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The company has deve\u00adlo\u00adped its paten\u00adted ChoViva product with the mission of offe\u00adring consu\u00admers world\u00adwide a climate-friendly alter\u00adna\u00adtive to cocoa. Led by the World Fund, this finan\u00adcing round marks a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant mile\u00adstone for Planet A Foods as the company looks to bring its climate-friendly cocoa alter\u00adna\u00adtive ChoViva to a wider custo\u00admer&nbsp;base.<\/p>\n<p>With the Series A finan\u00adcing, Planet A Foods plans to increase its produc\u00adtion capa\u00adcity to meet the growing demand for its cocoa alter\u00adna\u00adtive. The company is also aiming to expand its market beyond Germany, Austria and Switz\u00ader\u00adland to include choco\u00adla\u00adtiers in the UK and the USA. Planet A Foods also intends to address other envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal issues in the food indus\u00adtry, parti\u00adcu\u00adlarly palm oil, which is asso\u00adcia\u00adted with defo\u00adre\u00adsta\u00adtion and harmful emissions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Consul\u00adtant Planet A Foods: Bird &amp;&nbsp;Bird<br>\n<\/strong><br>\nAsso\u00adciate Louisa Graf, LL.M. (Lead, Munich), Part\u00adner Dr. Stefan Gott\u00adge\u00adtreu (D\u00fcssel\u00addorf), Coun\u00adsel Andrea Schlote (Munich), Asso\u00adciate Benita Schild (D\u00fcssel\u00addorf) (all Corpo\u00adrate), Part\u00adner Dr. Ralph Panzer, Coun\u00adsel Sandy Gerlach, Asso\u00adciate Cara-Marlene Fuchs (all Employ\u00adment Law, Munich), Part\u00adner Dr. Markus K\u00f6rner (IP, Munich), Part\u00adner Dr. Rolf Schmich (Tax Law, Frankfurt).<\/p>\n<p>www.twobirds.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Munich \u2014 The inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal law firm Bird &amp; Bird has advi\u00adsed the Munich-based food tech\u00adno\u00adlogy company Planet A Foods on its Series A finan\u00adcing in the amount of 15.4 million US dollars. 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