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Zume, Startup That Tried to Reinvent Pizza Delivery, Shuts Down

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Erin Woo
· · Source: The Information

Zume, a startup that raised $445 million from SoftBank and other investors to automate pizza-making with robots before switching to developing sustainable packaging, has shut down, The Information reported Friday . The insolvent company has retained restructuring firm Sherwood Partners to liquidate the assets for the benefit of the creditors, an alternative to bankruptcy, according to Martin...

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