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Investor Information • Cocoapod by 80Noir™

Real chocolate, reinvented for modern ritual.

Cocoapod by 80Noir™ is a premium single-serve chocolate system designed for hospitality and home — delivering real chocolate (not powder), with a pathway toward compostable formats and a wellness-led positioning that fits modern consumer behaviour.

Hospitality pilot in progress Household pilot in progress CPI Letter of Support secured BDC (University of York) secured Practera research completed Sustainability lifecycle study confirmed (March)
Cocoapod by 80Noir — premium pod concept
Cocoapod by 80Noir™
Ancient chocolate. Reimagined for modern systems.
Investor enquiries welcome

The gap in the market

Hot chocolate currently lives between two extremes: sugar-heavy powders and intense ceremonial cacao. Cocoapod by 80Noir™ sits in the middle — premium, balanced, repeatable, and designed for everyday ritual.

Market gap diagram

What’s broken

  • Powdered “hot chocolate” is often sugar-led and low quality.
  • Ceremonial cacao can be too intense for daily mainstream use.
  • Hospitality wants speed + consistency, without compromising quality.

What Cocoapod by 80Noir™ changes

  • Real chocolate delivered through single-serve convenience.
  • Designed for premium wellness rituals, not indulgent sugar highs.
  • A clear pathway to compostable / compliant packaging.
Investor lens: this is an upgrade of an existing behaviour, not a new behaviour to create.
Single-serve infrastructure already exists. We’re premiumising it with real chocolate + ritual.

The product experience

Designed to feel premium in the hand, premium in the cup, and premium in hospitality environments.

Pod in hand
Product experience photo
Home / in-room experience

Designed for modern ritual

Cocoapod by 80Noir™ brings real chocolate into single-serve convenience — premium in taste, consistent in delivery, and built for repeatable daily use.

Use of funds (execution-first)

Capital is deployed against staged proof points — moving from validation to pilot rollout to scale readiness.

R&D, Prototyping & Technical Validation

40%
  • Final optimisation of high-cacao formulations for pod extraction
  • Compostable pod material validation (CPI / BDC)
  • Performance testing and pilot prototypes

Commercial Readiness & Pilot Activation

20%
  • Hospitality pilots (UK + Scandinavia)
  • Retail-ready packaging & compliance
  • Channel validation prior to wider rollout

Pilot Manufacturing & Scale Readiness

25%
  • Small-batch pilot runs
  • Manufacturing route validation
  • Food safety, shelf-life and stability testing

Core Business & Operational Stability

15%
  • Supporting existing DTC revenue
  • Cashflow stability during validation phase
This is disciplined capital deployment against de-risking milestones.
This is not “build it and hope”, it’s staged validation with measurable gates.

Quick investor questions

Short answers. Clear intent. De-risked execution.

What is Cocoapod by 80Noir™?

A premium single-serve format for real chocolate hot drinks, designed for hospitality and home use — with a pathway toward compostable formats.

What’s the key differentiation?

It’s not sugar-heavy powder and not intense ceremonial cacao. It’s balanced real chocolate, engineered for repeat daily ritual and hospitality consistency.

What stage are you at?

Retail and subscription traction is live. Technical partners are in place and secured with Letters of Support. Validation work is staged. Hospitality + household pilots are progressing.

What do you want from investors?

Aligned strategic capital plus introductions and sector guidance to accelerate validation and pilot rollout.

Interested in investing?

Book a 15-minute call or request the investor pack (traction summary + validation roadmap).

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