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Getting funding for a new food or beverage company is more possible than ever. Many venture capital firms are actively looking for the next big thing in what we eat and drink.
Some firms are incredibly active, with players like Alumni Ventures and Plug and Play backing over 2,000 companies each. Others, like Insight Partners, have guided more than 260 companies to an exit.
Below is our list of the best 69 Food & Beverage VC firms.
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Buy It For $97 $297 →Insight Partners backs growth-stage technology and software companies, focusing on sectors like Fintech, Cybersecurity, and AI/ML. Their portfolio features major successes like Twitter, Docusign, and Shopify, all built on the core belief that growth creates opportunity.
Norwest backs companies from early to late stages with venture and growth equity, focusing on the consumer, enterprise, and healthcare sectors. With a portfolio of over 600 companies including Vertex Pharmaceuticals, they offer founders an extensive network and operational services to help scale their businesses.
Antler operates as a global early-stage venture capital firm that helps build technology companies from the ground up, often by connecting individuals to co-founders. The firm then incubates these new startups, providing capital and access to a worldwide network of advisors and talent to help them scale.
Alumni Ventures opens up venture capital to accredited investors by building diversified portfolios, many of which are organized around university alumni networks. This approach allows them to co-invest with top-tier firms in a wide range of startups, from seed to late stage, including companies like Blockfi and Simplisafe.
Khosla Ventures invests in companies from seed to late stage, focusing on breakthrough technologies in areas like AI, climate, and digital health. They help build transformative enterprises and have backed category-defining businesses like OpenAI, DoorDash, and Instacart.
Base10 Partners invests in companies automating sectors of the real economy, helping build businesses like Notion, Stripe, and Figma. The firm is defined by its mission to drive profits with purpose, donating 50% of its profits to underfunded colleges and universities.
Plug and Play operates a global innovation platform that connects early-stage startups to corporations and investors through accelerator programs across dozens of industries. Their ecosystem provides venture capital and fosters collaboration, helping to scale successful companies like Truebill, Honey, and Life360.
Draper Associates backs early-stage founders building revolutionary companies across a wide range of sectors, from SaaS and fintech to crypto and aerospace. The firm helps these portfolio companies disrupt large markets and puts them on a path toward future fundraising and major growth.
Lerer Hippeau provides seed-stage capital to entrepreneurs building ambitious companies across the enterprise and consumer sectors. As experienced operators, they offer hands-on support from the earliest stages and have backed iconic companies like Allbirds, K Health, and Blockdaemon.
Atomico partners with European technology founders from the seed stage onward, helping them scale their disruptive companies on a global stage. Drawing on operational experience from tech giants like Skype and Google, the firm provides hands-on support for global expansion and has backed major successes including Supercell.
The firms we've highlighted are some of the best, but they are far from the only ones funding new food and beverage companies. Together, the investors below have backed over 10,000 startups and guided nearly 1,500 to an exit.
You'll find investors from all over the world, with a strong presence in the United States and Canada, but also active firms in places like Singapore, Brazil, and Germany. Here’s a look at the other venture capital firms funding what's next in food and beverage.
| VC Firm | Country | Year Founded | Nº Investments | Nº Exits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2011 | 181 | 28 | |
| United Kingdom | 2015 | 108 | 10 | |
| Singapore | 1988 | 504 | 108 | |
| Canada | 2016 | 117 | 6 | |
| Denmark | 2007 | 217 | 25 | |
| United States | 2015 | 73 | 7 | |
| Belgium | 2017 | 65 | 5 | |
| United States | 2016 | 196 | 35 | |
| United States | 2003 | 487 | 66 | |
| United States | 2005 | 54 | 11 | |
| United States | 1998 | 307 | 83 | |
| Finland | 2005 | 162 | 21 | |
| Canada | 1975 | 709 | 173 | |
| United States | 2005 | 762 | 126 | |
| United States | 1999 | 285 | 68 | |
| Jersey | 2015 | 60 | 7 | |
| United States | 2013 | 128 | 16 | |
| United States | 2018 | 116 | 16 | |
| United States | 2015 | 178 | 27 | |
| United States | 2013 | 52 | 10 | |
| United Kingdom | 2017 | 186 | 15 | |
| France | 1982 | 602 | 111 | |
| United States | 2019 | 119 | 7 | |
| Italy | 2013 | 101 | 18 | |
| United States | — | 16 | — | |
| United States | 2017 | 77 | 7 | |
| Spain | 2016 | 71 | 5 | |
| Denmark | 2017 | 86 | 8 | |
| United Kingdom | 2000 | 446 | 91 | |
| United States | 2020 | 24 | 1 | |
| United States | 2011 | 52 | 10 | |
| France | 2016 | 34 | 2 | |
| Australia | 2004 | 604 | 29 | |
| Canada | 2008 | 44 | 12 | |
| Singapore | 2017 | 36 | 1 | |
| United States | 2020 | 50 | 2 | |
| Malaysia | 2002 | 238 | 18 | |
| Canada | 2015 | 77 | 2 | |
| Brazil | 2005 | 293 | 44 | |
| United States | 2013 | 48 | 3 | |
| United States | 2019 | 14 | 1 | |
| Germany | 2012 | 226 | 33 | |
| Canada | 2013 | 44 | 10 | |
| United States | 2009 | 57 | 3 | |
| Philippines | 2012 | 6 | 1 | |
| Denmark | 2017 | 12 | — | |
| South Korea | 2017 | 36 | — | |
| United States | 2015 | 156 | 6 | |
| United States | 2017 | 89 | 8 | |
| United States | 2015 | 8 | — | |
| Belgium | 2019 | 12 | 1 | |
| Cyprus | 2008 | 53 | 5 | |
| Hungary | 1999 | 744 | 7 | |
| South Korea | 2012 | 17 | 2 | |
| Australia | 2020 | 57 | 1 | |
| Ghana | 2009 | 30 | 2 | |
| United States | 2013 | 127 | 27 | |
| United States | 2014 | 127 | 6 | |
| United States | 1980 | 408 | 152 |
