Amsterdam’s Vini Mini bags funding from Donor Impact Invest Fund: Know more

Amsterdam-based Vini Mini, a startup that offers nutritional products & supplements to prevent food allergies in a baby, announced on Thursday that it has secured funding from the Donor Impact Invest Fund (DIIF). 

The company will use the funds to accelerate its platform growth.

The announcement comes three months after Laurie Lancee has been crowned as the winner of the FEM-START Up Awards 2023.

Research suggests that introducing peanuts and eggs to the baby at an early age and frequently can decrease the risk of peanut and egg allergies by 80 per cent. 

According to doctors and the Nutrition Center, it is recommended to feed your baby peanuts and eggs before they reach 6 to 8 months old.

And here’s where Vini Mini’s nutritional supplements come into play. 

Vini Mini: Simplifying infant nutrition

Founded by Laurie Lancee, Vini Mini is on a mission to simplify and improve infant nutrition. 

Vini Mini was born out of Lancee’s exploration, which revealed several missing elements in the first 1000 days of a newborn’s life. 

Lancee, alongside co-founder Jozien Boersma, aims to make the allergen introduction process easier, healthier, and safer for parents. 

Its products offer a healthy, easy, and safe way of introducing allergens to babies, helping to reduce food allergies.

The investor

Donor Impact Invest Fund (DIIF) prioritises investing in Dutch companies that have a social purpose and prioritise impact, with a focus on the UN’s global impact goals (SDGs). 

This investment strategy requires a unique ownership structure for the entrepreneur, and the company values inclusiveness, circularity, and sustainability.

“We have invested in Vini Mini, an innovative company focused on the intersection of nutrition and health with a mission to prevent food allergies. From the personal experience of one of the founders with a child with a food allergy, Laurie Lancee & Jozien Boersma founded Vini Mini. Since 2022, they have offered healthy, easy, and safe food products & supplements to prevent food allergy in a baby. The mission of Vini Mini is to become the “key player” in preventive child health care in the first 1000 days of a person’s life,” writes Donor Impact Invest Fund in its LinkedIn post.