CHIA STAR 💫 www.chiastar.com

CHIA STAR 🌟 Wildly Delicious Low Sugar Superfood Snack Beverages.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Food and Beverage
  • Location Denville, NJ, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded January 2012
  • Employees 3
  • Incorporation Type C-corp
  • Website chiastar.com

Company Summary

We formulate & manufacture organic, super food beverages & collaborate with US farmers to grow the newly developed EF chia, a brand new crop for the US! Now on the shelves of Whole Foods, Jet.Com, Fairway, Kings & a number of Independents. Same store sales have doubled in WFM. New sales & marketing strategy ready to launch with funding. 3 years perfecting good manufacturing practices.Ready to use investment capital with precision and discipline.

Team

  • Sara Erb
    Founder & CEO

    Successful serial entrepreneur in natural channel. Built and sold 3 other companies. Strong team builder, excellent intuition for niches and the changing tide in food and beverage.

  • Erin McLaughlin
    Sales Development North East Region

    7 years promoting natural products within the Whole Foods chain, organizing and managing field events, opening independent accounts, working with distributor reps.

  • Justin Bell
    Branding, Marketing

    Award winning branding agency

  • Christine Rico
    CFO

    Experienced emerging brand CFO and financial advisor

  • Michael A. Marrotte
    Sales Director

    15 years experience in natural products sales strategy & execution, brokerage & distribution

  • Melissa Facchina
    COO

    Lifetime experience in operations, supply chain, COGS management for emerging food and beverage products.

Advisors

  • Chris Campbell
    CEO Chameleon Cold Brew
    Unconfirmed
    Mark MacKenzie
    Principal Passage Foods
    Unconfirmed
    Melissa Facchina
    Unconfirmed
  • Peter Strugatz

Previous Investors

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