ansā, a foodtech startup that develops on-demand zero-pollution roasting, has secured $6 million in a seed funding round led by Millennium Food-Tech R&D Partnership, the company announced Monday.
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Millennium Food-Tech is joined by Closed Loop Ventures Group and New Climate Ventures, two US-based early-stage funds focused on initiatives that promote circular economies and impact-driven investments.
The roasting technology ansā offers allows for on-demand coffee roasting in an office setting, offering freshly-roasted coffee while eliminating the need the multilaminate packaging used to preserve coffee that was roasted months before consumption.
The seed funding will enable the company to advance R&D and complete the productization efforts of the ansā "Barista" stand-alone roaster, which the company expects to be followed by the production of thousands of units.
"We are honored to have Millennium Food-Tech join our quest to change the world of coffee," said ansā CEO Yuval Weisglass.
"We have great confidence in ansā's ability to leverage its unique technology," said Chanan Schneider, CEO of Millennium Food-Tech.
