Tagged: chocolate

April 25, 2019 @ 4:40 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Fairafric produces certified organic chocolate, from bean to bar in Ghana. Chocolate, with its reported per capita consumption of approximately 5kg per year in most of Europe, is ready for disruption and more ethical production. Kickstarter alum Fairafric aims to increase income per bar five-fold and create… Read More

September 25, 2018 @ 9:46 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Looking for that mid-afternoon sweet investment? ManíLife peanut butter and Candy Mechanics 3D chocolate brand are both currently overfunding on Seedrs. At this writing, ManíLife has raised over £437,030 for 16.56% equity, blowing past its initial £300,002 goal. Pre-valued at £2,201,698, UK-based ManíLife aims to brings craft culture to peanut butter. Created… Read More

November 22, 2017 @ 12:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Raw Halo, a UK-based cocoa and chocolate confectionery brand, has returned to equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube to raise £110,000. Within the first week of its debut, the initiative raised its funding target from close to 175 investors. This campaign launch comes less than a year after the company… Read More

November 14, 2017 @ 9:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just 30 hours after launching its crowdfunding campaign on PledgeMe, Dunedin-based OCHO Chocolate Factory secured $2 million funding target from more than 3550 investors. Ocho, which is short for Otago Chocolate, was started by artist and former journalist, Liz Rowe. It described itself s a craft bean-to-bar… Read More

September 27, 2017 @ 3:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

British chocolate company Love Cocoa has successfully secured its initial £100,000 equity crowdfunding campaign target less than a month after launching on Seedrs. Founded in 2016 by James Cadbury, who is a descendant of John Cadbury of the Cadbury Confectionery Company, Love Cocoa stated it has… Read More

September 6, 2017 @ 1:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based York Cocoa Works has successfully secured its initial £250,000 funding target from nearly 400 investors during the final week on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube. York Cocoa Work states its Cocoa House is a “destination for chocolate lovers” and each year it welcomes thousands of visitors… Read More

September 11, 2015 @ 1:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

TipsyPud has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £85,000 to expand its UK-based pudding company. Started by entrepreneur, Lucy Anderson, the TipsyPud Indulgence Collections are aiming to take the growing £5billion UK gourmet food and gift markets by storm. The company shared: “Deliciously naughty,… Read More

August 25, 2015 @ 12:36 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Sweet returns: Sawade investors who have their interest paid out in chocolate will receive annual interest of 12 % instead of 8 %. Last week the Berlin chocolatier Sawade embraced a new approach to growth financing, offering venture loans on Companisto. Venture loans are a new asset class for the… Read More