McLean frozen food brand 8 Myles Inc. is closing a $1.05 million seed round this week to expand its operations and hire its first-ever full time employee.
Co-founded by Myles Powell in 2015, 8 Myles makes frozen homestyle macaroni and cheese dinners that use no preservatives or artificial ingredients. It was in the process of raising money for the seed round that Powell began to hone his pitch to investors, emphasizing an ingredient label in which “you can pronounce all the words.”
“It’s not a science project, just real food,” said Powell, its CEO. “I think once that started to click, our strategy changed with fundraising and that’s what got the interest from investors.”
Powell didn’t start out making mac and cheese. When he founded the company, he planned to produce and sell eight different barbecue sauces — hence the name 8 Myles — before realizing that mac and cheese was his true specialty.
It marked the second major pivot for Powell in his entrepreneurship journey. His…
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