The Future of Food 2.0: sf.citi announces event targeting plant-based investments
Building on the immensely successful pilot of its talking series addressing the future of food, sf.citi will be staging a follow up event on July 10, 2019. Partners of the 2018 event, staged under the Global Climate Action Summit banner, included WeWork, Facebook, and some of the Silicon Valley’s biggest food tech companies. The Future of […]
Zipline named to influential CNBC annual Disruptor 50 list of companies poised to change the world
Zipline, operators of the world’s only drone delivery system at national scale to send urgent medicines and biological materials needed for medical facilities including blood and vaccines, was featured in the prestigious CNBC annual 2019 “Disruptor 50″ list. In addition, the company just announced US$190 Million in funding “to wildly accelerate our progress toward providing […]
Beyond Meat teams up with Carl’s Jr. to launch the Beyond Famous Star burger
Beyond Meat announced the launch of the Beyond Famous Star burger at Carl’s Jr., the company’s biggest US-based restaurant partnership to date. Announced on January 2, 2019, the Beyond Famous Star is a plant-based take on the fast food chain’s most touted product, the Famous Star, its signature burger. According to a news post by […]
Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed participates in Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2019
Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed, founder of the KBW Group of Companies, participated in a panel discussion at the 2019 edition of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW). The panel took place during the Future Sustainability Summit as part of ADSW’s larger agenda for the five-day event. Moderated by US-UAE Business Council President, Danny Sebright, panel members […]
CEO magazine: “Meet Saudi Arabia’s Tech Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal”
“Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal is using canny investments in a wide range of Silicon Valley tech firms to help the planet, bring global know-how to the Middle East and boost his bottom line.” Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed, founding Chief Executive Officer of KBW Ventures, is featured in an exclusive interview with CEO magazine […]
Award-winning tech startup Geltor raises $18.2 million in Series A funding
Geltor, founded in 2015 by CEO Alexander Lorestani and CTO Nick Ouzounov, announced a Series A raise of US$18.2 million. The round, spearheaded by widely-regarded VC firm Cultivian Sandbox for its investments in ag-tech and food tech, brings Geltor’s total funding to date to $23 million. The company’s Seed funding round of $4.75 million was […]
Zipline lauded for brevity and accuracy in The Economist
Zipline, operators of the world’s only drone delivery system at national scale to send urgent medicines and biological materials needed for medical facilities including blood and vaccines, was featured in a special report covering unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in The Economist. The article, published on October 23rd, discusses the realities of drone logistics and the […]
Startup Evenings by Startup MGZN hosts Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed
Startup MGZN, Bahrain’s award-winning digital publication and community for startups, held its 20th #StartupEvenings private gathering with Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal as its honorary guest speaker. Prince Khaled, founder of KBW Ventures and of KBW Investments, is a technology enthusiast, investor, and an avid promoter of entrepreneurship in the MENA region and further afield. The event, […]
