Berlin\/Cologne \u2014 The funding of The Rain\u00adfo\u00adrest Company has a total volume of \u20ac 36 million and was led by Kalt\u00adroco Ltd. Katjes Green\u00adfood parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adted in the finan\u00adcing round via a secon\u00addary. This is one of the largest finan\u00adcing rounds in the German food tech sector in 2022 and the largest invest\u00adment amount recei\u00adved by a women-led food tech company in Europe to date. A YPOG team co-led by Johan\u00adnes Janning and Benja\u00admin Ullrich advi\u00adsed Katjes Green\u00adfood on this finan\u00adcing round for food startup The Rain\u00adfo\u00adrest Company.<\/p>\n
The Rain\u00adfo\u00adrest Company achie\u00adved impres\u00adsive growth rates in 2018 follo\u00adwing the entry of Katjes Green\u00adfood. Thanks to a successful multich\u00adan\u00adnel stra\u00adtegy with listings in more than 12,000 retail loca\u00adti\u00adons world\u00adwide and a strong D2C busi\u00adness, the startup has alre\u00adady achie\u00adved sales of \u20ac 20 million. In order to further expand the company\u2019s success, the addi\u00adtio\u00adnal capi\u00adtal will be used for inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adna\u00adliza\u00adtion and product expansion.<\/p>\n
Albana Rama (photo \u00a9 THe Rain\u00adfo\u00adrest Company) is foun\u00adder of The Rain\u00adfo\u00adrest Company, the Euro\u00adpean pioneer of sustainable super\u00adfoods with a focus on a\u00e7a\u00ed, the \u201csuper\u00adfood\u201d from the Brazi\u00adlian rain\u00adfo\u00adrest. There are curr\u00adently two natu\u00adral, vegan products: The frozen a\u00e7a\u00ed puree of the tropi\u00adcal fruit, which is curr\u00adently parti\u00adcu\u00adlarly popu\u00adlar for prepa\u00adring healthy bowls and deli\u00adcious smoothies, and the worl\u00add\u2019s first a\u00e7a\u00ed bowl-to-go in blueberry, mango and ginger flavors.<\/p>\n
About Katjes Greenfood About The Rain\u00adfo\u00adrest Company Consul\u00adtant Katjes Green\u00adfood: YPOG<\/strong> About YPOG<\/strong><\/p>\n YPOG is a specia\u00adlist tax and commer\u00adcial law firm opera\u00adting in the core areas of Funds, Tax and Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions. The YPOG team advi\u00adses a wide variety of clients. These include emer\u00adging tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies and family-run medium-sized enter\u00adpri\u00adses as well as corpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons and private equity\/venture capi\u00adtal funds. YPOG is one of the leading addres\u00adses for venture capi\u00adtal, private equity and fund struc\u00adtu\u00adring in Germany. The firm and its part\u00adners are natio\u00adnally and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnally ranked by JUVE, Best Lawy\u00aders, Legal 500, Focus, and Cham\u00adbers and Part\u00adners. Today, YPOG employs more than 100 expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced lawy\u00aders, tax advi\u00adsors, tax specia\u00adlists and a notary in three offices in Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Berlin\/Cologne \u2014 The funding of The Rain\u00adfo\u00adrest Company has a total volume of \u20ac 36 million and was led by Kalt\u00adroco Ltd. Katjes Green\u00adfood parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adted in the finan\u00adcing round via a secon\u00addary. This is one of the largest finan\u00adcing rounds in the German food tech sector in 2022 and the largest invest\u00adment amount recei\u00adved by [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1366,1368,1369,1372,1373],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-news-en","category-lawyers-tax-consultants-auditors","category-investors","category-consultant","category-venture-capital-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nKatjes\u00adgreen\u00adfood GmbH & Co. KG, based in D\u00fcssel\u00addorf, toge\u00adther with its two sister compa\u00adnies Katjes Fassin GmbH & Co. KG and Katjes Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal GmbH & Co. KG, form the Katjes Group. As a legally inde\u00adpen\u00addent invest\u00adment company, it invests in growth compa\u00adnies in the food indus\u00adtry that are rede\u00adfi\u00adning the future of nutri\u00adtion with inno\u00adva\u00adtive and sustainable products. In addi\u00adtion to finan\u00adcial invest\u00adments, a profound network and in-depth exper\u00adtise in food retail\u00ading are the central pillars on the basis of which the port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies are built into market leaders and the iconic brands of tomorrow.<\/p>\n
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\nSince 2016, The Rain\u00adfo\u00adrest Company has been on a mission to provide 100% natu\u00adral foods to make a lasting diffe\u00adrence in the lives of its custo\u00admers across Europe. The company specia\u00adli\u00adzes in the vegan life\u00adstyle, super\u00adfoods, acai-based products, orga\u00adnic and healthy foods, and trans\u00adpa\u00adrent sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity. The Rain\u00adfo\u00adrest Company was foun\u00added in 2016 and is based in Berlin.<\/p>\n
\nDr. Johan\u00adnes Janning (Co-Lead, Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Part\u00adner (elect)
\nDr. Benja\u00admin Ullrich (Co-Lead, Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Partner<\/p>\n