Planet A Foods

Planet A Foods is a B2B sustainable ingredients company that specializes in the production of cocoa-free chocolate.

Climate and energyCommerce and retailConsumer and socialY Combinator

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Planet A Foods | 707 days on the record

Raised $30M in 1 sourced round

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

1. July 24, 2026
   Series B+ · amount undisclosed
   Source: fundraisingfox.com
2. November 7, 2025
   Series A · amount undisclosed
   Source: fundraisingfox.com
3. September 25, 2025
   Series B+ · amount undisclosed
   Source: fundraisingfox.com
4. December 5, 2024
   Series B+ · $30M
   BBurda Principal Investments (lead), ZZintinus (lead), BBayern Kapital, BBayWa Venture, CCherry Ventures, OOMNES Capital, SSuperorganism, TTengelmann Ventures, WWorld Fund
   Source: fundraisingfox.com
5. June 30, 2022
   Website created
6. Summer 2021
   YY Combinator · batch
   Source: ycombinator.com

Founders and team

• DM
  Dr. Maximilian Marquart Co-Founder & CEO

  LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com
• DS
  Dr. Sara Marquart Co-Founder & CTO

  LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com

Investors

• BBarry Callebaut
• BBayern Kapital
• BBayWa Venture
• BBurda Principal Investmentslead investor
• CCherry Ventures
• OOMNES Capital
• SSuperorganism
• TTengelmann Ventures
• WWorld Fund
• YY Combinatoraccelerator
• ZZintinuslead investor

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