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Grocery deliverer JOKR doubles down on Brazil as it secures $50M on $1.3B valuation
JOKR hit gross-profit status last April, but was swept into the challenging economic environment that affected the instant grocery delivery sector over the past year.
Daily Crunch: Hundreds of Salesforce workers laid off in January just discovered they were out of work today
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Minu knows financial, employee wellness are connected, so it built 30 gamified benefits
Two years after profiling minu, the company has over 300 enterprise customers and its revenue grew more than five times between 2021 and 2022.
New School Foods’ filet looks and tastes like salmon, but it’s actually plants
New School Foods created a proprietary muscle fiber and scaffolding platform for making whole-cut salmon alternatives with the same colors, flavors, fats, texture and mouthfeel of traditional fish.
Daily Crunch: Netflix’s new sharing restrictions force subscribers to select a primary viewing location
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Michroma wants to make food colorings, flavors more ‘fun’gi
Michroma is developing its novel technology for food colorings and flavorings that uses precision fermentation to scale fungal food colors.
Daily Crunch: Cell network provider Google Fi confirms customer data breach
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Brazilian online grocery deliverer Diferente secures $3M to increase customers’ access to healthier food
The company sources directly from organic farmers and is able to offer prices that are 40% lower than a grocery store.
Finley closes $17M to turn 100-page debt capital agreements into software-managed code
Finley helps companies taking out debt capital understand their loan agreements and better comply with terms and reporting requirements.
Daily Crunch: Marqeta acquires fintech infrastructure startup Power Finance for $275M
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Report: Impossible Foods planning to lay off 20% of staff
Earlier this month, the company reported a year of record sales that included over 50% dollar sales growth in 2022.
Daily Crunch: Stripe responds to report that it seeks to raise $2B with a terse ‘no comment’
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Starling Medical’s new urine-testing device turns your toilet into a health tracker
The Houston-based company wants to prevent hospitalizations from chronic conditions, including urinary tract infections, diabetes and kidney disease.
Daily Crunch: Berlin-based design platform Kittl raises $11.6M Series A to take on Adobe and Canva
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Addie’s opens first drive-up grocery store in Massachusetts following $10.1M seed
Customers go to Addie’s website or app, purchase the groceries they want and choose a pick-up window that works best for their schedules.
Mushroom protein company Meati Foods opens ‘mega’ facility; closes $22M in new funding
Mega Ranch enables Meati Foods to grow, harvest and process its mycelium and then produce its products under one roof.
Daily Crunch: ‘Network issue’ causes cloud outage that takes down multiple Microsoft services for 4+ hours
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Daily Crunch: Hackers pinched LastPass customers’ encrypted password vaults, parent company admits
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Kind Snacks founder Daniel Lubetzky begins new ‘journey’ with Camino Partners
Camino Partners, a startup incubator and investment platform, intends to deploy $350 million into the next generation of consumer brands over the next five years.
Plant-based seafood startup the ISH Company rides new funding wave toward pipeline commercialization
The ISH Company's first product is Shrimpish, and the company has over 25 more in the works.