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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Richard Gross
    Technology 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

  • Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
    Lawyer
    Unconfirmed
    CohnReznick LLP
    Accountant
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • Founders and Owners
    Unconfirmed
    Friends
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