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Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street

PYMNTS

According to Carvana Chief Brand Officer Ryan Keeton, opening new markets brings an uptick in overall business. “We Oklahoma City, and Memphis. What once started as a gimmick — its car vending machine — has become an engine for driving marketing, publicity and growth in the markets where it opens. New Markets. Ontario (L.A.),

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New Investors Flock To Food

CB Insights

New York-based AccelFoods , which made its first round of disclosed investment in early 2014 (a series of $50K seed investments to startups including insect protein brand Exo ) and has since then made over 40 more. It recently, for example, led a $1M seed round into MA-based jerky startup Kalahari Brands. Dr Pepper Snapple paid $1.7B

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