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Tony's Chocolonely: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Tony's Chocolonely, unlike typical companies, has a unique mission to eradicate slavery from the global chocolate industry. Founded in 2005 by journalists of the Dutch TV-program "Food Unwrapped," Tony's Chocolonely discovered that major chocolate manufacturers were sourcing cocoa from farms that employed child slaves. Since then, we have become the top chocolate brand in the Netherlands, aiming to raise awareness and challenge the inequality present in the chocolate industry. Our objective is to demonstrate an alternative approach to chocolate production and encourage the entire industry to adopt a standard of using cocoa that is completely free from slavery.

www.tonyschocolonely.com Amsterdam, Netherlands 251-500 employees
Total raised
$21.9M
Rounds
1
Latest
Undisclosed round
Jun 2023

Tony's Chocolonely has raised $21.9M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $21.9M announced in Jun 2023.

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

Tony's Chocolonely Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$21.9M
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Undisclosed round
$21.9M in Jun 2023
Employees
251-500
reported band
Headquarters
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Latest funding round on record: Jun 2023.

Tony's Chocolonely Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Undisclosed round
$21.9M

Tony's Chocolonely Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Teun Van De Keuken
Founder

No contact details are on record for this team yet.

Tony's Chocolonely Funding Compared to Other Food and Beverage Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round

Tony's Chocolonely's latest round of $21.9M is above the median round in Food and Beverage. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Tony's Chocolonely Funding FAQs

What does Tony's Chocolonely do?

Tony's Chocolonely, unlike typical companies, has a unique mission to eradicate slavery from the global chocolate industry. Founded in 2005 by journalists of the Dutch TV-program "Food Unwrapped," Tony's Chocolonely discovered that major chocolate manufacturers were sourcing cocoa from farms that employed child slaves. Since then, we have become the top chocolate brand in the Netherlands, aiming to raise awareness and challenge the inequality present in the chocolate industry. Our objective is to demonstrate an alternative approach to chocolate production and encourage the entire industry to adopt a standard of using cocoa that is completely free from slavery.

How much funding has Tony's Chocolonely raised?

Tony's Chocolonely has raised $21.9M across 1 round on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $21.9M announced in Jun 2023.

When did Tony's Chocolonely last raise funding?

Tony's Chocolonely's most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $21.9M, announced in Jun 2023.

Who founded Tony's Chocolonely?

FundedIQ lists Teun Van De Keuken (Founder) at Tony's Chocolonely.

Where is Tony's Chocolonely headquartered?

Tony's Chocolonely is based in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

How many employees does Tony's Chocolonely have?

Tony's Chocolonely is in the 251-500 employee band.

How does Tony's Chocolonely's funding compare to other Food and Beverage startups?

Tony's Chocolonely's latest round of $21.9M is above 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 Tony's Chocolonely 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 Tony's Chocolonely is left off this page rather than filled in.

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