Venturebeat
"Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, and western Pennsylvania ... have seen an increase in the number of seed and early stage investments in the past several years, relative to the rest of the nation."
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UVA Friday Forum Webinars
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WRIC
RICHMOND, Va. — A local company making products from superfoods is cultivating quite a following. Health Warrior is one of the fastest growing companies out there and it’s all thanks to an ancient seed.
“You’re no longer a Division I athlete, you are lucky if you squeeze in a 30-minute run,” says Health Warrior CEO Shane Emmett. “You actually have to start paying attention to what you eat if you want to feel good.”
Richmond Times Dispatch
A Richmond-based venture capital firm has raised $33 million to invest in promising early-stage businesses in the Richmond region and throughout Virginia.
Richmond Times-Dispatch
“'Territory is at the convergence between technology and healthy lifestyles, and we love that,' said Ted Chandler, co-founder and managing director of NRV. 'Territory is right at that inflection point of bringing choice to health-conscious eaters, where they can get delicious meals that are prepared with the knowledge that the ingredients will fit their health objectives.'”
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Entrepreneur
"Venture capital (VC) firms are often regarded as the holy grail of startup financiers. But what do venture capitalists want? For entrepreneurs in search of funding, this is the perennial question."
Village Capital
"Several months ago, our team set out to tilt against the windmills — to create a new tool to identify and communicate what makes a founder 'strong'."
E Campus News
“A new report predicts that artificial intelligence (AI) in the U.S. education sector will grow 47.5 percent through 2021.”
Hackernoon
"A Day 1 city, much like a startup, doesn’t have to know all the answers in order to be successful. Sometimes it just has to decide and commit."
Food Navigator USA
"After announcing the funding round – supported by London-based Tate & Lyle Ventures, L.A-based PowerPlant Ventures, Virginia-based NRV, and San Francisco-based Blueberry Ventures - Nutriati co-founder Mike Spinelli said the protein had unique functional properties that opened up application opportunities in everything from gluten-free baked goods to meat and dairy alternatives, ice cream and pasta."
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TechCrunch
"Innovation is a hot topic, and it can be confusing for large corporations. With terms like incubator, accelerator and corporate venturing frequently mentioned, but rarely defined, the menu of innovation options can be overwhelming."
Business Insider
"Every day, write down a few frustrations. And then at the end of the week, you'll have maybe 10 problems. By the end of the month, maybe you have 40 to 50 problems. And then you can spend time thinking about: Is there a viable business in solving any of these everyday frustrations?"
"As a percentage of the overall grocery retail market, Amazon’s $350m in Q1 grocery sales (annualized – that’s $1.4bn) is pretty small fry. But its mouthwatering 30% year-on year-growth suggests that CPG manufacturers that don’t have a clear strategy for how to engage with Amazon now risk missing out on big opportunities further down the road, says e-commerce data firm One Click Retail."
"NRV knows that cultivating a diverse investor base is critical to our ability to assess investment opportunities and offer council to our portfolio companies. We continue to be committed to supporting opportunities that educate women about the benefits of investing in early stage ventures located in their backyards."
"The Goodwater Index helps entrepreneurs understand the overall health of the venture capital funding environment for consumer tech. The monthly score (41.9 in March 2017) is a simple assessment of fundraising prospects for consumer tech companies, offering perspective on how much the market has improved or worsened over the last few months or years."
Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) and TechNet
"All across the country, entrepreneurs are founding and building new companies that use technology in innovative ways. The American startup ecosystem — the envy of the world — has spread outside of the coasts and high-profile tech hubs."
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Evatran and WealthForge share their thoughts on the Richmond startup scene and reasons why they have stayed in the area.
Food Dive
“Krave's success is symbolic of the sweeping changes taking place throughout the food industry. The company took a classic snack, jazzed it up with trendy flavors like grilled sweet teriyaki and garlic chili pepper, and appealed to customers looking for a low-fat, high protein and all-natural treat.”
Forbes.com
"I think it's awesome that a private-equity backed, high-growth CPG [consumer packaged goods] company can create incredible value not only by innovating with good-for-you food but also tilt at windmills for important missions," says Health Warrior CEO Shane Emmett.