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The well-known dining establishment ended its 36-year run on Ogilvie Road at the beginning of June after the family that owned the restaurant and shopping plaza sold the property to TCU.
Founded four years ago, Plantaform has secured more than $3 million in seed funding for its products that use technology called fogponics, a technique pioneered by NASA that nourishes plants with nutrient-enriched water vapour rather than soil.
It’s Lytica’s second major fundraising drive in the past 24 months, following a $13-million financing round led by Baltimore-based Resolve in 2022.
MaxBounty has been acquired by Hamburg-based mrge in a deal that closed earlier this month, the companies announced this week. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.