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Its first product is a crispy, plant-based riff on chicken nuggets that is made with just seven ingredients.

Nowadays puts its spin on plant-based nuggets

A startup called Lounge wants to reimagine work for the fully remote era where tools like Slack, Zoom, and Teams have fallen short in terms of helping companies build culture…

Lounge’s new app aims to reimagine the office for the remote work era

The startup runs a marketplace that links college-age talent to companies in need of their services. Social media and web developer work are popular on the Pangea platform.

Student labor marketplace Pangea closes $2M seed round

E-wallets are rapidly gaining popularity in the Philippines, overtaking credit cards, which have a penetration rate of less than 10%. Fintech startup Plentina is leveraging that trend with buy now,…

Philippines ‘buy now, pay later’ startup Plentina raises $2.2M seed round

Genemod, a software for laboratory inventory management used by institutions like the University of Washington School of Medicine; the University of California, Berkeley; and the National Institutes of Health; has…

Genemod raises cash for its lab inventory management service used by research institutions around the US

For immigrants in the United States, representation can feel complex, celebrated and oftentimes a mix of the two. And that’s exactly why sister duo Vanessa and Kim Pham launched Omsom,…

Forget sourdough, these sisters are launching a starter to create authentic Asian food