Atomo Coffee
Summary
Atomo makes coffee without the coffee beans. They do so by reverse engineering coffee’s aroma, flavor, color, caffeine content and mouthfeel with upcycled and sustainable ingredients. By recreating coffee using its molecular building blocks, Atomo gains precision control over the end product and is able to avoid undesirable traits and fine-tune certain characteristics.
Why We Invested
- An original wedge into a high margin $450B market.
- N-of-1 type of company.
- Strong investor syndicate – lowers financing risk.
- Extremely strong and driven technical founder paired with strong technical team.
Investors
AgFunder, S2G Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Horizons Ventures
Team
Andy Kleitsch CEO/Cofounder
Andy’s first startup WeddingChannel.com got acquired for $77.7M. Over the past 15 years Andy founded several tech companies in various fields. He also worked at Amazon Payments developing their mobile wallet program. He holds a BS in Advertising and marketing from Emerson College.
Jarret Stopforth CSO/Cofounder
Jarret has 20 years of experience in product development for food and beverage companies such as Soylent, chobani, Campbell’s and Kettle & Fire. He has over 50 peer-reviewed publications in the field. He has a PhD in Food Science and Microbiology at Colorado State University.
