What it sells
Building the next generation food ingredient champion.
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
UnverifiedProcurement and R&D at chocolate and confectionery manufacturers (inferred).
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
Cocoa supply volatility from weather, crop disease and politics; demand for cost-stable cocoa-free options and no-added-sugar chocolate.
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Replaces cocoa in recipes with ChoViva (sunflower-seed chocolate alternative) and ChoViva Butter, delivered as chips or liquid tank, MOQ 12T.
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
B2B ingredient sales made by fermentation platform; pitched as cost-efficient with stable supply. Prices not published.
Distribution: how it reaches customers
Direct B2B sales (sales@ contact, "Request samples") and brand/retail partners incl. Barry Callebaut link.
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Y Combinator Summer 2021 | — | Y Combinator | ycombinator.com |
Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-12.