India's Swish raises $24M Series B for 10-minute food delivery
Swish, an India-based startup delivering prepared food in about ten minutes, raised a $24 million Series B on September 10, 2026, backed by Bertelsmann India Investments. The round…
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Food & Beverage 1980s United States
Howard Schultz
Starbucks
Bought a 6-store Seattle roaster and built the world's largest coffeehouse chain
Food & Beverage 1950s United States
Ray Kroc
McDonald's
Turned one California burger stand into the world's largest fast-food franchise
Food & Beverage 1980s United States
Reginald F. Lewis
TLC Beatrice International
Led the $985M buyout of Beatrice International, the first Black-owned billion-dollar business
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All →Google DeepMind launches WeatherNext 3 with hourly 5km AI forecasts and API
Google DeepMind and Google Research launched WeatherNext 3 on September 3, 2026, generating 15-day probabilistic forecasts initialized hourly at up to 5km resolution across 64 ense…
Belgium's Backbone raises EUR 4M pre-seed for food-industry compliance
Brussels-based Backbone announced a EUR 4 million pre-seed on Sept 3, 2026, backed by Pitchdrive, PROfounders Capital, Passion Capital, 100IN, Agristo, and Darta. The platform cons…
BDC expands Pivot to Grow loan for tariff-hit SMEs: financing from $250K, revenue floor cut to $1M
On August 25, 2026, BDC announced an expansion of its Pivot to Grow loan to help small businesses absorb cash-flow pressure from new U.S. tariffs imposed August 22, 2026. Eligible…
Canada boosts Regional Tariff Response by $1.5B; SME cap rises to $3M
In its August 25, 2026 $7.5-billion tariff-support package, the federal government added $1.5 billion to the Regional Tariff Response Initiative delivered by Canada's seven Regiona…
BDC expands Pivot to Grow loan with $500M stream for tariff-hit firms
On 25 August 2026 Ottawa and BDC expanded the Pivot to Grow loan, adding a $500-million liquidity stream with financing starting at $250,000 and up to $5 million per borrower. Elig…
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