Paulig gives its coffee waste a new life: Paulig venture arm PINC leads EUR 1.1 million seed round in Kaffe Bueno
As a sustainability frontrunner, Paulig is actively seeking new business models that promote circularity and reduce climate impacts. Paulig Incubator, PINC, invests in a Danish start-up, Kaffe Bueno, that upcycles coffee waste from Paulig’s Vuosaari roastery into high-value ingredients for cosmetics, nutraceuticals and functional foods. PINC invests in early stage start-ups in and around the future of food. The Kaffe Bueno and PINC collaboration started about a year ago with testing of the upcycling of ground coffee waste from the Paulig’s Vuosaari roastery. The by-product of