Cairnspring Mills

American-grown premium flour bursting with flavor — and demand

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Categories
Financial Services, Food & Beverage, Retail, Consumer Goods & Products
Min Investment
$100
Location
Burlington, , WA
No. Investors
919
Website
cairnspring.com

Key Deal Facts

Top-quality flour used by celebrity baker & Tartine co-founder, Chad Robertson
Backed by visionary investors like Peter Buffett's Novo Foundation, & Terra Regenerative
Led by founders with exits to Vita Coco, Nestle, & JuneShine
6.8M pounds of flour milled in 2024; expanding to 110M pounds/year at a new mill
$19.6M in lifetime revenue with $6.2M in 2024 & exploding demand
Breaking ground on new mill to 8X revenue in 4 years (not guaranteed)
Transforming flour from commodity to craft in a $23B market
Profitable operations at Skagit Mill: 41% gross profit margin & 9% positive EBITDA margin

Management Team / Advisory Board Bios

Notable Angel
Raised $25k or more from a notable angel investor, $5M+ Revenue
Earned over the last 12 months, Kevin MorseCo-founder & CEO Agricultural innovator. CEO, farmer, and rural economic development exec overseeing multimillion dollar infrastructure and food system projects. Ex–Nature Conservancy director. Secured re-authorization for the Farm Bill. James Madison U. BBA, Tyler GageCFOSerial CPG entrepreneur. Founded & exited RUNA to Vita Coco. Structured $400M+ in M&A deals including Terrafertil to Nestlé & Flying Embers to JuneShine. Forbes 30 Under 30. Brown University BA. UPenn Wharton MBA, Francisco MantillaCOOOps maven. Built vertically integrated supply chain with 3K+ smallholder producers as former RUNA Latin America CEO. Executed cocoa & palm oil sourcing for Fortune 500 clients as Earthworm Foundation LatAm lead. Universidad San Francisco de Quito MBA, Katie RiggDirector of SalesFood industry growth expert. Led $220M+ in annual pastry sales for The Chefs’ Warehouse West Coast. Over 20 years Culinary experience including Annie’s, Facebook, Michelin awarded restaurant. CCA Pastry & Baking, Michele CrowleyDirector of MarketingBrand architect. Former Marketing Director at Elysian Brewing Company (acquired by Anheuser-Busch InBev) and brand manager at Pyramid Breweries & Portland Brewing Co. University of Vermont BS, Josey SteeplesPlant ManagerManufacturing leader. Cut $100K+ in annual costs as plant operations manager at Grain Craft. Former head miller at Ardent Mills. Ex–General Mills. Ex–Harley-Davidson. Kansas State University BS, Dave BinczewskiOperations ManagerAg-tech innovator. Delivered scalable plant propagation breakthroughs and built commercial greenhouse infrastructure for a global bamboo supplier. Ex–ProVitro Biosciences and Sakata Seed, Manuela PhillipsControllerFood finance specialist. 15+ years in high-growth food brands and global multinationals including Nestlé. Former GM at Terrafertil and Essential Living Foods. Led acquisitions, HR, and systems transitions. PUCC São Paulo BBA
Amount Raised : $4,965,792
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