Food
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Prosus makes $6.3B hostile bid for Just Eat; Just Eat rejects deal in favor of Takeaway merger
As Amazon-backed Deliveroo expands into click-and-collect and procurement services to grow its footprint with restaurants in Europe, a food fight…
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Deliveroo launches food orders for pickup
Don’t Deliveroo . The U.K.-based on-demand food delivery service has expanded into not actually delivering orders by offering users a…
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Naspers Foundry is open for South African startup pitches, CEO says
Naspers’ 1.4 billion rand (≈$100 million) VC fund to support South African startups — Naspers Foundry — is accepting pitches,…
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India’s Vahdam Teas raises $11M to grow its tea-commerce business in the US and Europe
Vahdam Teas, an India-based e-commerce startup that sells fresh tea in international markets, has closed a new financing round as…
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Google-backed Dunzo raises $45M to expand its hyperlocal delivery startup in India
An Indian startup that is increasingly posing a threat to established food and grocery delivery businesses and e-commerce giants just…
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McDonald’s starts selling its Beyond Meat-based “P.L.T.” sandwich in Canada
McDonald’s first foray into the plant-based protein patty market in North America is launching today in Canada. The company’s “P.L.T.”…
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MaxAB raises $6M seed round to optimize Egypt’s B2B grocery markets
Cairo based startup MaxAB looks to optimize the supply-chain network for Egypt’s food and grocery retailers. The B2B e-commerce company…
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Ginkgo Bioworks’ dev shop for genetic programming is now worth $4 billion
Ginkgo Bioworks is now worth $4 billion after a $290 million capital infusion that will give the company the cash…
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Business
Boston gets a new biotech accelerator with the launch of Petri
As biotechnology becomes more central to new innovations in healthcare, material science, and manufacturing, one of the nation’s research hubs…
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STARTUPS
McDonald’s acquires Apprente to bring voice technology in drive-thrus
McDonald’s is increasingly looking at tech acquisitions as a way to reinvent the fast-food experience. Today, it’s announcing that it’s…
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