SSmileat
Smileat is a Spanish organic baby food brand that makes purees, jars, porridges and snacks for babies and toddlers using 100% organic ingredients, with no added sugar or salt. Founded in Madrid and certified as a B Corp, it is the leading Spanish-owned brand in the organic infant nutrition category, selling through supermarkets, pharmacies, organic stores and e-commerce in Spain plus export markets including Portugal, France, Italy and Asia. It closed 2025 with around €21M in revenue (+26%), and in April 2026 growth fund Seaya Andromeda acquired a majority stake to accelerate its expansion, with both co-founders staying on to lead the company.
SectorsFoodtech & Agtech, Consumer, Baby & Kids Nutrition, Organic FMCG, E-commerce
Start-up MapFoodtech & Agtech › Consumer food & beverage brands
Founders
A
Alberto Jiménez San Mateo
Co-founder & Co-CEO
J
Javier Quintana Arranz
Co-founder & Co-CEO
Global models 5
OOnce Upon a Farm
United States · onceuponafarmorganics.com ↗
Organic baby and kids' food brand (pouches, meals, snacks) with no added sugar, sold through grocery retail and online, the same consumer-brand model as Smileat.
$150MComparable
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Little Spoon
United States · littlespoon.com ↗
Organic baby purées, toddler meals and snacks with no added sugar, sold direct to consumers and increasingly in supermarkets.
$85MComparable
CCerebelly
United States · cerebelly.com ↗
Organic, nutrition-led baby purées and toddler snacks sold through supermarkets and e-commerce.
$45MComparable
YYumi
United States · helloyumi.com ↗
Organic, no-added-sugar baby food and toddler snacks that started as a subscription and expanded into retail.
$40MComparable
SSerenity Kids
United States · myserenitykids.com ↗
Organic, low-sugar baby food pouches and toddler snacks sold through grocery chains and online.
$15MComparable
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Investors 6
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CCreas
creas.es
CClave Capital
www.clavecapital.com
LLanzadera
lanzadera.es
SSeaya
seaya.vc
S
Side Capital
QQuadia
Funding rounds 3
·1 not counted| Date | Round | Amount | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-02 | No stage disclosed | €1M | Side Capital |
| 2021-06-15 | Series A (estimated) | €1.8M |
Creas
+2 more
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| 2019-01 | Seed (estimated) | €700K | Lead not disclosed |
News 3
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| 2026-09-07 |
Las rondas de financiación que marcaron la semana ↗
Forbes España
2026-09-07 |
| 2026-09-03 |
Side Capital realiza su primera inversión: €1M para entrar en Smileat ↗
Webcapitalriesgo
2026-09-03 |
| 2026-09-02 |
Side Capital cierra su primera inversión y entra en la firma de alimentación infantil Smileat que busca triplicar tamaño ↗
El Economista
2026-09-02 |