Chocolate milk brand Slate Milk raises $1.7m, expands distribution to 3,000 stores
Chocolate milk brand Slate Milk raises $1.7m, expands distribution to 3,000 stores Boston-based startup Slate Milk – which gives adults permission to keep drinking chocolate milk by dialing down the sugar, increasing the protein and packaging it as a functional beverage in shelf-stable cans - has raised $1.7m in a seed round (taking its cumulative funding to $2.5m) and secured listings in 3,000 stores. While fluid milk sales have been on a downward trajectory for years, sales of more functional dairy products have grown, says Slate Milk co-founder Manny L...