Lahhentagge
Lahhentagge
Supported : 219,600 €
of 250 € minimum goal
Pitch
Fast-growing craft gin and tonic producer bottles wild plants toughened in Saaremaa coastal winds, fresh air from the sea and pristine nature.
Life is beautiful between the juniper trees - just breathe in fresh air from the sea and pamper yourself internally with a thorn drink.
Lahhentagge products have reached seven export countries, among them several world top bars and French food-taste mecca Bon Marche Le Grande Epicerie. And this we have done starting from zero, with little costs and only a few people.
Lahhentagge was the first craft gin maker in Estonia, by now the biggest craft tonic producer and the first one in the region to enter the non-alcoholic distilled drinks market, where the industry expects explosive growth in the coming years.
With the help of investment, we enlarge the sales network to 1,300 sales points (POS) in Estonia and selected European markets, bring 12 new products and invest in people who help us grow fast. 100,000-200,000 euros investment helps to bring most sales development costs planned for 2021-2023 to the current year and helps speed up the anticipated growth.
Lahhentagge is unique,
- We create drinks with wild plants from Saaremaa, because only the strongest species flourish in the coastal winds - they have more taste
- We are the forerunners of the green economy - we only take what there is in abundance and do not let people throw away even their Christmas trees, we put them into tonic
- Each Summer we hold the only Gin Festival in the Baltics
- While many of our competitors are building their businesses for sale, we are unique in the Estonian business landscape - we are building Lahhentagge for good
Maarit
Master Distiller, cofounder
Maarit is the author of Lahhentagge idea and drinks. Her energy moves the whole team. With educational background in fashion design and drinks technology, she is the first woman from Scandinavia to learn the professional distilling secrets in Scotland, at world No 1 distilling school Heriot Watt University. She has mixed the expertise with wild plants from Saaremaa and created unique Lahhentagge Ösel Dry Gin, non-alcoholic gin Flaneur and new drinks that will be released. From summer 2018, she is the full-time Master Distiller and CEO.
Tarmo
Marketing, cofounder
Tarmo makes sure Lahhentagge gets enough media coverage in Estonia and other European countries. He has over 20 years experience in international news media and knows what kind of stories spread well in foreign media. Talking about town Christmas trees that get a second chance inside tonics is one of his favourite stories that spread around the world. Tarmo a fisherman of our sales team, cruising around and putting in the nets.
Toomas
Sales chief
Toomas joined Lahhentagge in Autumn 2019, bringing along the professional skills for spreading sales in retail chains. Toomas has been selling drinks through retail for years. His 2020 goal is to quadruple tonic sales as we have 4 times more spruce for tonic production.
Liis
Finance
Liis takes care of accounting and logistics.
Riine
Social media
Riine makes sure the Lahhentagge tribe receives all the news.
Claudia
GinFest chief
Taivo
IT, cofounder
One of the most acknowledged e-commerce experts in Estonia. Takes care of digital tools and the web.
Jon
Strategic help
Jon has 8 years of drinkpreneur experience. He is a mentor and investor, who’s main role is to help take this investment opportunity to other investor and make sure the conditions are attractive.
Valmar
Design
Valmar is behind the label and other things that need graphic design.