Investments Blog
Richmond’s Vint raises $5M to create ‘asset class’ around wine and spirits
Alternative investment company Vint has closed $5 million in seed funding to expand.
The round was led by Menlo Park, California’s Montage Ventures and included participation from MS&AD Ventures, also of Menlo Park, San Francisco’s Goat Rodeo Capital, New York City’s Great Oaks Venture Capital, Sunnyvale, California’s Plug and Play Tech Center Ventures, San Francisco’s Fiat Ventures, New York City’s irrvrntVC and Portola Valley, California’s Western Technology Investment.
Richmond-based…
Bojangles bringing first Columbus-area restaurant to Hilliard-Rome Road
Bojangles’ long-awaited Columbus arrival will happen this spring.
Sweet & Juicy Seafood opens Fern Creek restaurant
The new restaurant has an expanded menu with new items, such as seafood pasta.
San Francisco serial bar star Eric Passetti is adding a seventh venture
Eric Passetti expands unfussy empire with spot next door to his recent restaurant Pie Punks.
Ration Ales plans taproom opening in Williamsville in late January
The project comes from four partners with deep roots in the Western New York craft beer industry.
California-based Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar chain to enter Orlando market, create hundreds of jobs
Lazy Dog has plans to open three other locations in early 2023 outside of the Sunshine State.
Naked Coffee set to begin operations at Curtis Park location later this week
A new coffee shop and cafe is expected to begin operating later this week in Curtis Park.
Prominent local company relocating HQ to downtown Dayton
A nearly 50-year-old, family-owned company is moving its headquarters out of the suburbs.
Milwaukee beer gardens see record-breaking year, 1840 Brewing first in state for new game: Beer Biz MKE
The Milwaukee Business Journal’s Beer Biz MKE blog looks at every corner of Milwaukee’s beer industry from distribution and canning to production and beer events. Follow along for updates on breweries coming and leaving town and the biggest trends in craft beer.
Phoenix led the nation in inflation in 2022, but rise may slow in 2023
WASHINGTON – After a year in which the Valley saw the nation’s highest inflation rate for metro areas, experts say consumers can expect inflation to ease in 2023 – but warn that it’s not going away entirely.
The consumer price index for Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale in October, the most recent month for which data is available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, was 12.1% higher than it was in October 2021. The next-highest metro areas were Atlanta, which posted a 10.7% increase for the year,…