Pre-seed financing for butcher marketplace

The Hessian start-up Meatapp wants to combine butchery and e-commerce.

The start-up Meatapp raises pre-seed funding of over 550,000 euros. The money comes from Hessen Kapital and four business angels. The start-up intends to use the new capital to further develop its IT functionalities for butchers and customers and expand its marketing in order to increase awareness.

The founders Julian Bonn, Wojciech Konieczny and Manuel Rühl have developed a platform model that aims to integrate regional butchers into online retail. Customers can select a butcher's store on the Meatapp website and order from there. Customers should then receive the goods within 24 hours. The start-up claims to work with butchers who value quality and animal welfare.

"Our aim is to achieve a social impact and at the same time increase margins and sales for regional producers and butchers," says Konieczny. By the end of this year, the start-up plans to offer regional products from every federal state and connect 30 butchers to the network.