The Golf Ball Buoy is a bright orange, weighted marker made of industrial canvas that’s used to mark where a player’s ball lands after an errant shot.
Golfer tired of searching for lost balls invents solution and launches startup
Startups
Manchester sports recruiting startup scores $4M to fuel expansion
SEQL, which offers an app that connects high school athletes with college coaches, is backed by part-owner Barry Sanders and other pro athletes.
Food-and-beverage incubator Hatch creates co-warehousing offshoot
Hatch Logistics launched in the spring to provide storage services to food companies at a 20,000-square-foot climate-controlled warehouse.
Scott’s Addition software startup Hatch raises $11M but mum on plans
The funding round comes about a year after it relocated from a 1,200-square-foot space in Manchester to a 6,000-square-foot office at 1810 Mactavish Ave.
Metropolitan Business League expands with new outpost in Petersburg
The City Point Innovation Resource Center at 325 Brown St. will serve as an incubator for entrepreneurs and small business owners.
Startup with tech solution to bedwetting expands in Hanover
GoGo Band, which was founded in 2016, moved into a 2,100-square-foot space earlier this month at 11080 Air Park Road.
Tech startup Babylon Micro-Farms harvests $4M for market expansion
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.
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.
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.