Kelpline

Kelp-based packaging film for coastal grocers.

We make a compostable produce film from farmed kelp. It runs on standard wrapping lines and keeps greens fresh two days longer in our cold-chain tests. Our first customers are independent grocers in LA County.

Maya Okonkwo Co-founder and CEO

Table 3, by the windows

Main quest

The fundraise. Read only: nothing to submit.

Round: Seed
Raising: $1.5M
Committed: $400K
Closing: December

Looking for: A lead with CPG or grocery operating experience, plus angels who have sold into regional chains.
Use of funds: A second production line and eighteen months of runway to reach forty stores.

Side quest

What Maya wants a hand with. Pick one and say so below.

Introductions
Three grocers willing to run a two-week shelf pilot

We have film on the line and a cold-chain test done. What we need is three independent grocers in LA County who will let us wrap produce for two weeks and report spoilage. You would connect us to a buyer or store manager you already know.
Who fits
Grocery or CPG operators
Anyone who knows a Venice or Santa Monica store manager
Effort
One intro email this month. We handle everything after.
I can help

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Kelpline

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Three grocers willing to run a two-week shelf pilot

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