Before Brands Closes $13.1M Series A Financing
Summary
Before Brands, Inc., a Menlo Park, CA-based science-based food products company, raised $13.1m in funding.The round was led by Gurnet Point Capital with participation from Martha Goldberg Aronson & Dan Aronson, Justine & John Arrillaga, Denise & Dave Bunning, Michele & Tim Barakett, Katherine Collins, Linda & Bill Friend, Kim & Alan Hartman, Melissa & Scott Kepner, Rebecca & Sasha Lainovic, Michelle & Daniel Lubetzky, Julie & Bruce Menin, Shirley & Mike Orsak, Melanie & Tom Staggs, Lisette & Jeff Weiner, Anne Wojcicki, and Stephanie Winston Wolkoff & David Wolkoff.Co-founded by entrepreneur Dr. Ashley Dombkowski and pediatrician Dr. Kari Nadeau, Before Brands provides products in support of nutritional strategies that include potentially allergenic foods as a regular part of a healthy diet.The products are based on insights and intellectual property developed by Dr. Nadeau and licensed to the company by Stanford University on an exclusive, global basis.The Early Adaptive Tolerance™ edible products are designed to be incorporated into the diet of infants around 6 months of age as part of solid food introduction.