Richmond’s residential real estate market has brought a UVA alum’s New England-based startup to town to test its new home buying app ahead of a planned national rollout.
Richmond picked as test market for home buying app
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City, Bird meet to discuss scooter regulations
A controversial electric scooter startup has taken some initial steps toward operating legally in the city, but it will have to go through City Council before it can drop more of its vehicles on Richmond’s sidewalks.
Boozy cupcake venture joins ice pop maker in Scott’s Addition
With a successful lobbying trip to the General Assembly behind it, a new booze-infused baked-goods shop has opened for business in the city.
Bird scooters scooped up; more swoop in
A West Coast scooter startup that took Richmond by surprise with an unannounced launch late last week appears to be flying in the face of the city’s rules.
Electric scooter startup Bird drops a flock in Richmond; city promptly nets it
After attempting an unannounced launch in downtown Richmond, a West Coast scooter startup had its wings clipped by the city.
‘I’d really gone down the rabbit hole’: Richmonders launch crypto analysis firm
The cryptocurrency craze has helped birth a startup in Richmond.
VCU looks to boost campus-born startups
With an eye toward the entrepreneurial talent in its ranks, VCU has a new program to potentially commercialize research and inventions conceived from within the university.
On-demand scooter startup Lime is sweet on Richmond
A Silicon Valley-based firm may soon steer its shared scooters and its gang of “juicers” into Richmond.
Chickpea-powered local startup vies for $4.5M capital raise
As it prepares a national launch, a West End-based startup is looking to haul in another big batch of cash. Nutriati, which breaks down chickpeas into proteins and flours to be used as ingredients for health food manufacturers, is amid a $4.5 million equity capital raise, per SEC documents. It had raised $2.5 million as… Read more »
Evatran founding CEO out, takes job at Tesla
The co-founder of a touted local startup has left the company and Richmond for the West Coast – and for Elon Musk. Rebecca Hough, the founding CEO of Scott’s Addition-based Evatran, is no longer with the company. Bob Mooney, chairman of the company’s board of directors, confirmed Hough’s departure as CEO but noted she is… Read more »