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Tony's Chocolonely

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Chocolate makers on a mission: on the way to 100% slave free chocolate. Tony's Chocolonely is crazy about chocolate & serious about people.

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Location: Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam

Employees: 51-200

Phone: +31 20 205 1200

Founded date: 2005

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04.12.2025	Volve Capital: €9 Million Fund Closed To Back Day-Zero Tech Founders Across Benelux And DACH	Amsterdam-based Volve Capital has closed its first fund at €9 million, targeting pre-seed startups across the Benelux and DACH regions. Founded in 2024 by Dutch entrepreneurs Joost Bijlsma and Maurits Hovius, the firm focuses on “day-zero” ...
02.12.2025	Backing founders from “day zero”, Dutch VC Volve Capital closes Fund I at €9 million	After twelve months of fundraising, Amsterdam-based Volve Capital has announced today the final close of its first fund at €9 million, dedicated to investing in early-stage startups across the Benelux and DACH regions. Fund I is supported b...
09.10.2025	The Brief Launches Industry’s First AI Agency for Marketers	Ads automation platform Creatopy has rebranded as The Brief and rolled out the industry’s first end-to-end “AI agency” platform. The system automates major parts of the campaign process, from market research to ad creation, publishing, and ...
03.06.2025	AI, trade and $24 socks: Inside the inaugural SXSW in London	The inaugural South by Southwest (SXSW) in London kicked off Monday. London Mayor Sadiq Khan opened the event and touted the U.K. capital as a key tech and investment hub, while also taking veiled swipes at U.S. trade policy. Big names in t...
15.08.2024	Leftovers: Ben & Jerry’s seeks to scoop up votes \| Goodles debuts deluxe mac and cheese	Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Leftovers is our look at a few of the product ideas popping up everywhere. Some are intriguing, some sound amazing and some are the kinds of ...
14.08.2024	Lightspeed Launches Retail Insights To Help Retailers Drive Increased Sales and Lower Inventory Risks	Retail Insights offers data-driven insights forecasting sales opportunities and inventory management issues to help business owners increase sales and scale their business MONTREAL, Aug. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - Lightspeed Commerce Inc. (NYS...
08.04.2024	Ex-Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz acquires minority stake in Amsterdam’s Tony’s Chocolonely	Read this article in: Amsterdam-based Tony’s Chocolonely, known for its ethical approach to chocolate production, has drawn the interest of former Starbucks Corp CEO Howard Schultz. According to Bloomberg, Schultz has acquired a 2 per cent ...
03.04.2024	Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz invests in Tony’s Chocolonely	Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has purchased a 2% stake in the slave-free chocolate maker Tony’s Chocolonely. The company de...
21.03.2024	How ethical are the $62 worth of Easter chocolates we’ll each buy this year?	Source: Adobe Stock article-article-body Australians enjoy chocolate, consuming on average the equivalent of 32 kilograms a year, but there is growing interest in its origins and how it’s made. They want to know if their product is sustaina...
20.06.2023	Amsterdam-based Tony’s Chocolonely bag €20M to end exploitation in cocoa industry	Amsterdam-based Tony’s Chocolonely, a manufacturer of chocolates at retail prices, announced on Friday, June 16, that it has secured €20M in a fresh round of funding. The investment came from the company’s existing investors. As part of the...
24.01.2023	Coffee and Chocolate Drive Deforestation and Human Rights Violations. Can the Industries Change?	8 Mins Read The world loves coffee and chocolate. But both are linked to two big problems: deforestation and ongoing human rights violations. What will it take for the industries to change their ways for good? Both coffee and chocolate are ...
23.06.2022	UNSTUCK Unveils First Line of Partner Products, Leveraging Leading Brands’ Global Supply Chains to Create Jobs for Refugees	First consumer-facing initiative by the Tent Partnership for Refugees, founded by Chobani CEO Hamdi Ulukaya, mobilizes businesses to help integrate refugees in their new communities UNSTUCK’s first line of co-branded products will feature i...
24.10.2021	Events: A mission so sweet. The story of Tony's Chocolonely.	A man buys 10 different chocolate bars and takes a bite out of each one. He puts a camera on himself and calls up the international emergency number and says ‘I want to turn myself in as a chocolate criminal. I’m complicit to financing chil...
17.04.2021	How Verlinvest Champions Purpose-Driven Founders Driving Consumer Revolutions	Today, they manage a global community of over 20 brands and around $2 billion of funds, with offices in London, New York, Singapore, Mumbai & Brussels, with the goal of building impactful, category-defining global brands. I caught up wi...
31.12.2020	These are the top 40 wine and chocolate startups to help you celebrate the new year	Good riddance 2020! To say the least, this year has tested us all. It’s has been a challenging year and the most difficult year for everyone around the world. The fact that we made it to the end of the year is something to be thankful and g...
22.09.2020	Do Businesses Have A Role In Solving Poverty In The Time Of COVID-19? These B Corps Say ‘Yes’	A cocoa farmer from the Ghanaian cooperative ABOCFA that supplies Tony’s Chocolonely, a company ... [+] focused on ending modern slavery and child labor in the cocoa supply chain. Tonys Chocolonely
16.09.2020	How A Dutch Chocolate Company Is Fighting Slavery With Help From Idris Elba	Tony’s Chocolonely is a Dutch company with a mission to make 100% slave free the norm in chocolate. www.mariekevandervelden.com
27.09.2019	Boulder natural food company broker Green Spoon Sales expanding nationwide	Editors’ note: This story has been updated to clarify that Tony’s is helping make the chocolate industry 100% slave free. An earlier version stated Tony’s produced 100% slave free chocolate based on incorrect information supplied by a sourc...
-	Tony’s Chocolonely recalls products over risk of ‘small stones’	Manhattan-based candy maker Tony’s Chocolonely issued a recall of its popular chocolate bars because some were found to contain “small stones,” the company said. The affected products include the company’s Dark Almond Sea Salt and Everythin...
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