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The Candied Yam: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

The Candied Yam is a soul food restaurant that specializes in southern comfort cuisine cooked from scratch with fresh, local ingredients.

www.thecandiedyamgr.com Grand Rapids, United States 1-10 employees
Total raised
$10k
Rounds
1
Latest
Undisclosed round
Apr 2026

The Candied Yam has raised $10k across 1 funding round on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $10k announced in Apr 2026.

That round is below the $2.4M median round size for Food and Beverage companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

The Candied Yam Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$10k
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Undisclosed round
$10k in Apr 2026
Employees
1-10
reported band
Headquarters
Grand Rapids, United States

Latest funding round on record: Apr 2026.

The Candied Yam Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Undisclosed round
$10k

The Candied Yam Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Velonda Anderson
Founder

No contact details are on record for this team yet.

The Candied Yam Funding Compared to Other Food and Beverage Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
29,722
$7.5M

The Candied Yam's latest round of $10k is below the median round in Food and Beverage. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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The Candied Yam Funding FAQs

What does The Candied Yam do?

The Candied Yam is a soul food restaurant that specializes in southern comfort cuisine cooked from scratch with fresh, local ingredients.

How much funding has The Candied Yam raised?

The Candied Yam has raised $10k across 1 round on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $10k announced in Apr 2026.

When did The Candied Yam last raise funding?

The Candied Yam's most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $10k, announced in Apr 2026.

Who founded The Candied Yam?

FundedIQ lists Velonda Anderson (Founder) at The Candied Yam.

Where is The Candied Yam headquartered?

The Candied Yam is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States.

How many employees does The Candied Yam have?

The Candied Yam is in the 1-10 employee band.

How does The Candied Yam's funding compare to other Food and Beverage startups?

The Candied Yam's latest round of $10k is below the $2.4M median round size for Food and Beverage companies on FundedIQ across 1,333 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's The Candied Yam Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for The Candied Yam is left off this page rather than filled in.

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