Hotels can be pricey, and travelers are often forced to leave their rooms for basic things, like food that doesn’t come from the minibar. Yet Airbnb accommodations, which have become the go-to alternative for travelers, can be highly inconsistent. Domio, a two-year-old, New York-based outfit, thinks there’s a third way: apartment hotels, or “apart hotels,” […]
View More Domio just raised $12 million in Series A funding to build “apart hotels” across the U.S.Category: Tribeca Venture Partners
Porter Road wants to herd the meat industry in a new direction
Down a two-lane road on the outskirts of Princeton, Ky., next to a cemetery and past the Light of Truth Church, is the Porter Road Butcher Meat Co. facility — a staging ground for what the Nashville-based startup Porter Road hopes will be a revolution in the American meatpacking industry. For the company’s co-founders, James […]
View More Porter Road wants to herd the meat industry in a new directionCrowd Cow, offering ranch to table meats, picks up $8 million from Madrona, Ashton Kutcher
Most high-end restaurants don’t get their beef from the local grocery store. Well-regarded chefs and restauranteurs build relationships with small farms and family ranchers to procure what’s known in the industry as craft beef. Just like coffee or chocolate or wine, the smallest differences (type of grass, breed of cow, lifestyle, etc.) can make a […]
View More Crowd Cow, offering ranch to table meats, picks up $8 million from Madrona, Ashton KutcherTentrr is turning private land into glampgrounds, with the help of VCs
If you’ve ever gone camping and found yourself thinking it kind of sucks, likely because you’re too close to other campers, you might be interested to learn about Tentrr, a three-year-old, 47-person company that’s promising to make it “dirt simple” to enjoy the great outdoors. How: by striking deals with private landowners who are willing […]
View More Tentrr is turning private land into glampgrounds, with the help of VCs