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Ovipost wants to help drop the labor cost of building cricket farms

 Trina Chiasson says a lot of cricket farmers will talk about how figuring out when they are laying their eggs is an art — and she hopes to turn it into a science. She and her co-founder James Ricci started Ovipost, a new startup looking to optimize the right conditions for a cricket grower to get the most yield from a generation of eggs without having to lose a bunch of crickets in… Read More

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Does Gillette know your name?

Photo: Getty Images/David Madison/Taxi How do you get excited about a new snack food or laundry detergent when virtual reality, artificial intelligence and autonomous cars dominate the news? It’s easy: Because consumer goods impact every facet of our lives, from our personal health and comfort to how we socialize with each other and care for our environment. Read More

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This startup just got $4 million to get you to eat more bugs

Exo Gross? Well, that gross idea just pulled in a $4 million Series A round from AccellFoods, existing investor Collaborative Fund and a bunch of angels including Nas and Tim Ferriss. The team behind the creepy crawlies as food company previously raised $1.6 million, adding up to $5.6 million in total financing thus far.
It’s the sort of weird approach that is often celebrated in startup land. Read More

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