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BizTimes Media celebrated the successes of startups from across southeastern Wisconsin during its Innovation + Entrepreneurship Forum and Awards program at the Italian Community Center Friday.

Tribe 9 Foods Acquires Carlas Pasta Certified B Corp. Tribe 9 Foods has acquired Carla’s Pasta for $26.3 million through a bankruptcy auction in Hartford County, Connecticut, where Carla’s is headquartered. Tribe 9, which owns the gluten-free pasta brand Taste Republic, will take over operations of Carla’s Pasta later this month. Tribe 9 plans to continue to operate the manufacturing facilities in Windsor, Connecticut, preserving production and employees’ jobs. “Carla’s has such a...

Tribe 9 Foods of Wisconsin announced Thursday that it had bought Carla’s Pasta of South Windsor for $26.3 million and planned to maintain local production while expanding volume and distribution. Tribe 9, a Madison-based maker of gluten-free pasta brand Taste Republic, said it bought Carla’s through a bankruptcy auction in Hartford County. Carlas, a well-known local maker of fresh pasta, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in February citing tens of millions of dollars in debt and th...