# Uncommon Cacao: Import & export, Arvada, United States

> Uncommon Cacao: Uncommon Cacao is a certified B Corp and the first company to establish a Transparent Trade cacao supply chain. Based in Arvada, United States.

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# Uncommon Cacao

Uncommon Cacao is a certified B Corp and the first company to establish a Transparent Trade cacao supply chain.

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Funding reported Last round: Series A

Import & export Arvada, United States

Company summary

- **Founded:** 2010 16 years old
- **Team:** 8 1 to 10 people
- **Funding reported:** $200K in dollars
- **Last round:** Series A Jul 2016

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- ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

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## About Uncommon Cacao

Uncommon Cacao is a certified B Corp and the first company to establish a Transparent Trade cacao supply chain.

Founded in 2010 in Belize and headquartered in Arvada, Colorado, it connects smallholder farmers directly with premium chocolate makers. The company sources high-quality, fully traceable cacao from over 10,000 smallholder producers across more than 15 countries, including Guatemala, Belize, and Colombia, serving hundreds of craft and premium chocolate makers globally. As a specialty cacao trader, Uncommon Cacao provides a range of services that enhance farmer profits by eliminating exploitative middlemen. They directly source cacao beans at competitive prices, oversee quality control during fermentation and drying, manage logistics, and offer financing options to chocolate makers. Their primary product is wholesale specialty cacao beans, which they supply to the craft chocolate industry. Uncommon Cacao is committed to transparency, publishing all prices in their supply chain and focusing on maximizing value for farmer families.

## What company datasets say Uncommon Cacao raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **$200K** in dollars

Last round **Series A**

Last round date **Jul 2016**

## Founders and team

From Uncommon Cacao's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 1 founder, 3 on the team.

**Emily Vosburgh Stone** Founder & CEO *Named on its 2020 Form D*

- **Katrien Delaet** Chief Cacaopreneur
- **Mike Albertini** Chief Operating Officer
- **Silva Cacao** Chief Cacaopreneur

On the board, as filed i *Carlyle Alex Singer* *K Scott Walker* *Katherine Scott Tierney* *Morgan Alex Simon* *Willet Alex Whitmore*

## The company, in detail

What they build

Known for

forestry transparent trade consumers publicly disclosed pricing transportation_logistics community development distribution wholesale trade impact entrepreneurship all other crop farming education information technology & services premium cacao markets smallholder empowerment farmgate price disclosure traceability

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- **Sector:** Import & export
- **Industry code:** NAICS 11199, 424510
- **Region:** Colorado
- **Full record:** [Every detail in the company directory](https://millionrounds.com/directory/uncommon-cacao)

## Import & export in United States

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