| Date | Title | Description |
| 28.05.2025 | University Of Chicago: New Venture Challenge Features 10 Finalists Competing For Over $1 Million | The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation announced that 10 teams have advanced to the finals of the 29th annual Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge (NVC), the University of Chicago’s signature startup accelerator for M... |
| 30.01.2023 | Ocean Media Set Up For Growth in 2023; New Wins in 2022, along with promotions and key hires Position the agency for a successful 2023 | HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (PRWEB) January 30, 2023
Ocean Media, the leading Independent media-buying agency, has capped off another banner year in 2022 with a number of new client wins and is set up for growth in 2023 with several key new hi... |
| 12.07.2022 | Tovala Issues a Voluntary Allergy Alert on Undeclared Peanuts in Prepared Meals | COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT
When a company announces a recall, market withdrawal, or safety alert, the FDA posts the company's announcement as a public service. FDA does not endorse either the product or the company. Read Announcement View Product... |
| 21.12.2021 | A Better Last Mile Experience: Why We Invested in Veho | The mile. Originating with the Roman Empire and refined to its current distance by the British in the late 1500’s, the mile has become a primary unit of measurement in the United States – and has many colloquial uses. Some people talk a mil... |
| 20.07.2021 | Origin Ventures Promotes Scott Stern and Prashant Shukla to Partner | Venture capital is a team sport. A great team makes better decisions, wins more deals, and provides more resources to companies. Investing in startups is like whitewater rafting. A great team navigates rapids by playing different roles on t... |
| 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... |
| 05.02.2021 | Tovala Raises $30M in Series C Funding | Tovala, a Chicago, IL-based meal service paired with an oven that scans, steams, bakes, and broils its meals, closed a $30M Series C funding.
The round was led by Left Lane Capital, with participation from previous investors Finistere Ventu... |
| 04.02.2021 | Tovala, the smart oven and meal kit service, heats up with $30M more in funding | With more of us spending significant amounts of time at home because of COVID-19, our attention has turned increasingly to how and what we eat. Even for those who like to cook, but especially for those who might not have the time or inclina... |
| 04.02.2021 | Tovala, the smart oven meal service with Peloton-like retention rates, raises $30m in Series C funding | The recent funding round also included previous investors in the business: Finistere Ventures, Comcast Ventures, OurCrowd, Origin Ventures, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, and Joe Mansueto.
Launched in 2017 by culinary-tech duo David Rabie ... |
| 04.02.2021 | Daily funding roundup - February 4th, 2021 | Latitude raised $3.3M;Waitwhile landed $12M; Garner Health secured $12.5M; Class picks up $30M
Aflorithmic: Aflorithmic is a London-based SaaS-based startup that makes hyper-personalized audio experiences using AI voice synthesis and voice ... |
| 25.11.2020 | Chicago Inno's 2020 Gift Guide: 12 Chicago-made products to gift this holiday season | While the holidays may not look the same this year, finding the perfect gifts for loved ones is still a priority on the to-do list.
To give you some gift-giving inspiration, Chicago Inno has compiled a list of Chicago-made products from loc... |
| 21.10.2020 | Meet Arama Kukutai, co-founder and partner at Finistere Ventures | Finistere Ventures invests in startups in the food and agriculture spaces
Venture capital used to be a cottage industry, with very few investing in tomorrow's products and services. Oh, how times have changed!
While there are more startups ... |
| 01.07.2020 | Chicago startups raised $200M in June | 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... |
| 02.06.2020 | Tovala gobbles up $20M for its smart oven+meal kit service | Meal kits have had a rush of interest in recent months, with people turning to them to vary the pace of (and in some cases, completely replace) making meals at home, or ordering take out, at a time when many of us are spending a lot of time... |
| 02.06.2020 | Tovala Raises $20M in Series B Funding | Tovala, a Chicago, IL-based time-saving meal service and countertop smart oven that scans, steams, broils and bakes chef-crafted meals, closed a $20M Series B funding.
The round was led by Finistere Ventures, with participation from new inv... |
| 02.06.2020 | Smart oven startup Tovala raises $20M as sales rise during Covid | As consumers look for convenient meal options during the coronavirus crisis, Tovala's smart oven and meal delivery service has been in hot demand. And it just raised a new round of funding to bring its meals to people well beyond Covid-19.
... |
| 23.03.2020 | Chicago Startups That Are Hiring Right Now | To build off a great Twitter thread from Josh Inglis at Chicago startup PR and content marketing firm Propllr, we're compiling a list of Chicago startups that have confirmed they are currently hiring. As the ongoing coronavirus crisis begin... |
| 18.10.2019 | Tovala To The TV: The Journey from Seed to Screen | There are many things that bind us together at Origin. One of our values – and a daily refrain – is that we believe it’s a privilege to work with entrepreneurs. |
| 30.07.2019 | Origin Ventures Promotes Stern, Shukla, Leichtman | In 2019, we celebrate our firm’s 20-year anniversary with 20 short stories
and lessons learned by investing over $150M in more than 70 companies
and the entrepreneurs behind their origin. These are their stories. |
| 16.05.2019 | Tovala and Beyond Meat partnership: 'People love the idea of a home-cooked meal, the reality is not all of us have the time to do so' | Beginning June 3rd, Tovala will feature Beyond Meat products in its delivered meals (prepped and ready to be cooked in Tovala ovens). Tovala will also add eight recipes featuring Beyond Meat to its mobile app's recipe library, which allow... |
| 08.03.2019 | Which types of startups are most often profitable? | Julian Shapiro Contributor
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Julian Shapiro is the founder of BellCurve.com, a growth marketing team that trains startups in advanced growth, helps hire senior growth marketers and finds vetted growth agencies. He also writes... |
| 28.03.2018 | Tyson Ventures Managing Director Dives into Strategy at Future Food Tech Conference | Tyson Ventures has made some attention-getting investments in the 15 months since it came onto the scene with $150 million to deploy in December 2016.
The company has been tight-lipped on what might come next, largely refraining from speaki... |
| 20.02.2018 | How Illinois Universities Power the Chicago Startup Ecosystem | Ten years ago, Chicago was not a major player in the startup ecosystem. Now, it’s one of the most important cities in tech. |
| 06.02.2018 | Tyson Foods invests in Tovala’s new oven and meal kit business | Tovala, the startup that’s designed a new steam-based oven and accompanying meal kit subscription service, has inked an investment and partnership agreement with the food prep giant Tyson Foods.
Through Tyson Ventures, the company’s investm... |
| 28.12.2017 | Midwest Report: All of the Region’s Major Tech Fundings, M&As, and IPOs in December | While we’re primarily focused on the Twin Cities innovation economy, we also have our eyes on all of the startup and tech activity happening throughout the entire Midwest. Here are the major tech fundings, acquisitions, mergers, moves, and ... |
| 28.12.2017 | Midwest Report: All of the Region’s Major Tech Fundings, M&As, and IPOs in December | While we’re primarily focused on Chicago's innovation economy, we also have our eyes on all of the startup and tech activity happening throughout the entire Midwest. Here are the major tech fundings, acquisitions, mergers, moves, and IPOs t... |
| 27.12.2017 | Tovala Raises $9.2M in Series A Funding | Tovala, a Chicago, IL-based food-tech company, raised $9.2m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Origin Ventures with participation from Pritzker Group, Y Combinator, Joe Mansueto, and Larry Levy.
The company will use the funds to cont... |
| 26.12.2017 | Chicago Tech Raised $113M in December | Chicago-area tech and startup companies received at least $113 million in venture capital funding in December as the year comes to a close.
It’s a dip from November, when Chicago tech raised more than $184 million. But it’s still a strong f... |
| 19.12.2017 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, December 19 | WHY NOT MORE?
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Lemonade, a New York-based peer-to-peer insurance company powered by artificial intelligence, raised $120 million in Series C... |
| 18.12.2017 | Tovala, which sells ‘smart’ ovens for $399, just raised fresh funding from local VCs | The track record for smart kitchen devices is fairly uneven. On the one hand, you have Juicero, which was widely ridiculed for selling a $400 juice machine and that shut down soon after Bloomberg reported it was no more effective than one’s... |
| 18.12.2017 | Tovala Raises $9.2M Led By Early Grubhub Backer Origin Ventures | Tovala just cooked up a new round of funding to get its "smart oven" into more homes.
Tovala announced Monday that it has raised a $9.2 million Series A round led by Origin Ventures. Other investors in the round include the Pritzk... |
| 05.12.2017 | Shop Chicago: The 2017 Chicago Startup Gift Guide | It's not too late to find the perfect gift for that special someone on your shopping list. And Chicago startups are ready to help you find a unique gift for just about anyone.
This year we've compiled a list of startups that offer a range o... |
| 18.07.2017 | Why We Invested in Tovala | On a cold day in early 2015, I met David Rabie– yet another eager Chicago Booth MBA student who signed up for my office hours. He pitched a student run angel fund at school. |
| 11.07.2017 | You can buy Tovala’s $399 smart oven starting today | Tovala, a $399 smart oven out of Y Combinator promising to perfectly cook ready-made meals in under 30 minutes is finally available for purchase.
It can bake, boil and steam meals at up to 550 degrees Fahrenheit in 10 to 30 minutes and work... |
| 09.07.2017 | 7 YC startups find success in the heartland | Setting up camp in Silicon Valley may seem like the obvious choice for tech startups, and one common way to get there is through an accelerator. Each year, these programs churn out hundreds of freshly minted companies, dispersing seed money... |
| 09.07.2017 | 7 YC startups find success in the heartland | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Setting up camp in Silicon Valley may seem like t... |
| 07.06.2017 | Blue Apron Food, for Thought | As investors across a variety of food service related companies (Tovala, Tock, and GrubHub), we at Origin Ventures are constantly looking to further our understanding of this trillion dollar segment of the US economy. We are also avid eater... |
| 27.04.2017 | Chicago’s Origin Ventures just raised $80 million for its fourth fund | Origin Ventures, an early-stage, 18-year-old venture firm based in Chicago, has closed its fourth fund with $80 million in commitments.
The fund is twice as big as the firm’s third fund, which closed in 2013. The sum is even more meaningful... |
| 27.04.2017 | Reflection on our New Fund | Bruce, Steve, Brent, and I are excited to announce we have closed our fourth fund, exceeding our target with an $80M fund focused on series A investments in software, marketplaces and content startups. |
| 15.04.2017 | David Rabie, the Founder of Tovala, on the Future of Food Tech | David Rabie is the founder and CEO of Tovala, the creator of a smart oven that cooks perfectly made meals by baking, boiling and steaming them in under 30 minutes. The meals can either be delivered prepackaged from Tovala or be made using a... |
| 09.12.2016 | Announcing the 2016 50 on Fire Winners | This year, Chicago Inno published more than 1,300 stories, wrote over 260 newsletters (The Beat!), hosted 12+ events, attended many more, and carried countless conversations. All focused on one thing - Chicago innovation.
And through all of... |
| 21.10.2016 | Home Cooking Startup Tovala Raises $1.6M in Seed Funding | Tovala, a Chicago, IL-based home cooking startup, raised $1.6M in seed round of funding.
The round was led by Origin Ventures with participation from Twitch and Cruise Automation founder Kyle Vogt, Weebly founders Dan Veltri and Chris Fanin... |
| 18.10.2016 | Tovala raises $1.6 million for its connected oven, goes on sale March 1 | In March, Tovala launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund its connected oven and its Blue Apron-like service. Since then, approximately 1,000 ovens have been purchased. This expression of interest has attracted the attention of investors, wh... |
| 22.03.2016 | All 60 startups that launched at Y Combinator Winter 2016 Demo Day 1 | “You’ll notice we have many more startups that aren’t in the traditional software category,” said Y Combinator President Sam Altman at the start of its Winter 2016 Demo Day 1. While once upon a time YC was known for legions of social and ma... |
| 21.03.2016 | Tovala Scores Nearly $250,000 on Kickstarter For Smart Oven & Makes Appearance on the “Today” Show (Video) | Tovala, a Chicago-based Y Combinator-backed food startup, recently launched a Kickstarter initiative to raise $100,000 for its self-titled smart oven. Just hours after launch, the project surpassed $60,000. Now, just two weeks later, it has... |
| 15.03.2016 | Tovala (YC W16) Helps You Cook Perfect Meals With Its Countertop Smart Oven | Whether you’re constantly busy, on the go, or just don’t feel like cooking, eating healthy can become a hassle. Takeout doesn’t give you any control over ingredients or portion sizes, and meal delivery plans can be unexpectedly time consumi... |
| 08.03.2016 | Meet Tovala, a smart oven that aims to perfectly cook ready-made meals in under 30 minutes | Tovala is a new startup out of Y Combinator that came up with what they hope to be a less expensive alternative to professional combination ovens. The Tovala is a smart oven that can bake, boil and steam meals at up to 550 degrees Fahrenhei... |
| 08.03.2016 | Tovala launches Kickstarter campaign to accept preorders for its connected oven | Connected objects are proliferating throughout our homes — even extending into the kitchen — all with the aim of making our lives easier. A new entrant into this space is Tovala, which is using technology to help us eat healthier. Today it ... |
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