Startups

Founded in 2018 by Vincent Vu, the company recently completed a proof-of-concept prototype for a new insole product designed to predict the wearer’s risk of falling.

Scott’s Addition-based Babylon Micro-Farms, which sells and leases modular vertical indoor micro-farms to businesses and individuals, is one of 10 finalists for the Verizon Climate Resiliency Prize.

Left scrambling after a failed merger, the once fast-growing company is moving rapidly to restructure by shrinking from nearly 500 employees to 50, leaving only its Richmond operations intact.

A cluster of concerts that kick off today as part of the newly created Richmond Music Week cap a productive first year for Shockoe Records.

Keya Wingfield said she hopes to take her Bombay Chips brand to a new level as one of eight startups making up the accelerator program’s latest cohort.

The owner of Beet Box is diving into the dumpster business while helping another Richmond company expand to the other side of the country.

The company, which offers a Uber-like service connecting elderly people with contractors who can provide household assistance and companionship, is tripling the size of its headquarters.

It was a $500,000 problem that inspired Margaret Upshur to launch Mobius Materials, which she recently moved to Richmond from Silicon Valley.

It took a couple years, but a local tortilla chip maker has finally scooped up a bigger space where it has also opened a retail store.