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Led · Equity · Mar 2024

Serenity Kids is an Austin, TX-based shelf-stable pouched baby food brand offering multiple baby and toddler products. Its portfolio includes five pouch lines — World Explorers, Dairy-Free Smoothies, Ethically Sourced Meats, Organic Savory Veggies, and Purees with Bone Broth — plus zero-sugar Grain Free Puffs and an A2 Whole Milk Toddler Formula. Products are made with premium-quality ingredients without antibiotics, added hormones, pesticides, fillers, or major allergens, and are third-party tested for over 200 heavy metals and contaminants. The company uses ethically sourced, regeneratively farmed meats and Certified USDA Organic vegetables, herbs, and spices. Serenity Kids has national distribution in over 18,000 stores, including Whole Foods Market, Sprouts, Walmart, Target, Kroger, Publix, Amazon, and Thrive Market. It closed a $52M minority Series B investment from Stride Consumer Partners and intends to use the funds to accelerate category leadership, retail distribution, and product innovation. Serenity Kids produces baby and toddler purees made from ethically sourced meats, organic vegetables, and healthy fats, avoiding antibiotics, added hormones, pesticides, fillers, GMOs, and major allergens. The brand offers ten pouch purees across its Ethically Sourced Meats and Organic Savory Veggies lines and launched a Toddler Purees with Bone Broth line (three varieties) in October 2020. Products are sold online (MySerenityKids.com, Amazon, Thrive Market) and in over 3,000 retailers nationwide including Whole Foods Market, Kroger, Sprouts, Wegmans and others. The company is led by co‑founders and executives Joe Carr (President) and Serenity Carr (CEO). Recent fundraising activity (a $3M round) provides additional capital for growth and distribution expansion. The company emphasizes clean, wellness-focused ingredients and positions itself in the premium baby food category.