Venture capital has, historically, been a white guys’ game. A cursory look at the numbers certainly bears that out: In the first half of 2021, Black entrepreneurs secured just 1.2
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Hormel Food Corp., maker of Spam, Skippy peanut butter, and dozens of other pantry staples, on Thursday morning said it plans to close its Jennie-O “Turkey Store” plant in Willmar.
Minneapolis-based Bizzy Coffee expects to get its products on a lot more shelves in the new year. The company is in the midst of raising nearly $7 million, which will
Fresh off a $924 million initial public offering in June, Minneapolis-based health insurance company Bright Health Group is looking to grow its network of primary care clinics. On Monday, the
Eden Prairie-based cybersecurity company Arctic Wolf may soon join the growing list of publicly traded companies in Minnesota. A week ago, Reuters reported that the company has hired financial advisers
Editor's note: The owners of Arts & Rec Uptown in early August announced that the venue will officially open on Friday, Aug. 5. The high profile corner of Seven Points
The Coven, the women- and trans-focused coworking space in Minneapolis and St. Paul, this week will begin providing primary care access for its members. For $30 a month, Coven members
Justin Kaufenberg has been through nearly every stage of the startup life cycle. In 2008, he and college classmate Carson Kipfer launched Sport Ngin, based in Minneapolis, as a small
It may sound like yet another story about a New York startup going public amid a frenzied year on Wall Street. But Braze Inc., which helps brands better communicate with
Minneapolis-based medtech company Cardialen Inc. is set to begin the fifth clinical trial of a new treatment for irregular heartbeats in heart failure patients. Last week, the company announced that
Is Minnesota’s labor market back to normal yet? Perhaps not quite yet, but it seems to be getting closer. On Thursday morning, the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
Don’t expect empty shelves at Target over the holidays, apparently. During a Wednesday morning conference call to discuss the company’s third-quarter results, Target execs reaffirmed that the retailer is prepped
While many Twin Cities residents were preoccupied with a set of historic municipal elections last week, the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis on Nov. 1 quietly released the results of
Gimmicky? Maybe. A joke? Definitely not. Arby’s really is releasing two variations of fry-flavored vodka, and two Minneapolis liquor companies are helping with the rollout. On Tuesday, the fast food
It’s been almost a decade since Caribou Coffee was a publicly traded company, but that will change soon. Panera Brands, a business unit that includes Caribou and Einstein Bagels, on
Austin, Minn.-based Hormel Foods Corp. is named as one of the defendants in three lawsuits over an alleged pork price-fixing scheme. Three separate lawsuits filed by Buffalo Wild Wings, Sonic
Hopkins-based technology firm Digi International this week announced its largest acquisition to date. On Tuesday, the company said it paid $347 million to buy Connecticut-based networking services firm Ventus Holdings.
In what looks to be one of the largest raises in Minnesota this year, Minneapolis-based scheduling software company When I Work on Monday announced that it has secured $200 million