Pyran Partners with Manufacturer
Pyran announced recently that it has reached an agreement with an Illinois manufacturer to covert and distribute its PDO product. According to a release, NAGASE Specialty Materials (NSM), a manufacturer…
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Cultured Decadence Acquired by UPSIDE Foods
Cultured Decadence announced today that it has been acquired by UPSIDE Foods of Berkeley, Calif. According to a release, the acquisition will enable UPSIDE to complement and expand its product…
StartingBlock Offers Health Insurance
StartingBlock Madison announced recently that it will offer its members health insurance through M3 Insurance and Quartz. “Access to healthcare should not be a barrier to entry for people wanting…
Food Accelerator Expands Nationally
The Food Finance Institute (FFI) announced recently that its Wisconsin FaBcap Accelerator has changed into a national Fellows Program. “Through our new model, in one year, we will touch more businesses…
Pill Skills Earns Ideadvance Grant
The Center for Technology Commercialization announced recently that Pill Skills earned a Stage 1 Small Business Innovation Ideadvance grant of $15,000. Pill Skills, which progressively teaches children an important life skill with…
Pyran Raises $4M, Hires CEO
Pyran announced recently that it closed its fundraising round, which totaled nearly $4 million in investments and grants, and hired a CEO. According to a release, Arosa Capital led the…
Northwestern Mutual Creates $100M Impact Fund
Northwestern Mutual announced today the launch of a $100-million impact investing fund, which will invest in Black and African-American communities nationally and in the Milwaukee area. According to a release, the fund will focus on physical…
CMFG Launches Discovery Fund
CMFG Ventures, the venture capital arm of CUNA Mutual Group, has launched the CMFG Ventures Discovery Fund, which will invest in early-stage companies with diverse founding teams (people of color…
Company Profile: Cultured Decadence
by Sam Johnson, for MadisonStartups.com In the last few years, the alternative protein movement has been brought to many consumers’ attention. Companies like Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat have started…
Cultured Decadence Raises $1.6M
Cultured Decadence, which makes lobster and crab meat using cell culture and tissue engineering techniques, raised $1.6 million in a pre-seed financing round, the company announced recently. “The way we…
