Yumi EcoSolutions, Inc.
Yumi is a leader in halting pollution from single use disposable plastic products by marketing eco-friendly high quality replacements at affordable prices
- Stage Full Product Ready
- Industry Consumer Products
- Location Westport, CT, USA
- Currency USD
- Founded April 2010
- Employees 5
- Incorporation Type C-corp
- Website yumieco.com
Company Summary
Yumi EcoSolutions is an award-winning consumer products company dedicated to creating a healthier and more sustainable planet now and for future generations by replacing plastics with innovative natural plant based products. We have two product lines; Yumi Return® disposable products made from natural starch, The Throw Away That Goes Away®, and Yumi Nature+™ bamboo products made with revolutionary technology. Yumi is the Unplastic Company!
Team
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President & CEO
Founder. 25+ years business experience. Responsible for marketing, product and packaging development, supplier relations and sourcing. Asian business development consultant with 25+ years experience. Advised and closed numerous joint ventures and contracts between western and Chinese companies. Director of publicly traded Chinese company. Former VP of American Express Bank.
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Executive Vice President & COO
Co-founder. Responsible for Finance, Pricing, Operations and Distribution. 25+ years business experience in corporate finance and strategic planning, sales, marketing and business development of satellite, wireless and broadband telecommunications systems in Asia.
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Richard GrossTechnology Advisor
Industry expert on biodegradable plastic technology. Director of the NSF-IUCR Center for Biodegradable Polymer Research. President – Biodegradable Polymer Society. Recipient of National Science Foundation/EPA Presidential Award in Green Chemistry. Ph.D., Herman F. Mark Chair Professor of Organic Chemistry, Polytechnic Institute of New York University.
Advisors
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Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLPLawyerUnconfirmedCohnReznick LLPAccountantUnconfirmed
Previous Investors
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Founders and OwnersUnconfirmedFriendsUnconfirmed
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