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Chipotle launches $50M venture fund in bid to foster new restaurant tech Apr 19, 2022

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In a bid to position its brand as more tech-forward — and, in the process, foster new culinary innovations — Chipotle today announced the launch of Cultivate Next, a venture fund run by Curt Garner, the restaurant chain’s chief technology officer.

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Nowadays puts its spin on plant-based nuggets Apr 19, 2022

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Its first product is a crispy, plant-based riff on chicken nuggets that is made with just seven ingredients.

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Sika lets patients ‘hack’ their health savings accounts to buy wellness products tax-free Apr 18, 2022

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What if you could buy a Peloton with pre-tax dollars? How about vitamins and supplements? Skincare products? Or even mattresses and massages?

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Speckle snags $5.5M seed to build open source platform for 3D drawings Apr 18, 2022

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The founders of Speckle, an early-stage startup based in London, are both trained architects and engineers, probably a rare combination. It enabled them to see and understand firsthand the issues associated with exchanging large proprietary 3D files from vendors like Autodesk and Trimble.

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Itilite secures $29M to automate corporate expensing workflows Apr 15, 2022

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For the bulk of the past two years, the pandemic has put the kibosh on corporate travel of nearly any kind.

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Tokyo-based Luup to more than double shared e-scooters, e-bikes Apr 15, 2022

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Shared micromobility company Luup has raised $8 million (1 billion yen) in debt and asset financing to meet the growing demands of Japan’s micromobility market, which according to a recent report, is projected to reach $11.6 billion in 2030.

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Shipium gives e-commerce retailers Amazon-like supply chain tech Apr 14, 2022

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E-commerce retailers of all sizes can have that supply chain coordination layer that enables them to provide fast and cheaper shipping, too.

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Snap debuts its fifth cohort of Yellow accelerator startups Apr 14, 2022

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Snap’s in-house Yellow accelerator program, which invests in startups, has debuted its fifth batch of investments.

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Hookdeck snares $2.4M seed to help developers manage webhooks Apr 13, 2022

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Hookdeck founders Alexandre Bouchard and Eric Tran were working on a product to help manage webhooks in 2020 when they became discouraged and decided to step away to gain some perspective.

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Montonio is building the payment and checkout solution to rule them all Apr 13, 2022

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Meet Montonio, an e-commerce checkout solution created by a small startup based in Tallinn, Estonia. The company just raised a $12 million Series A funding round (€11 million) led by Index Ventures.

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