Mazza Innovation Expands Financing, Senior Management Team
Mazza Innovation Ltd. (Canada) has announced that it has raised $2.8 million (Cdn) from existing and new shareholders to fund an expansion of operations at its Delta, BC PhytoClean extraction facility. Details of the financing are not being released at this time. The company is also happy to announce the appointment of three highly experienced senior executives to manage rapidly expanding customer demand for its solvent-free ingredients and PhytoClean extraction process. Chris Tower joins the Mazza Innovation executive team as vice president of sales, Jim Pratt has been named president of the company, and Andy Tjahyana has been hired as the vice president of business development.
Mazza’s financing round was comprised of several institutional and individual investors, including Natural Products Canada (NPC), a not-for-profit corporation that streamlines commercialization of natural products. “NPC is very proud to partner with Mazza and the other investors in this opportunity,” said Shelley King, chief executive officer of Natural Products Canada. “Mazza has a proven technology, high-growth potential in an expanding market, and a service that can benefit the whole natural products industry.”
“Demand for Mazza’s botanical ingredients has been growing at a rapid pace since our opening last year, and experienced senior executives are now required to help us manage that growth,” added Mazza Innovation CEO Benjamin Lightburn. “Enabled by $2.8 million in new financing from investment partners such as NPC, we’re pleased to welcome Chris Tower, Andry Tjahyana and Jim Pratt to our management team. This financing will also fund a number of accompanying expansion programs in service, sales and marketing, and extraction capability. These changes will enable us to meet rising customer demand from around the world.”
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