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After selling startup to Instacart, New School Foods founder raises $15.9 million CAD to create plant-based meat
Author: George Holt Published Date: February 3, 2023
Toronto startup’s tech can produce plant-based salmon fillets. Toronto-based New School Foods has closed $15.9 million CAD ($12 million USD) in seed funding to…
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Permalution, Magnestar, Ohh! Foods among winners of Startupfest 2022 pitch competitions
Author: George Holt Published Date: July 15, 2022
A select group of startups, ranging from cleantech to snacktech, have been named winners in Startupfest’s lineup of pitch competitions this year. All three…
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Meet the biotech startup that received funding from both Garage Capital and Maple Leaf Foods
Author: George Holt Published Date: May 13, 2022
Kitchener-Waterloo-based Evolved Meats claims that from only a few cells it can grow “whole cuts of real meat from any animal.” Evolved Meats (formerly…
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Uber Eats alum, Top Chef finalist secure backing for Spatula Foods to serve Canadians flash-frozen gourmet meals
Author: George Holt Published Date: April 23, 2022
HelloFresh, Goodfood alum backed the pre-seed round. Toronto-based Spatula Foods has raised $1.87 million CAD ($1.5 million USD) in pre-seed funding, and nabbed the…