algrano.com is the online marketplace for green coffee. algrano enables transparent direct trade between roasters and growers.
algrano is a startup deeply rooted in the 21st century. It started through skype calls between Santiago de Chile, Minas Gerais in Brazil and Zurich in Switzerland. After a few exchanges, the three founders decided to present their idea to the startup Chile competition. Their project was selected and a first rough version of the platform was presented in Spring 2014 to coffee cooperatives in Brazil and roasters in the United States and Europe. A few months later, in September 2014, algrano was selected by the startup Brasil program and the founders moved to Vila Velha, Brazil. From January to June 2015, the final online platform was developed and partnerships with producers and exporters in Brazil and Nicaragua were built. On June 16th 2015, the team officially launched algrano at the World of Coffee event in Gothenburg and won right away the award for the best new IT and Tech innovation of the show.
In early 2016 algrano closed a financing round and will present mid-2016 its new board of directors consisting of well-known and experienced industry executives. Today algrano's team works in Zug Switzerland, over 500 businesses are registered on the platform and farmers from Brazil, Nicaragua, Colombia, Costa Rica and Guatemala have sold coffee to roasters based in Germany, Sweden, UK, France, Switzerland and Austria.
algrano is a startup deeply rooted in the 21st century. It started through skype calls between Santiago de Chile, Minas Gerais in Brazil and Zurich in Switzerland. After a few exchanges, the three founders decided to present their idea to the startup Chile competition. Their project was selected and a first rough version of the platform was presented in Spring 2014 to coffee cooperatives in Brazil and roasters in the United States and Europe. A few months later, in September 2014, algrano was selected by the startup Brasil program and the founders moved to Vila Velha, Brazil. From January to June 2015, the final online platform was developed and partnerships with producers and exporters in Brazil and Nicaragua were built. On June 16th 2015, the team officially launched algrano at the World of Coffee event in Gothenburg and won right away the award for the best new IT and Tech innovation of the show.
In early 2016 algrano closed a financing round and will present mid-2016 its new board of directors consisting of well-known and experienced industry executives. Today algrano's team works in Zug Switzerland, over 500 businesses are registered on the platform and farmers from Brazil, Nicaragua, Colombia, Costa Rica and Guatemala have sold coffee to roasters based in Germany, Sweden, UK, France, Switzerland and Austria.
Location: Switzerland, Zurich
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2015
Investors 5
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| - | Wingman Ve... | wingman.ch |
| - | The Techno... | technology... |
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| - | SICTIC | sictic.ch |
Mentions in press and media 10
| Date | Title | Description |
| 17.02.2025 | «Green Business Award» geht an New Roots | Die Jury des Nachhaltigkeitspreises für die Schweizer Wirtschaft «Green Business Award» hat nach mehreren Zwischenselektionen am vergangenen Freitag einen «echten Gamechanger für die Käsenation Schweiz» gewürdigt: Das Startup New Roots gwi... |
| 25.09.2024 | Innosuisse funds 33 projects as part of the Swiss Accelerator | Innosuisse has carried out this call for projects due to Switzerland's non-association to Horizon Europe. Swiss SMEs and start-ups were able to apply for direct financial support for innovation projects with significant innovation potentia... |
| 21.08.2024 | Algrano, New Roots und Selfrag im Finale des Green Business Award | Der Green Business Award findet zum sechsten Mal statt. Das Finale wird am 14. Februar 2025 anlässlich des Impact Circle von Impact Gstaad über die Bühne gehen. Die drei nun ausgewählten Finalisten können sich dort vor Investorinnen und In... |
| 22.05.2024 | «Green Business Award»: Junge Unternehmen setzen sich durch | Unter der Trägerschaft von Schweizer Wirtschaftsverbänden und Umweltorganisationen wird jeweils von «Green Business Switzerland» ein Unternehmen ausgezeichnet, welches ökonomischen Erfolg mit ökologisch positivem Einfluss verbindet. Dieses... |
| 05.12.2023 | Loan guarantees to fuel cleantech solutions | |
| 26.07.2023 | Remarkable achievements from SEF.Growth High Potential Label bearers | |
| 06.12.2019 | Algrano obtains additional CHF4 million to digitalize the coffee industry | |
| 15.06.2018 | Algrano closes Series A | |
| 15.08.2016 | Algrano closes financing round to scale up its impact in coffee trade | |
| 18.06.2015 | Best New Product Award for algrano |