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Postmates is launching a new retail delivery feature as brick and mortar stores face 14% drop in sales

TechCrunch LA

Postmates is now rolling out what could be the biggest update to the company’s service in a long time — adding a retail option for users to shop local stores and for local merchants to set up a virtual on-demand storefront in the app. In fact, the online analytics service eMarketer projected a 10.5%

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Food Rocket blasts off after securing funding, grocery delivery deal with Circle K parent

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that puts its 15-minute grocery delivery service in more than 14,000 Circle K convenience stores and Couche-Tard locations. On-demand grocery startup Food Rocket launches in the Bay Area, goes up against delivery giants. Many grocery delivery startups begin small, in one city, building up locations to cater to a certain neighborhood.

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Boulevard books $70M to help beauty and wellness salons with their bookings

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Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but when it comes to getting ahold of an appointment for your hair or another treatment…that’s a different story: The bespoke nature of a lot of the work has meant that a large swathe of the professionals providing these services have stayed offline when it comes to interfacing with customers.

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Hyundai taps EV startup Canoo to develop electric vehicles

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Canoo said it will provide engineering services to develop the electric platform. The first Canoo vehicles are expected to appear on the road by 2021 and will be offered only as a subscription. Canoo started as Evelozcity in 2017 by two former Faraday Future executives Stefan Krause and Ulrich Kranz. ”

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Nowadays puts its spin on plant-based nuggets

TechCrunch LA

Investment into alternative proteins, for example, plant-based meats and dairy substitutes was $5 billion in 2021, according to both the Good Food Institute and Crunchbase data. This includes a $2 million pre-seed round from 2021. The round was led by Stray Dog Capital, with additional strategic support from Standard Meat Co.,

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Six Tech Startups to Look Out For in 2023

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And in addition to streamlining biofuel production, Reversion is also developing ways to improve energy storage for when supply exceeds demand, taking a multi-pronged approach to sustainable power generation. . Also founded in 2021, Wander is a short-term rental startup that works in a similar way to apps like Airbnb and Vrbo.

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HBCUvc founder Hadiyah Mujhid on one way investors can advance racial equity

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The program is expanding to Chicago in 2021, the blog post notes. Some say HBCUs are a place for startups to go and look for diverse talent, and others think that the institutions could serve as LPs in funds and demand more racial equity. “A HBCUvc’s first batch was 11 students from three universities.

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