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Bringing the Mediterranean Way to the Masses

Revolution

That financing kicked off a period of accelerated growth for the company — from creating a compelling digital offering to acquiring a company three times its size to scaling to more than 250 locations across the country — that led CAVA to today: its public debut. For CAVA’s co-founders, taste and hospitality unite.

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Palm Tree Crew Raises New Funding at $150M Valuation to Expand its Global Entertainment and Investment Platform

American Entrepreneurship

MIAMI—Palm Tree Crew, an entertainment, hospitality, and investment holding company, recently closed a new round of funding at a $150M valuation. Palm Tree Crew, through its investment arm, also recently raised a $32M venture fund that focuses on providing capital to early-stage disruptive brands across the consumer and technology space.

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Backed by Accel, Minoan Experience is creating a new category of e-commerce called ‘native retail’

TechCrunch

What a time to take a leap and start a company at the intersection of hospitality and physical retail, two industries that were getting decimated,” he said. In a statement to TechCrunch, Accel partner Dan Levine said, “Retail has changed drastically over the last 10 years, and the way people shop has been the most disrupted.

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Top Ann Arbor Tech Companies and Startups to Watch in 2022

StartupNation

It accelerates enrollment and improve retainment of trial participants. Spellbound works with the University of Michigan Mott Children’s Hospital and many other partners and recently launched an AR scavenger hunt game called Arise. It also just won the Digiday Worklife Award for Most Collaborative Culture. FreightVerify.

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Top Ann Arbor Startups and Tech Companies to Watch in 2021

StartupNation

Duo has a culture centered around inclusion and belonging. They play an important role in helping Atomic Object live out its values and foster a great company culture. The founder, Daniel Young, is working hard to cultivate a culture of inclusion and openness. Their specialty is within the travel and hospitality industries.

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8 Czech VCs on green shoots, pandemic impacts and 2021 opportunities

TechCrunch

As far as green shoots, COVID-19 has “played a role of an accelerator for innovation in many business areas and even e-government and other rigid/conservative industries,” said one. I have no doubts that the pandemic has been accelerating remote work, which ultimately should lead to more remote-first startups which might benefit new geos.

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6 Miami-based investors share their views on the region’s startup scene

TechCrunch

I think this local hospitality is because Miami has had a bit of a transient nature among some of its inhabitants due to many Latin Americans coming and going every year, depending on the political or economic situations in their respective home countries. Although tightly knit, it is indeed welcoming to newcomers.

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