| Date | Title | Description |
| 12.03.2026 | Chowbus Fuels AI Expansion with $81 Million Investment | Chowbus, a leading restaurant technology firm, secured $81 million in new funding. Prysm Capital and Left Lane Capital led the round. This investment accelerates its AI-powered platform. Chowbus moves beyond POS, offering extensive solution... |
| 11.03.2026 | Chowbus raises $81 million | Chowbus, the all-in-one restaurant POS system, has closed an $81 million funding round led by Prysm Capital and Left Lane Capital, with participation from Dutchess, Fika, and Avid Bank.
Founded in 2016, the company provides POS systems, mar... |
| 11.03.2026 | Chowbus Raises $81M in Funding | Chowbus Co-Founders: Linxin Wen (CEO) and Suyu Zhang (CTO)
Chowbus, a Chicago, IL-based provider of an AI-powered platform for culturally rooted restaurants, raised $81M in funding.
The round was led by Prysm Capital and Left Lane Capital, ... |
| 11.03.2026 | Chowbus: $81 Million Raised For AI-Powered Restaurant Platform | Chowbus (see Pulse 2.0 profile here), an AI-powered technology platform serving culturally rooted restaurants, announced it has raised $81 million in a new funding round led by Prysm Capital and Left Lane Capital, with participation from Du... |
| 03.06.2025 | London’s AI Ambitions: A Balancing Act Between Vision and Reality | London is at a crossroads. The city, long hailed as a global tech hub, is now facing a storm of challenges. Mayor Sadiq Khan recently pitched London as a beacon for artificial intelligence (AI) innovation. He painted a picture of a “creativ... |
| 31.05.2025 | Under-the-radar delivery apps are gaining ground in the U.S. by courting Asian restaurants | NEW YORK – When Kelly Wu feels sick and wants a delivery of congee, the Chinese porridge she grew up eating, she opts for a platform many may not have heard of.
The New York City resident doesn’t open apps from multi-billion dollar companie... |
| 19.02.2021 | Tech company to grant funds to Houston-area BIPOC small business owners | Comcast, the telecom, media, and entertainment conglomerate, is awarding $1 million in grants to small businesses in Houston owned by entrepreneurs who are Black, indigenous or people of color (BIPOC).
In all, 100 grants of $10,000 each wil... |
| 19.02.2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, why a tech company chose Houston for its... |
| 18.02.2021 | NASA and Johnson Space Center celebrate unprecedented Mars Perseverance landing | While Houston is in the depths of a historic freeze, some spacey locals are celebrating a major cosmic milestone. NASA — and Johnson Space Center, locally — are toasting the landing of Perseverance, the amiable roving vehicle, on Mars.
The ... |
| 05.02.2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, an update from Greentown Houston, events... |
| 04.02.2021 | Tilman Fertitta takes much of his empire public in massive $6.6 billion merger | Tilman Fertitta is about to become even wealthier. The Houston billionaire announced that his company, Fertitta Entertainment, will go public via a merger with FAST Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: FST).
In total, the deal will be worth approximate... |
| 12.01.2021 | Female-founded Houston startup helps busy families do it all | So much to do and so little time? We feel you. In a 2018 Pew Research Center survey, 60 percent of U.S. adults said they sometimes felt too busy to enjoy life. Bevy, an organization company serving greater Houston, is helping the overwhelme... |
| 23.11.2020 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In today's Monday roundup of Houston innovators, I'm introducing you to three innovators across industries — from sports tech to startup mentorship.
Youngro Lee, co-founder and CEO of NextSeed
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| 30.10.2020 | Chicago startups raised $208M in October | This is a roundup of Chicago tech and startup companies that received venture capital investments during the last month. If we missed one, let us know at info@chicagoinno.com.
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| 14.10.2020 | Asian food delivery startup Chowbus raises another $30M | Less than three months after raising a $33 million Series A round, Asian food delivery upstart Chowbus has raised another $30 million in equity funding.
The Chicago startup unveiled the new funding in an SEC filing on Tuesday. Chowbus has n... |
| 31.07.2020 | Chicago startup funding tops $330M in July | This is our roundup of Chicago tech and startup companies that received venture capital investments during the last month. If we missed one, let us know at info@chicagoinno.com.
To get funding updates in your inbox each day, sign up for the... |
| 29.07.2020 | Chowbus, the delivery app for ‘mom and pop’ Asian restaurants, raises $33 million to get the best Asian food delivered to you | Chowbus, a Chicago-based tech startup and a food-delivery platform that connects diners with high-quality, authentic Asian food from “mom and pop” restaurants and stores, today announced a $33 million Series A funding round to grow its exis... |
| 23.07.2020 | Asian Food Delivery Company Chowbus Raises $33 Million | Chowbus — a food-delivery platform that connects diners with high-quality authentic Asian food from “mom and pop” restaurants and stores — announced that it has raised $33 million
Chowbus — a food-delivery platform that connects diners with... |
| 22.07.2020 | Growing fast during Covid, Asian food delivery startup Chowbus raises $33M | Among the highly competitive field of food delivery companies, a Chicago upstart is growing fast with its platform that specializes in bringing authentic Asian cuisine to your door.
Chowbus announced Wednesday that it's raised $33 million i... |
| 22.07.2020 | Investors drop off $33 million for Chowbus, a delivery service for ‘mom and pop’ Asian restaurants | When big platforms have carved out large swaths of the delivery market, the best thing for an upstart company to do is specialize.
For Chowbus, that meant building a food-delivery business that finds restaurants whose cuisines specialize in... |
| 22.07.2020 | Chowbus Bites Into $33M Series A To Help Asian Restaurants Reach Customers | 5 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Chicago food-delivery platform Chowbus secured a $33 million Series A round of funding Wednesday to expand its tool that connects diners with mom-and-pop restaurants and stores offering high-quality,... |
| 22.07.2020 | Chowbus Raises $33M in Series A | Chowbus, a food-delivery platform providing high-quality authentic Asian food, announced a $33M Series A funding round to fuel platform growth and expand into new markets. Hyde Park Angels participated in the round led by Silicon Valley-bas... |
| 22.07.2020 | Chowbus Raises $33M in Series A Funding | Chowbus, a Chicago, IL-based Asian food delivery platform, raised $33m in Series A funding round.
The round was led by Altos Ventures and Left Lane Capital with participation from Hyde Park Angels, Fika Ventures, FJ Labs and Silicon Valley ... |
| 03.07.2020 | Chicago-based food delivery app launches to serve Houstonians | A new delivery app wants to make it easier for Houstonians to access the best dishes from Chinatown. Chowbus, a nationwide service that focuses on Asian cuisines, has arrived in Houston.
Among the 80-plus restaurants available at launch, di... |
| 10.01.2020 | Houston-based oil and gas software company raises $1.6 million | A Houston energy tech startup that's digitally optimizing the minerals rights buying and selling process has closed an oversubscribed pre-seed financing round to the tune of $1.6 million.
M1neral's round was co-led by Amnis Ventures and Phe... |
| 08.01.2020 | Houston-based digital marketplace for industrial equipment raises $5.5 million series A | A Houston startup that acts as a digital marketplace for industrial equipment in the oil and gas and construction industries closed a sizeable series A financing round this month.
Hitched Inc. raised $5.5 million in its series A funding led... |
| 23.05.2019 | Fika Ventures raises $76M to fund the growing LA tech ecosystem | The Los Angeles ecosystem is $76 million stronger today as Fika Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital firm, announces its sophomore investment fund.
Fika invests roughly half of its capital exclusively in startups headquartered in LA, with... |
| 31.01.2019 | VC Funding for Chicago Tech Tops $200M in January | This is our round up of Chicago tech and startup companies that received venture capital investments during the month of January. If we missed one, let us know at info@chicagoinno.com.
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| 24.01.2019 | Asian food delivery startup Chowbus raises $4M | When one food delivery startup fails, another gets funded.
Chowbus, an Asian food ordering platform headquartered in Chicago, has brought in a $4 million “seed” funding led by Greycroft Partners and FJ Labs, with participation from Hyde Par... |
| 23.01.2019 | Daily funding roundup - January 23nd, 2019 | AnChain.ai raised $2M; Chowbus raised $4M; Groww aised $6.2M; Anchorage raised $17
AnChain.ai: AnChain.ai is an AI powered blockchain ecosystem security. AnChain.ai has raised $2 million in seed funding led by AMINO Capital, with participat... |
| 23.01.2019 | Chowbus Raises $4M in Funding | Chowbus, a Chicago, IL-based marketplace that enables diners to explore and order high-quality authentic food and empowers local independent restaurants with the technology, tools, and marketing to grow their business, raised $4m in funding... |
| 23.01.2019 | Chicago's Chowbus Raises $4M to Expand Its Asian Food Delivery Service | A Chicago startup that’s found a niche in Asian food delivery has raised a new round of funding to help it expand to more cities.
Chowbus announced Wednesday that it has raised $4 million in a seed round led by New York-based investment fir... |
| 28.11.2018 | Houston startup founder plants the seeds for innovative capital raising | After eight years as a private equity lawyer, Youngro Lee quit his job to start NextSeed, a digital avenue for businesses to raise capital from the community they serve.
"One thing that I always realized in my professional career is th... |
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