The fast-growing local startup – born out of a crowdfunding campaign three years ago – is filling its cup with a much larger round of new capital.
Convergent Coffee lands $2.3M fundraising round
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Buskey Cider adds SW Virginia to distribution map
The Scott’s Addition cidery will start its westward excursion with accounts in Harrisonburg and Charlottesville.
UR unveils plan for $15M hoops home
The Spiders’ web around the Robins Center is set to get bigger with a multimillion-dollar assist from a pair of alumni.
Gym brand warms up to Libbie Mill
A former ecology professor and Mary Washington alum is bringing a kickboxing-rooted fitness franchise to the Midtown development.
7-Eleven snatches up 17 sites in $28M deal
The global convenience store chain has taken a big gulp of the local grab-and-go market.
In shift, Manchester startup ready to hatch new product
A local sales tech company is pivoting its business model as it prepares to roll out a new app.
Newsbites: Noteworthy tidbits for 2.28.18
Two regional foot specialists join forces, Reynolds Community College lands a $100,000 grant from Capital One, and other news in retail, startups and nonprofits.
Tech startup moving downtown HQ to Scott’s Addition
A young company that provides payment processing products to businesses is relocating its home base to the redeveloped HandCraft building.
Phone repair shop branches out from Richmond
An abundance of broken cellphones in the area has helped plant the seed for a local chain to expand in multiple directions, including west to Charlottesville.
Bedford brewery rushing liquid ‘Gold’ to Richmond
The sister brewery of a Petersburg beer maker is thirsty for a piece of the local market.