Startups

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.

With a fresh round of funding in hand, Greenswell Growers is a step closer to sprouting additional production capabilities to fuel its expanding grocery store presence. The Goochland-based indoor farming company reported last week it has raised $6.9 million in a capital round from investors. A portion of the funding is earmarked for expansion of… Read more »

Scott’s Addition-based Babylon Micro-Farms has new funding to continue the growth of its hydroponic vertical farming systems to other businesses.