| Date | Title | Description |
| 06.03.2023 | Cult Snax Leader & Gen Z Seer Andrea Hernández On Brand Building, The Gen Z Paradox & How To Market Sustainability | 11 Mins Read
Andrea Hernández is the founder of Snaxshot, a platform for emerging food and beverage brands whose newsletter has become a must-read amongst young founders and veteran CPG brand folks alike thanks to her astute observations an... |
| 14.12.2022 | 12 of the VC firms most active in funding e-commerce startups told us what they're looking for in an investment — and shared the biggest bets they're making for the future | From left to right: Aaron Epstein, George Damouny, Andrea Hippeau, and Anton Simunovic Y Combinator; Plug and Play Tech Center; Lerer Hippeau; Alumni Ventures; Marianne Ayala/Insider This story is available exclusively to Insider subscriber... |
| 02.06.2022 | Chrissy Teigen Loves This Olive Oil, Even If It Angers Purists | For olive oil purists, plastic bottles are a serious turnoff. “I have great reservations about plastic,” says Greg Bernarducci, the proprietor of O Live Brooklyn, an extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO) emporium in Park Slope, Brooklyn. “We discou... |
| 13.01.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Remilk raises $120m; ‘world’s first plant-based salmon fillet’ unveiled | There were multiple fundings above or near the $100 million mark this week in agrifoodtech, led by Estonian ride-hailing and food delivery app Bolt with its $709 million round.
Elsewhere, alt-dairy startup ReMilk raised $120 million, while ... |
| 11.01.2022 | Farmland investing startup raises $40 million as venture capital keeps seeping out of Silicon Valley | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
When it was nearing 6 p.m. a week ago, I found it hard to take my eyes off the sky—the vivid pink... |
| 11.01.2022 | Flush with new capital, Foxtrot’s ‘convenience store of the future’ is coming to a location near you | Foxtrot is changing the way we think about convenience stores, and just picked up $100 million in new Series C funding to expand its brick-and-mortar footprint to 50 new retail locations in the next two years.
We last looked in on Chicago-b... |
| 05.05.2021 | Foxtrot Market Expands Its Culinary Division, Hires Whole Foods Veteran Mitch Madoff As SVP And Tae Strain As Corporate Executive Chef | |
| 02.03.2021 | Chicago startups raise nearly $200M in February | 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.
To get funding updates in your inbox each day, sign up for the B... |
| 27.02.2021 | How investors are valuing the pandemic | Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch, but free, and made for your weekend reading. Want it in your inbox every Saturday mornin... |
| 22.02.2021 | Foxtrot Market Closes $42M Series B Funding Round | Foxtrot Market, a Chicago, IL-based corner store and café redefining convenience for the modern consumer, raised $42m in Series B growth funding.
The round was led by David Barber’s Almanac Insights and Monogram Capital Partners with partic... |
| 22.02.2021 | Daily funding roundup - February 22th, 2021 | Creatio raised $68M; Splice landed $55M; EquityBee secured $20M; BlocPower picks up $8M
Creatio: Creatio is a Boston-based low-code platform for process management and customer relationship management. Creatio has raised $68 million from Vo... |
| 22.02.2021 | Foxtrot Market Closes $42 Million In Series B Investment Round | Foxtrot Market, the corner store and café redefining convenience for the modern consumer, announces today it has received a $42 million Series B growth investment. The round was led by David Barber’s Almanac Insights and Monogram Capital Pa... |
| 22.02.2021 | Foxtrot Market Closes $42 Million In Series B Investment Round | |
| 22.02.2021 | Foxtrot raises $42M to launch more neighborhood convenience stores | Foxtrot, a startup that operates physical corner stores and one-hour delivery in neighborhoods across Chicago, raised more capital Monday to expand its convenience stores of the future.
Foxtrot announced that it raised a $42 million Series ... |
| 04.02.2021 | Valentine’s Day Gift Guide: The Best Presents For Quarantined Lovers | loving couple in medical masks on quarantine. self-isolation and love conceptgetty |
| 09.12.2020 | Foxtrot Market Announces Inaugural "Up And Comers Small Makers Awards," A Search For The Next Great Brands | |
| 25.03.2020 | Chicago Tech Steps Up During Coronavirus | As coronavirus drags on, tech and startup communities across the U.S. are struggling to remain steady.
Businesses everywhere are facing unprecedented challenges as they navigate remote work, abruptly changing consumers habits and an unstead... |
| 28.02.2020 | Chicago Tech Raised At Least $63M in February | 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... |
| 06.02.2020 | Foxtrot Raises $17M Growth Funding | Foxtrot, a Chicago, IL – based innovative convenient store and cafe company, raised $17M in growth funding.
The round was co-led by Imaginary and Wittington Ventures with participation from existing investors Fifth Wall, Lerer Hippeau, Revo... |
| 05.02.2020 | Foxtrot picks up $17 million to reimagine the convenience store | Amidst the staggering rise of on-demand delivery services, the convenience store has been left relatively untouched. Until very recently.
Foxtrot, founded in 2013, is looking to reimagine the corner convenience store, offering customers the... |
| 05.02.2020 | Foxtrot Raises $17M to Reinvent the Corner Store | Even as consumers increasingly opt to shop from the comfort of their own home, and the ongoing "retail apocalypse" claims new stores seemingly every month, Chicago startup Foxtrot is doubling down on physical retail stores. And it... |
| 28.10.2018 | Strategic Plans, Meal Kits, Store Bought: The Latest Dining Trends For Thanksgiving | Hoosier Mama Pie Company has already maxed out on Thanksgiving pie orders. Hoosier Mama Pie Company Instagram |
| 30.03.2018 | Chicago Tech Funding Surpassed $124M in March | Chicago tech and startup companies saw a hefty increase in venture capital funding in March, compared to February, culminating in a strong finish to the year’s first quarter.
Over the course of the month, they collectively raised at least $... |
| 16.03.2018 | Term Sheet — Friday, March 16 | FRESH FUNDING
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The startup is in the process of raising $350 million in Series D funding being led by Russia’s DST Global, according to a source... |
| 15.03.2018 | Foxtrot Secures $6M in Series A Funding | Foxtrot, a Chicago, IL-based next-generation corner store, secured $6m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Fifth Wall with participation from Lerer Hippeau, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Collaborative VC, BoxGroup, Maveron,... |
| 15.03.2018 | Foxtrot Raises $6M to Build the Corner Stores of the Future | As e-commerce continues to disrupt a huge segment of brick-and-mortar retail, Chicago startup Foxtrot is proving there's still value in the neighborhood corner store, and it just raised a round of funding to expand its retail and online mar... |
| 02.11.2015 | Curated Delivery Startup Foxtrot Raises $1.1M and Launches New Store in the West Loop | The on-demand economy is booming. In 2014, startups in the space raised over $4 billion in venture funding, a 514% increase over the previous year, as well as $787 million in Q1 of this year, the "highest quarterly total for the sector... |
| 28.07.2014 | Foxtrot Adds Another Dimension to On-Demand Food and Beverage Delivery | Too many choices leads to analysis paralysis. This is one reason why curation is king at the moment (move over, content). Consumers want to leave at least some of the decision making to those who know better and then choose from the best of... |
| - | Foxtrot | “30 minute delivery of fine wine, craft beer, fresh eats, gifts and everyday essentials. Shop a better kind of convenience online or at one of our stores.” |
| - | Meet the 34 retail-technology power players revolutionizing how brands operate and customers shop | Cathy Polinsky, Dilip Kumar, Tom Ward, and Asha Sharma. Shopify; Amazon; Walmart; Instacart; Insider This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
Retailers know that shopping habits es... |
