura por desenvolvedor mobile salta 600% em 2021 | O mercado de Tecnologia para desenvolvedores mobile está aquecido e contratando: no primeiro semestre de 2021, a procura por profissionais da área cresceu 600% em relação ao mesmo período do ano passado. A média de salários dos especialista... |
| 27.09.2021 | University Funding an Indicator of Startup Success | Founder Degree Analysis
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| 07.09.2021 | India accounts for the highest number of social app downloads globally: App Annie | The most number of social app downloads in the first half of 2021 were from India.
India also ranked second for the most hours spent in social apps just behind China.
The App Annie report shows how live streaming and short video content are... |
| 26.08.2021 | Gender Disparity within Global Venture Capitalist Investments | Copy: Gender Gap
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| 11.08.2021 | Cannabis Public Offerings Are Lighting Up | 17 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
A mere decade ago, selling marijuana in America was largely the domain of small-scale dealers operating in constant fear of law enforcement.
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| 11.08.2021 | Cannabis Public Offerings Are Lighting Up | 44 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
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| 28.07.2021 | Most banking customers only go to the branch when they have to | The data: According to data collected through Temenos’ April 2021 survey, three in five customers said their last visit to a branch occurred because they needed to go there, rather than because they wanted to.
Further, consumers increasingl... |
| 27.07.2021 | Temenos : Customers Prefer to Bank Digitally But Still Crave a Human Connection When It Matters, Finds Temenos Survey | News
Customers Prefer to Bank Digitally But Still Crave a Human Connection When It Matters, Finds Temenos Survey
Global survey reveals customers want banks to help them manage their financial lives and prefer digital interactions, but banks... |
| 23.07.2021 | Ten Nova Scotians set to take the stage at the Tokyo Olympics | The long wait is over for Nova Scotia’s Olympic athletes.
An extra year of training in isolation, the uncertainty of the viability of the Tokyo Olympics amid Japan’s growing concerns over the resurgence of COVID-19 are now in the rearview f... |
| 15.07.2021 | The European women in VC join forces to increase capital for female-led venture funds | Sofia, Bulgaria ~
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The European Women in VC joined forces to promote female entrepreneurs and to ensure equal access to capital for European female-led Venture Capital funds. The launch of their initiative is marked by a report on t... |
| 02.07.2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | 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 news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, a guest column on how veterans are leadi... |
| 28.06.2021 | iOS ad spend drops as AppTrackingTransparency takes off | The news: Ad spending on iOS devices is noticeably declining as more users install iOS 14.5 and above, which features Apple’s anti-tracking AppTrackingTransparency (ATT) framework. The framework allows users to decide whether to give a cert... |
| 22.06.2021 | Shopify Plots Amazon Affiliate Marketing Attack | Shopify is planning to strike a blow at Amazon by entering the affiliate marketing space.
An ecommerce giant with huge clout in bricks-and-mortar store retail, too, Shopify can boast to having more than one million retailers using its platf... |
| 16.06.2021 | Houston researchers snag government funds for net-zero emissions projects | Rice University and the University of Houston were two of four national institutions to receive sizable grants from the Department of Energy last month to go toward the research and development of projects that will improve CO2 storage to h... |
| 16.06.2021 | New Houston startup development program to help launch corporate volunteer software | Brooke Waupsh wanted to change the way people volunteered and help increase access to volunteers for nonprofits. So, she launched Swoovy, a dating app that connected singles who wanted to do some good on their first dates. Now, the Austin-b... |
| 16.06.2021 | Splashy European pool-sharing app dives into Houston just in time for summer | Scorching temps. Baking cars. ERCOT begging locals to set their thermostats to 78 (say what?). Why, it's almost like it's summer in Houston or something.
After a long sweat, nothing cools off like a long swim in a sparkling pool. To that en... |
| 09.06.2021 | Monthly Funding Recap: Funding, New Unicorns And Exits Continue At A Strong Pace In May 2021 | 57 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
May 2021 marked the third-highest funding month for global venture funding in the past decade, with venture investors spending $43.7 billion last month, up 50 percent year over year.
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| 07.06.2021 | Metros With The Largest Share Of Old Homes | Boston is among metros with the largest share of homes built in or before 1939. getty |
| 02.06.2021 | Under The Hood: How Tiger Global Earned Its Stripes As The World’s Biggest Unicorn Hunter | 242 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Tiger Global Management, already one of the most voracious startup investors in recent years, is roaring into 2021 more aggressively than ever.
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| 13.05.2021 | World Bank : What are benefits and costs of different road speeds? | Email
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| 13.05.2021 | To expand or not to expand? Houston researcher weighs in on global growth | You built your business from the ground up, patiently finding techniques and products that work, carefully crafting solid bonds with your clients. Then one day a new project, opportunity or simple request poses a question: Is it time to bra... |
| 11.05.2021 | Global accelerator announces 5 startups to its Houston cohort | Five Houston companies have been tapped to participate in a Houston-based, early-stage startup accelerator with a national presence.
The accelerator, gBETA, selected the five Houston companies out of over 85 applicants. The cohort represent... |
| 10.05.2021 | 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 — tech, health care, and more — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Emily Cisek, founder of Th... |
| 10.05.2021 | Energy giant makes Houston sole headquarters in massive move | Power player NRG Energy is laser focused on Houston. The Bayou City will be the energy giant's new sole headquarters; the company will no longer split between Houston and Princeton, New Jersey.
The move to a single headquarters simplifies b... |
| 10.05.2021 | Houston ranks among fastest growing tech hubs amid the pandemic, report finds | When Americans think of tech hubs, Silicon Valley or even Austin may initially come to mind. However, Houston appears to be making a play for tech-hub status.
Citing data from career platform LinkedIn, the Axios news website reports that Ho... |
| 06.05.2021 | Houston school recognized as among the top institutions in the nation | Houston's Rice University continues to burnish its reputation in higher education.
A ranking released May 5 by QS Quacquarelli Symonds, a British company that specializes in higher education data, puts Rice at No. 23 among the top colleges ... |
| 06.05.2021 | Houston research: Why venture capital firms might change a startup's leadership | Consider the 21st century's most storied CEOs: Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos. All have one thing in common – not only did they run their companies, they founded them.
Each of these corporate leaders, in other words, had to deal with ve... |
| 05.05.2021 | Houston health tech company bounces back from COVID-19 in a big way | The pandemic hit life science innovation hard. And no one knows that better than Kevin Coker, co-founder and CEO of Proxima Clinical Research, a Houston-based contract research organization focused on supporting life science startups as the... |
| 05.05.2021 | University of Houston power couple prescribes major gift for college of medicine | University of Houston medical students and staff will receive a gift that's just what the doctor ordered.
A prestigious and longtime UH power couple has bequeathed two major gifts a major gift to the school's burgeoning College of Medicine.... |
| 04.05.2021 | Report: Houston ranks among the worst cities for unnecessary medical treatments | Houston boasts of being home to the Texas Medical Center, the world's biggest medical complex. Yet Houston's medical community also holds a distinction that's hardly boast-worthy: It's the worst major metro area in Texas for unnecessary hea... |
| 04.05.2021 | Expert shares advice for Houstonians experiencing a pandemic-sparked career change | I've had so many pivots in my professional career; moving across the country, internal promotions, leaving a corporate job to launch my own company, and repositioning myself and my brand in new markets. But I'm one of those people who enjoy... |
| 04.05.2021 | Houston hospital reveals renderings of Austin outpost ahead of groundbreaking | Texas Children's Hospital is working on its first freestanding location in Austin — and the hospital system just released a first look at what the state-of-the-art building will look like.
The new Texas Children's Austin campus — to be loca... |
