Less than a year after its $10.2 million Series A funding round, Minneapolis-based virtual content creation platform soona on Monday announced the completion of a $35 million Series B, which
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Minneapolis-based financial tech company JustiFi last week announced it has raised $6.6 million in its seed round of funding. Rally Ventures, a Minneapolis-based venture capital firm, co-led the round with
You may not have heard of Rebuy, but if you’ve ever received a Shopify product recommendation based on your clicks, then you've likely encountered this fast-growing software business. The Minneapolis-based
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) on Tuesday announced it has awarded $673,500 in Launch Minnesota Innovation grants to 25 startups in the state. The grants are
Hormel Foods Corp. spent much of its 130-year history selling meat and other animal products, but, within recent years, the company has been slowly preparing for a plant-based future. The
Target Corp. on Wednesday announced that it’s partnering with a Black-led media company to create a new pitch competition series for Black entrepreneurs. Bet on Black is a Shark Tank-meets-Project
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
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
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
Bakeries, creative agencies, clothing lines, a counseling center, and software companies are among the 100 BIPOC-owned Twin Cities small businesses to each receive a $10,000 grant from Comcast. The Philadelphia-based
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
Minneapolis-based venture capital group Bread & Butter Ventures on Tuesday announced that it has established a new $27 million fund. The money will be earmarked for “seed-stage” startups — a
Liz Giorgi is in the content creation business, but raising more than $15 million for her Minneapolis-based photo/video company Soona has given her new perspective on effectively sharing her own
Fast-growing Sezzle, the fintech company founded in Minneapolis in 2017, is the second company Charlie Youakim has started. His first was in North Carolina in 2010. By and large, Youakim
Pandemic or not, investors are still betting on a wide variety of local startups. In the big picture, medtech and health care products remain a top category—which is no surprise,
Minnesotans don’t like to talk about anything involving finances—that’s just a little too personal, thank you. How about that weather? Geez. It could be worse. That modesty is why the
Philadelphia-based cable giant Comcast Corp. is awarding $1 million in grants to Twin Cities businesses owned by people of color. The Comcast RISE Investment Fund will grant $10,000 each to
Last month, St. Paul-based HercLeon was named one of the winners of the ‘Million Dollar Challenge,’ an annual pitch competition for entrepreneurs of color. Operated by the Metropolitan Economic Development