Choc Edge
Choc Edge designs, manufactures, and sells desktop 3D printers that use chocolate as the printing medium. Its flagship product line, the 'Choc Creator', allows users to produce intricate and customized 2D and 3D designs from digital files, effectively 'printing' chocolate.
- CEO / Founder
- Christina Zheng
- Team Size
- 11-50
- Stage
- Active
- Total Funding
- Undisclosed
- Latest Round
- Venture Round
- Key Investors
- University of Exeter (as a spin-out)
Technology & Products
Key Products
["Choc Creator V1","Choc Creator V2","Choc Creator V2 Plus"]
Technological Advantage
Proprietary technology stack for managing the specific material properties of chocolate, including precise temperature control, extrusion, and cooling systems necessary for successful 3D printing. This expertise stems from the founding team's deep academic background.
Differentiation
Value Proposition
To empower culinary and marketing professionals to move beyond the limitations of traditional chocolate crafting. The technology enables the creation of highly bespoke, complex, and personalized chocolate designs that are difficult or impossible to make by hand, offering a unique tool for innovation, branding, and customization.
How They Differentiate
First-mover advantage as the pioneer of commercial desktop chocolate 3D printers. The technology originated from deep academic research, providing a strong technical foundation in the material science of printing with chocolate.
Market & Competition
Target Customers
The primary target market includes professional chocolatiers, pastry chefs, high-end restaurants, bakeries, event planners, and marketing agencies looking for innovative promotional tools.
Industry Verticals
["Food & Beverage","Hospitality & Catering","Marketing & Events","Bakery & Confectionery"]
Competitors
byFlow; Procusini; CocoaPress
Growth & Milestones
Growth Metrics
Initial growth was driven by being first-to-market and catering to early adopters in the culinary and marketing fields. Further growth metrics are not publicly available.
Major Milestones
["Spinning out from the University of Exeter research labs.","Successfully launching the first commercially available chocolate 3D printer, the Choc Creator.","Releasing subsequent upgraded models, including the Choc Creator V2 and V2+."]