food

funding

Follow the Money: INTREorg Gets $247K, Firm Raising $5M for Robokind, projekt202 Acquires Studio

by | Sep 13, 2018
From Cypress Growth Capital to Modo Payments and Ancor Capital Partners, here are some of the deals involving companies and investors with North Texas ties.
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Locavore
Locavore Whips Up Commercial Kitchen for ‘Foodie Trailblazers’
by | Sep 5, 2018
Locavore works like a coworking space, where individuals or startups can rent space month-to-month but with commercial-grade appliances.
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MUTTS Canine Cantina
MUTTS Canine Cantina Plans to Expand its Paw Print in Sunbelt
by | Aug 14, 2018
The Dallas restaurant and dog park is a membership concept in which dogs and their human partners can relax, eat, and play in a pet-frieindly environment.
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It’s a Year-Round Produce Harvest at Eden Green Technology in Cleburne
by | Jun 28, 2018
The company showed off its state-of-the-art, 44,000-square-foot facility in Cleburne where there’s row after row of 18-foot stalks, each with 36 plants growing from floor to ceiling.
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foodbev innovation

Site Selection Ranks DFW No. 1 Most Competitive in Food & Beverage

by | May 25, 2018
The impact of the more than 15,000 food and beverage businesses in DFW is substantial, accounting for roughly 370,000 local jobs. And, DFW remains a center of invention in one of the most competitive sectors in the nation.
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Pilotworks Dallas General Manager William Judge
Pilotworks Has a Startup Sensibility With On-Demand Kitchen Space
by | May 22, 2018
Kitchen coworking: Pilotworks is designed for makers and food entrepreneurs in various industries — baking, consumer packaged goods, catering, and cooking classes — to have their own space.
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Wholesome Grub
Oscar Miranda ‘Pushing the Boundaries’ to Propel Food into the Future
by | Apr 3, 2018
The former U.S. Army chef seeks to merge technology and health in new and exciting ways.
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Party
It’s Party Time! Social Dining Platform Brings People Together
by | Mar 22, 2018
Founder and CEO Carl LaFlamme sees DinDin Party as a new way for people to connect through food.
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Taste

Taste Community Restaurant: Pay-What-You-Can Concept Opens in Fort Worth

by | Dec 11, 2017
Taste is the only fully sustainable restaurant in the Dallas-Fort Worth area adding to a list of about 60 pay-what-you-can-models around the nation.
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The event's grand finale will be on Nov. 11 at the Longhorn Ballroom with tent lounges, a "futuristic" campfire, a concert, and cooking by Mathew Peters.
Take a Trip to Texas’ Future with The Edge of Texas This Fall
by | Aug 25, 2017
Produced by Texas Monthly and presented by VisitDallas, the inaugural event will run Nov. 10-11 in downtown Dallas.
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chefs
Anonymous Chefs Cooking Up Creativity in Dallas
by | Jun 28, 2017
Conceived out of the lack of representation for chefs behind brand names, the group styles events and dinners according to their own taste.
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New Markets to Ease
South Dallas Food Desert
by | May 25, 2017
Bonton Farms gets grant for market and cafe; Good Local Markets to open Paul Quinn College location
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Flux’s Artificial Intelligence Puts Farming in the Cloud

by | Jul 19, 2016
The system uses a simple webcam to monitor the plants while other sensors monitor pH, temperature and water levels.
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Jamba Juice
3 Things We’re Reading: Jamba Juice’s HQ is Frisco Bound
by | May 5, 2016
We look all across the web for stories you may find interesting. Here are three we found today.
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Student Startups: App Aims to End Food Waste, Feed Families
by | Apr 20, 2016
Fridgely's founder is a student at the University of Texas at Dallas.
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