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Good Eggs raises $100M and plans to launch in Southern California

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Grocery delivery startup Good Eggs is announcing that it has raised $100 million in new funding, and that it’s planning to launch in Southern California in either the summer or fall of this year. And it sounds like he isn’t in a rush to launch in a bunch of new markets. Image Credits: Good Eggs. Glade Brook’s J.P.

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Nowadays puts its spin on plant-based nuggets

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The alternative protein space is hot, hot, hot as evidenced by both the number of companies developing products and the venture capital going into the space. The latest company to attract venture capital is Nowadays , a company founded in San Francisco in 2020 as a Public Benefit Corporation by Max Elder and Dominik Grabinski.

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Darkstore launches FastAF app for same-day product delivery

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“We wanted to have a very good consumer experience out of the gate and use the demand to inform whether we should officially partner with those brands,” founder and CEO Lee Hnetinka told TechCrunch. Hnetinka, you may remember, founded WunWun back in 2012 to provide on-demand delivery for stores and businesses.

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Energica CEO plots her Italian EV company’s reboot from lockdown

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There could be more demand for electric vehicles post COVID-19 crisis, believes Energica founder Livia Cevolini. One of those is greater demand for EVs after the pandemic. Before the health crisis shutdown most of Italy, Energica had already seen larger demand for its high-performance e-motos, with a price range of $17,000 to $23,000.

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All Raise expands to new geos, launches ‘VC Cohorts’

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All Raise chief executive officer Pam Kostka, who joined the business earlier this year, says demand for an All Raise presence in local geographies continues to increase: “Women are hungry for the support and guidance we provide,” Kostka tells TechCrunch. “I I think the movement is just gathering momentum. Scaling a nonprofit, startup style.

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Relativity, a new star in the space race, raises $140 million for its 3-D printed rockets

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Tagging along for the ride are a motley assortment of millionaires and billionaires, movie stars and media moguls that are providing the money the rocket launch services provider and manufacturer of large-scale, 3-D printers needs to achieve its goals. space industry.

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How to Out Amazon, Amazon

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If a perfect substitute can be launched for a product you often see the retailer create a white-labeled version because it then captures all of the margin. It starts with a category being done poorly, reimagining the experience, creating distinctive products and then constantly messaging this to the market.

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