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HPA Invests in Iris Finance’s $6.2M Series Seed, a CFO Platform for CPG

HPA is excited to announce its participation in Iris Finance $6.2 million Seed round co-led by Glasswing Ventures and Founder Collective, with participation from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Barrel Ventures, Rosecliff, and others. Physical product businesses face mounting financial pressure, with cash flow mismanagement contributing to most small business failures and many […]

September 16, 2025 By Pete Wilkins

• AI
• CFO
• cpg
• finance
• funding
• fundraising
• HPA
• HPA investments
• iris
• seed

The Future Of Food Starts In Chicago

Chicago is a leader in food and agriculture innovation. From high-profile startups to the established industry leaders, the city is uniquely poised for continued innovation within the food ecosystem as demonstrated by the Chicago Venture Summit Future-of-Food event last week. To provide some background, Chicago’s food and beverage manufacturing industry is the nation’s largest, generating […]

May 31, 2022 By Pete Wilkins

• agriculture innovation
• chicago venture summit
• cpg
• food and beverage
• food innovation
• world business chicago