2023

Founding year

4

Founding

Caraté

With Caraté, we make caffeinated lemonade and tea with a unique taste in a natural and sustainable way, using cascara, the coffee fruit.
EXIST WomenStart-up grant.NRW
A start-up that is changing the beverage industry!

Caraté - The kick you've been looking for!

Coffee was yesterday, Caraté is now. A completely new taste experience is created from the often discarded coffee fruit. Cascara, the fruit around the coffee bean, provides a natural caffeine kick, antioxidants and fruity aromas as the basis for sparkling soft drinks and aromatic teas.

With natural ingredients and no artificial additives, Caraté focuses on pure quality and sustainability. Whether ice-cold as a soda or hot as a tea - Caraté brings the taste of summer, energy and Latin America straight into your glass. Vegan, clean, different.

The picture shows the founding team of Caraté holding their product, a drink in a glass bottle, out in front.
The founding team of Caraté

The dream team behind Caraté: four minds, four disciplines, one goal: the tea evolution of the caffeine market.

Kay, the visionary, combines management and financial control expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit that brought Caraté to life. Sarah brings power to the team: personnel marketing meets strategic thinking. Daniel, the trade and logistics professional, ensures smooth processes with 10 years of experience. And André, startup veteran and beverage technologist, brings proven business know-how in the food sector.

Together: unbeatable!

Milestones of Caraté

The Caraté team has already won several awards, including 1st place at the Food Startup Festival (2024) and a place as a finalist in the Trophelia Award (2023) and business plan competition (2024). Caraté receives funding from the start-up package of the City of Bielefeld's economic development agency, among others.

2023

Founding year

4

Founding

Caraté

With Caraté, we make caffeinated lemonade and tea with a unique taste in a natural and sustainable way, using cascara, the coffee fruit.
EXIST WomenStart-up grant.NRW
A start-up that is changing the beverage industry!

Caraté - The kick you've been looking for!

Coffee was yesterday, Caraté is now. A completely new taste experience is created from the often discarded coffee fruit. Cascara, the fruit around the coffee bean, provides a natural caffeine kick, antioxidants and fruity aromas as the basis for sparkling soft drinks and aromatic teas.

With natural ingredients and no artificial additives, Caraté focuses on pure quality and sustainability. Whether ice-cold as a soda or hot as a tea - Caraté brings the taste of summer, energy and Latin America straight into your glass. Vegan, clean, different.

The picture shows the founding team of Caraté holding their product, a drink in a glass bottle, out in front.
The founding team of Caraté

The dream team behind Caraté: four minds, four disciplines, one goal: the tea evolution of the caffeine market.

Kay, the visionary, combines management and financial control expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit that brought Caraté to life. Sarah brings power to the team: personnel marketing meets strategic thinking. Daniel, the trade and logistics professional, ensures smooth processes with 10 years of experience. And André, startup veteran and beverage technologist, brings proven business know-how in the food sector.

Together: unbeatable!

Milestones of Caraté

The Caraté team has already won several awards, including 1st place at the Food Startup Festival (2024) and a place as a finalist in the Trophelia Award (2023) and business plan competition (2024). Caraté receives funding from the start-up package of the City of Bielefeld's economic development agency, among others.

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