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Richard Collings@RichCollings26 Aug 2025

As a life-long Kansas City Chiefs fan and a proud Swiftie, today is a good day.

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@AxiosPro27 Mar 2025

Bobo's Oat Bars working with William Blair on sale trib.al/6H7lM7C

Bobo's Oat Bars working with William Blair on sale

The company, which was prepping for a sale, projected its revenue would be more than $100 million in 2024.

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@axios26 Mar 2025

Dollar Tree to sell Family Dollar to private equity for $1B trib.al/PiiruqQ

Dollar Tree to sell Family Dollar to private equity for $1B

The valuation is a fraction of the $9 billion Dollar Tree paid to acquire its rival in 2015.

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@AxiosPro17 Mar 2025

PepsiCo to buy soda upstart brand Poppi for nearly $2B trib.al/jeKQqz9

PepsiCo to buy soda upstart brand Poppi for nearly $2B

The purchase price includes $300 million of cash tax benefits and an additional earn-out.

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@AxiosPro17 Mar 2025

Denim brand Guess gets take-private offer from brand manager WHP trib.al/xzGal2R

Denim brand Guess gets take-private offer from brand manager WHP

The offer values the company at about $770 million when cash and debt are factored in.

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@AxiosPro18 Mar 2025

Odwalla, shuttered by Coca-Cola during the pandemic, gets a relaunch trib.al/DOvbJXy

Odwalla, shuttered by Coca-Cola during the pandemic, gets a relaunch

Mexico-based juice maker Grupo Jumex is the new licensee of the juice and smoothie brand.

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@AxiosPro18 Mar 2025

Grocery tech startup Vori to raise Series B in next 12 months trib.al/pnadaxx

Grocery tech startup Vori to raise Series B in next 12 months

The round will get the company to profitability, its CEO says.

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@AxiosPro20 Mar 2025

Meat snack brand Archer to lasso revenue of $33M in March trib.al/M97UJo4

Meat snack brand Archer to lasso revenue of $33M in March

The company projects revenue will be more than $300 million this year.

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@AxiosPro20 Mar 2025

Snacking's woes could lead to more M&A trib.al/G2mycZN

Snacking's woes could lead to more M&A

Food giants could look to divestitures and acquisitions to firm up portfolios.

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@AxiosPro25 Mar 2025

Topanga raises $8M to cut food waste trib.al/UHI5OwR

Topanga raises $8M to cut food waste

The round was led by Bear Capital, with participation from Struck Capital, Amasia and Wonder Ventures.

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@AxiosPro25 Mar 2025

Lumi AI raises $3.7M for retail data trib.al/NCDIT0k

Lumi AI raises $3.7M for retail data

The round was led by AgFunder with participation from Forum Ventures, Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ and Qora71 syndicate.

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@AxiosPro27 Mar 2025

AI-driven customer data platform Chord raises $5.5M seed trib.al/NUZsgqS

AI-driven customer data platform Chord raises $5.5M seed

It's new funding, led by M13, for the startup's standalone AI offering.

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@AxiosPro27 Mar 2025

AI supply chain data platform Crisp acquires Shelf Engine trib.al/dk2lGi9

AI supply chain data platform Crisp acquires Shelf Engine

Crisp, which is the midst of raising another $50 million, plans to makes more acquisitions following the deal.

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@Techmeme5 Mar 2025

NYC-based Odeko, which sells smart operations software to independent coffee shops and cafes, raised a $126M Series E, including $96M in equity and $30M in debt (@richcollings / Axios) axios.com/pro/retail-deals/2… techmeme.com/250305/p5#a2503… xitter.cf/Techmeme/status/186309…

Restaurant tech provider Odeko raises $96M Series E

The round was led by existing investor B Capital and is in addition to a $30 million credit faclity.

@Techmeme1 Dec 2024

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@M13Company27 Mar 2025

M13 is excited to back @chordcommerce, an AI-powered customer data platform built specifically for commerce, helping beloved brands like Sonos and Ruggable turn complex, siloed data into real-time actionable insights and decisions. As former #commerce operators, Chord’s team knows the challenges brands face, and its $5.5M fundraise will fuel Chord’s mission to simplify data-driven decision-making and unlock the full potential of first-party data for brands. Read more about Chord’s progress by @RichCollings in @axios: axios.com/pro/retail-deals/2…

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@AxiosPro13 Mar 2025

Oats Overnight to grow 80% this year, CEO projects trib.al/4liZqbb

Oats Overnight to grow 80% this year, CEO projects

The drinkable oats brand is already generating well over $100 million in revenue per year.

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@AxiosPro4 Mar 2025

Restaurant tech provider Odeko raises $96M Series E trib.al/yNZrVJ7

Restaurant tech provider Odeko raises $96M Series E

The round was led by existing investor B Capital and is in addition to a $30 million credit faclity.

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@AxiosPro4 Mar 2025

Content optimization platform Copley raises $4.8M pre-seed trib.al/DR8C4QN

Content optimization platform Copley raises $4.8M pre-seed

The round was led by Asymmetric Capital Partners and Underscore VC.

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@AxiosPro4 Mar 2025

Sycamore buyout of Walgreens would set up three-way split trib.al/ZAhEYgs

Sycamore buyout of Walgreens would set up three-way split

Executive chair Stefano Pessina would maintain a significant shareholding in any deal.

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@AxiosPro5 Mar 2025

Bolt's Breslow returns trib.al/CuYUPBF

Bolt's Breslow returns

An attempt to reinstate himself has CEO last year was met with heavy skepticism.

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