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Starbucks will unveil its web3 initiative, which includes coffee-themed NFTs, at next month’s Investor Day event. The company earlier this year announced its plans to enter the web3 space, noting…
Would you like an NFT with your Starbucks latte? The coffee giant this week announced its plans to enter the web3 space with the launch of its own NFT collection…
In new round, Dutchie, focused on smoother cannabis retail, sees its valuation soar by eight times
Dutchie, a nearly four-year-old, Bend, Oregon company that charges cannabis dispensaries a monthly fee to create and run their websites, process their orders and track what needs to be prepped…
Cannabis dispensaries’ online sales are way up, and Dutchie, which connects them to their customers, is a major beneficiary
Dutchie, a nearly three-year-old, Bend, Oregon-based software company focused on connecting consumers with cannabis dispensaries that pay it a monthly subscription fee to create and maintain their websites, process their…
Blackstone’s growth investors lead a $200 million investment into Oatly, the oat-milk juggernaut
Investors’ love affair with new, plant-based alternatives to animal products continues as Blackstone Growth, a (newish) investment vehicle from one of the world’s largest financial services firms, said it led…
Companies in Seattle raised a record $3.5B in VC funding this year.
Maveron, a venture capital fund co-founded by Starbucks mastermind Howard Schultz, has closed on another $180 million to invest in early-stage consumer startups. The capital represents the firm’s seventh fundraise…
In this week’s newsletter: WeWork files confidentially for IPO, Lyft loses scooter head and Magic Leap raises MORE money.
The payments space was even further shaken up last night, with the news that Square will take over all U.S. credit and debit card transactions for Starbucks. And those who…