The Scott’s Addition-based firm, which builds software and hardware to remotely monitor hydroponic farms, got a $1 million grant and $3 million in a capital raise.
Tech startup Babylon Micro-Farms harvests $4M for market expansion
Jack Jacobs
Jack joined BizSense in 2020, covering startups, retail, healthcare, public companies and nonprofits. He previously reported for the Virginia Gazette and Tidewater Review. He is a graduate of Christopher Newport University. Reach him at jack@richmondbizsense.com or 804-554-6545.
Avail Vapor growing new brand of marijuana cultivation supplies
The e-cigarette retailer launched a line of home-based growing kits in the runup to legalization in Virginia later this week. One catch: the kits don’t include seeds.
Stony Point Fashion Park adds cooking school for children to its menu
Midlothian-based Edible Education is opening a second location in the former Sur La Table space in the Southside mall.
Local chemist launching online paint brand in Manchester
Niki Lowry started ChemCove Consulting in 2018, and it will supply the paint for her new direct-to-consumer Hound Paint Co.
Richmond startup Naborforce raises $2M to fuel market expansion
The Uber-like service that connects contractors with elderly people plans to add Maryland and another Virginia city by the end of the year.
ABC pops the cork on new $91M headquarters in Hanover
Completion of the 410,000-square-foot facilities is another incremental step toward unlocking the land needed for a new baseball stadium in the city.
Local restaurants hungry for workers dishing out higher pay, better benefits
The industry is facing a severe labor shortage as it tries to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, making it difficult to fully reopen.
Chesterfield County races to buy Southside Speedway for $5M
The 41-acre site would be used to expand River City Sportsplex. The seller’s family had run the racetrack since the 1950s before closing it in December.
Richmond entrepreneur cracks open a new beer cooler insulation company
The latest venture from Todd Curan, CEO of local sportswear company XII Brands, is Cazie Cooler, which makes a koozie-like covering for 12-packs.
Harrisonburg retailer bags vacant Ruth & Ollie space in Carytown
The owner of Lineage and his family are packing their bags for Richmond and moving the company’s headquarters to the River City.
