Golden Valley-based food giant General Mills Inc. is pouring more money into the plant-based food market. Last week, Maryland-based vegan burger startup Everything Legendary announced that it has landed $6
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Oh, the lengths parents will go to wow their kids. In 2012, Duluth dad Dean Packingham set about making “the best cocoa in the world,” which became Mike & Jen’s
Eden Prairie-based Compute North on Wednesday announced that it has landed $385 million in a funding round that includes both Series C fundraising and debt financing. The company, founded in 2017,
Target’s pet accelerator returns. Late last week, the company announced that it has begun accepting applications for its five-week virtual accelerator program for pet businesses. The program is aimed at
Minneapolis-based software startup Yardstik announced Thursday it has raised $8 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Virginia- based Grotech Ventures, with Minnesota-based Great North Ventures and Rally Ventures
Apple-backed Minneapolis supply chain startup Inspectorio on Monday announced that it has landed $50 million in a Series B raise. Most of the money came from out of state, but
A medical device company founded by two Mayo Clinic doctors has landed a $20 million financing deal with a California venture capital firm. Eagan-based Sonex Health has secured a $20
Three Minnesota organizations—a startup and two nonprofits—have been named to a global list of "100 Muslim startups to watch in 2022." The fourth annual list, formed by the California-based nonprofit
Minnesota medical startups didn’t raise quite as much venture capital in 2021 as they did in the prior year, but they more than made up for it in capital acquired
Headquarters: Minneapolis Founded: 2016 Founder: Jon Sabes FOXO Technologies is a technology startup that uses AI to identify epigenetic marks—chemical modifications that can alter gene expression, induced by environmental and
Justin Kaufenberg was wired for entrepreneurship even before he knew the word. From the time he was a pee wee, his father encouraged him to identify problems, and find solutions.
Shelisa Demuth didn’t necessarily expect to take the top spot at Beta, the Twin Cities’ startup advocacy group. She spent the last few years running her own public relations and
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
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
Name a startup medtech company in Minnesota, and there’s a good chance its founder gained experience at Medtronic, Mayo Clinic, or Boston Scientific. A new packaged food item or consumer
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
In her dozen years at General Mills, Lauren Pradhan rose through the ranks to senior marketing manager and then served as founding executive director of Minneapolis-based food and ag accelerator