Farmplicity, LLC.
Farmplicity is an online marketplace where local farmers and other producers can sell their products directly to restaurants.
- Stage Full Product Ready
- Industry Internet / Web Services
- Location St. Louis, MO, USA
- Currency USD
- Founded April 2013
- Employees 4
- Website farmplicity.com
Company Summary
Without Farmplicity, chefs who would like to source locally have to spend a costly amount of time finding, coordinating with, and buying from local producers. Local producers, meanwhile, have to spend a costly amount of time finding, coordinating with, and selling to local buyers. Farmplicity offers chefs an efficient and convenient process for sourcing locally while offering farmers an effective and low-cost method for marketing their products.
Team
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Drew KochCo-Founder and CEO
Drew holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis, Olin Business School. While at Wash U, Drew triple-majored in Marketing, Entrepreneurship, and International Business. Before starting Farmplicity, Drew worked on the Internet Marketing team at Shutterfly, the Customer Marketing team at Carphone Warehouse, and Avnet Technology Solutions.
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Lauren OrtweinCo-Founder and Director of Sales
Lauren holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis, Olin Business School. While at Wash U, Lauren double-majored in Marketing and OSCM. Before starting Farmplicity, Communication Design as well. Before starting Farmplicity, Lauren worked at Lionsgate, Coolfire Originals, and Second Street.
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Jolijt TamanahaCo-Founder
Jolijt will be a junior studying Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis next Fall. Jolijt has a passion for food and writes a popular food blog.
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Andrew LinCo-Founder
Andrew holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis, Olin Business School. While at Wash U, Andrew triple-majored in Economics and Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Organization and Human Resources. Andrew is also a graduate of Dev Bootcamp.
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