Haarlem-based TommyTomato, an organization on a mission to show kids into vegetable eaters for all times, introduced on Wednesday, April 24, that it has secured €1.9M in development funding from Stichting LifeTree Fund, DOEN Participaties, and Social Impression Fund Rotterdam.
The Dutch firm will use the funds to increase its operations from Randstad to different cities within the Netherlands, together with Eindhoven and Rotterdam.
Moreover, the funds shall be used to put money into additional automation and growth of the staff.
‘We’re extraordinarily happy to have these financiers on board and to work with them on the transition in direction of Steward Owned and the following section of development. The beet is on!’ says founder Erik van der Plas.
TommyTomato: Delivering scorching lunches with greens
Bas Turk and Erik van der Plas, founders of TommyTomato, are each fathers of three kids. They skilled how troublesome it’s to get kids to eat sufficient greens.
That’s the reason they based TommyTomato in 2020.
The Haarlem-based firm does this by delivering scorching lunches to elementary colleges within the Netherlands, filled with greens.
On this method, kids are already getting 60 to 100 per cent of the
really helpful day by day consumption of greens. The start line is that the elementary faculty is simply the place and has no extra work on the lunch.
The corporate says the lunch is introduced in a enjoyable and academic method, serving to kids study to understand greens and have enjoyable consuming them.
Since its inception, the Dutch firm has delivered greater than 1.5 million lunches to major colleges, and final yr, it grew by 600 per cent.
The meals are vegetarian, diverse, and filled with greens. The lunches are delivered by 70 Well being Angels.
Moreover, TommyTomato presents jobs to marginalised people, selling a extra sustainable and socially inclusive world.
The DOEN Basis and the Postcode Lottery Fund have been supporting the corporate since 2021, with the LifeTree Fund Basis becoming a member of in 2022.
Social Impression Fund Rotterdam is a brand new investor and information companion.
TommyTomato is registered with the Social Enterprise Code and thus safeguards the mission of turning all kids – not simply the comfortable few – into vegetable
TommyTomato is now being delivered from two hubs, positioned in Haarlem and Utrecht. A brand new hub in The Hague shall be added in March, and by the top of 2024, TommyTomato goals to increase to 5 hubs.
Presently, the service provides 49 areas across the present hubs.
The corporate claims that elementary faculty kids have already consumed over 100,000 kilos of greens by the service.