# Top 50 Food and Beverage Startup Investors in Europe in June 2026 ## Bpifrance - Type: VC Fund - Location: Maisons-alfort, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 20 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Bpifrance provides financial solutions for companies that are booting up the listing on the stock exchange and credit equity. It includes OSEO, CDC Entreprises, FSI, and FSI Regions to offer in your area of financial solutions at every stage of the life of your business. ## SFC Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 17 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Discover the UK's leading SEIS Fund, offering tax-efficient investments in innovative startups. Join thousands of savvy investors and raise capital for your business with SFC Capital. ## SOSV - Type: VC Fund - Location: Princeton, New Jersey, United States - Relevant deals: 17 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment. ## HV Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 16 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet We support exceptional founders in building market leading digital companies. ## JamJar Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 16 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Food and Beverage We love, help & invest in early-stage consumer brands. ## Blue Horizon Corporation - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 14 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Biotechnology Blue Horizon is accelerating the transition to a sustainable food system that delivers outstanding returns for the planet and people. ## Equity Gap - Type: VC Fund - Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 14 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing Equity Gap is a group of private individuals set up to invest in and support emerging and growing businesses based in Scotland ## Enterprise Ireland - Type: VC Fund - Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland - Relevant deals: 14 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Enterprise Ireland is the government agency responsible for the development and funding of the indigenous business sector. Their mission is to accelerate the development of companies to achieve strong positions in global markets resulting in increased national and regional prosperity. It was founded in 1998 and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. ## Ralf Dummel - Type: Angel - Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany - Relevant deals: 14 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Product Design Ralf Dummel, born on 02.12.1966 in Bad Segeberg in Germany, started his career on 01.04.1988 at DS Produkte as a sales assistant to the then founder. Over the years he learned the business from the ground and took full responsibility for purchases and sales after only a year. He vastly participated in the establishment of the company and has been apartner since 1996. Today, the group has an annual turnover of ca. € 250 000 000, 400 employees, and more than 4 000 products in its portfolio. He often travels the world to visit suppliers and customers, and to find inspiration in new innovative products. Dümmel knows Asia inside out, but Northern Germany is the place he calls home. Since 2016 he takes part in the TV program “Die Höhle der Löwen” (literally: The Lions’ Cave, German version of Dragons’ Den on German TV channel VOX ) where he plays one of the “lions”, looking for young entrepreneurs with brilliant products.Ralf Dummel is very convincing with his genuine and appreciative style. From day one, Ralf Dümmel brightened up the surroundings, thanks to his enthusiasm for business and for new products. He has a unique sense for trends and products; he can market them with more success than hardly anyone else. He proudly claims that there hardly is any household without a “DS product” in Germany. Dümmel is often on the road for professional reasons, and when he sees that a customer adds a DS product in their shopping cart, he feels the same tingle of joy after 28 years that he felt in the early days. The 400 employees are Dümmels’s most important asset. They actively take part in the company, invest themselves in it, and help it develop further. Dummel is very proud that the DS products are the result of such a varied cast of people and skill sets. These are people with different personalities and talents that complement each other in a cooperation shaping always innovative business and product ideas. ## CDP Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Rome, Lazio, Italy - Relevant deals: 14 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care CDP Venture Capital Sgr - National Innovation Fund aims to make venture capital a cornerstone of the country's economic development and innovation, creating the conditions for an overall and sustainable growth of the venture capital ecosystem. ## Kima Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 13 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Kima Ventures promotes the growth of startups, supporting them in the fastest and most effective ways. ## P101 - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 13 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology P101 is an Italian venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in the digital sector. Agreement to handle personal data I agree I don't agree ## Almi Invest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 13 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Almi Invest is Sweden’s most active early-stage venture capital firm, investing in scalable startups across Sustainability, Industry, Tech, and Life Science.We invest from pre-seed to Series A, always co-investing with independent private investors to accelerate innovation and long-term success. Our portfolio spans sustainable solutions,industrial innovation, deep tech, SaaS, and life science, supporting startups that drive economic and environmental progress.With €430 million under management and over 1,000 investments since 2009, we have backed leading companies like MIPS, Tobii, and Neo4j, with notable exits to Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Qlik.Beyond capital, we offer engaged ownership, providing strategic guidance, active board participation, and access to an extensive investor network.Almi Invest is part of the Almi Group and is funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Almi AB, and regional partners. ## Angels Den - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, Software Join 21,000+ investors backing the top 4% of UK startups. Access vetted, tax-efficient (SEIS/EIS) investment opportunities and exclusive pitch events. ## Cabiedes & Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Fashion Cabiedes & Partners is a Spanish venture capital firm that provides seed funding and early-stage and later-stage investment services. Cabiedes & Partners was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain. ## Worth Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Software Tax Efficient Investments with the Start-up Series SEIS & EIS Fund. Our approach unearths compelling investment opportunities. ## M Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toulouse, Midi-Pyrenees, France - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Software, Food and Beverage M Capital is an independent investment company with +€500m AuM. A unique hub where entrepreneurs can have an equity finance and quasi-equity as well as a permanent support to accelerate their growth. In 2020, M Capital has funded over 200 French companies. ## Shio Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Grocery Shio Capital Venture Investments in Businesses that Change the World ## Maven Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Maven is one of the UK's leading private equity and investment firms. We provide essential capital and expertise to help businesses unlock their potential. ## Seraphim Space - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Aerospace, Information Technology, Software Seraphim Capital is dedicated to financing the growth of companies operating in the space ecosystem. They are an ambitious team with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences in Venture. Collectively they have over 100 years’ experience, investing in over 180 early and growth stage businesses, returning more than £750 million to theirshareholders.They are also fortunate to have one of the world's leading entrepreneurs and experts in Earth Observation on board. They work closely with their portfolio companies and always strive to create meaningful value and endeavour to ensure that the full value of their network and partners is utilised.The backing of leading global corporates in the Space sector and the leading Space related Governmental Agencies in the UK and Europe brings significant value. They are able to leverage their capital, industry leading knowledge and networks, creating an ecosystem that delivers real results for your business. From roots to market, sales and marketing, partnerships, follow-on capital, and M&A they can deliver value creation across the company growth cycle globally. ## Club Italia Investimenti 2 - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Mobile Club Italia Investimenti is a Milan-based venture capital firm that assists startups in raising seed capital. ## Döhler Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Food and Beverage, Health Care, Food Processing Döhler Ventures is a long-term oriented & entrepreneurial investor empowering early-stage startups in the nutrition & technology ecosystem. ## The FSE Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Camberley, Surrey, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Debt Financing - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology FSE C.I.C. is an independent not-for-profit Community Interest Company (C.I.C.) whose surpluses are reinvested in the business, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners. FSE C.I.C. has a number of subsidiary companies to deliver its funds and services, which are collectively referred to as The FSE Group.All regulated activities are delivered through FSE Fund Managers Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. ## 360 Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology As an early-stage European VC, we invest from pre-seed to Series B in Deep Tech, Climate Tech, and Digital-First solutions. Embrace sustainable technological progress with us. Stay updated on the latest tech trends and portfolio news. We invest in the future now. ## Piper Private Equity - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Private Equity, Series A - Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Fashion We are the investment partner of choice for ambitious founders. Founded by entrepreneurs, we are a team of brand experts who have grown over 40 global brands. ## Global Founders Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel. ## Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Debt Financing, Seed - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Food and Beverage Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) is an initiative launched by the government-owned British Business Bank.It is a key part of the government’s ‘Northern Powerhouse’ vision, which aims to end the historic North / South divide and create economic prosperity in the North of England on par with London and the South East.Thegovernment firmly believes that SMEs form the foundation of the region’s future growth. NPIF therefore aims to nurture regional entrepreneurship by providing investment and support for small and medium businesses between 2016 and 2021. NPIF's funding will support new and growing SMEs, create jobs and encourage and attract additional private sector investment. ## Partech - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS Partech is a global venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin and Dakar. Partech invests in Internet and information technology startups at seed, venture and growth stages. ## LeadX Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: München, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: SaaS, Software, Restaurants Driving digital transformation of consumer industries. As a leading growth capital investor, we combine deep investment experience with commercial reach. ## Fuel Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Fuel Ventures - a leading early stage seed / growth stage EIS Fund based in London, UK. Investing in the most ambitious technology companies. ## Business Growth Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Series A, Private Equity - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care BGF is the most active equity investor in the UK and Ireland, providing long-term, minority investment to growing companies. ## Mustard Seed - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Food and Beverage, Medical Mustard Seed enables the creation and evolution of world-class businesses that generate positive and sustainable outcomes. They believe that solving big social and environmental problems drives commercial success in the long run. They seek scalable solutions to gaps currently left unfilled by government and industry in the areas of economicinclusion, education, environmental sustainability, health, and family and community.Mustard Seed invests in and incubates socially and environmentally impactful start-ups. They connect a dynamic and influential network of global members with exceptional entrepreneurial talent across the world. They also develop bespoke impact measurement frameworks and support established companies to align profit and impact through tailored strategies and effective deployment of their resources.Mustard Seed was co-founded by Alex Pitt and Henry Wigan, first classmates at the London School of Economics and later colleagues at Goldman Sachs. In 2013 Henry and Alex observed a rising appetite for socially-minded entrepreneurship among the world’s most talented graduates. They also observed a critical lack of capital to adequately meet this need. They started Mustard Seed to bridge the gap. ## Speedinvest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Speedinvest is a globally active European venture capital firm built on a simple belief: many move more. From six offices across EMEA, our sector-focused investment teams back relentless founders from pre–Seed to Growth with long-term conviction, providing day-one access to our global network of corporate customers, experts, industry leaders, andtop-tier follow-on investors to scale smarter and faster. Building lasting companies like Bitpanda (Austria), Moove (Nigeria), Gigs (U.S.), Tide (UK), ARX Robotics (Germany), Wayflyer (Ireland), GoStudent (Austria), Seqera Labs (Spain), and Cylib (Germany) — together. Big ideas may start with one. But scaling and winning take The Power of More. ## Lifeline Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce Lifeline Ventures Oy is a venture capital firm specializing in startups, growth capital, and early stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in healthcare, games, web based and general high technology sectors. It seeks to invest in Finland with a few investments made outside Finland as well. The firm targets investing between €0.5 million ($0.66million) and €1 million ($1.32 million). It seeks make inception to Series A investments. Lifeline Ventures Oy was founded in November 2009 and is based in Helsinki, Finland. ## Veg Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Restaurants, Biotechnology Veg Capital provides Angel, Seed, and Series A capital to companies striving to replace the use of animals in the food system. All profits go to charity. ## Seedcamp - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, SaaS Seedcamp is Europe's seed fund, identifying and investing early in world-class founders attacking large, global markets and solving real problems using technology. The Seedcamp Nation includes over 400 startups building breakout businesses that change the way people live, interact and buy and includes publicly listed UiPath, Wise, and unicornsRevolut, Hopin, Sorare, Pleo, and wefox along with fast-growing businesses such as Grover, viz.ai and Ezra. Seedcamp fast-tracks a founder's vision and creates value through immediate access to smart capital, a lifelong community of support and a global network built upon more than a decade's experience backing exceptional talent.Seedcamp fast-tracks a founder's vision and creates value through immediate access to smart capital, a lifelong community of support, and a global network built upon more than a decade's experience backing exceptional talent. ## Dagmar Wöhrl - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, E-Commerce Dagmar Wöhrl ## Development Bank of Wales - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Debt Financing - Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology Development Bank of Wales is an independent company, providing commercial funding to Welsh SMEs. They invests private and public funds, including EU funds. ## Eatable Adventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Agriculture We identify and support the most innovative European food startups and help them to thrive in the global market ## Founders Future - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet Founded in 2018 by serial entrepreneur Marc Menasé, Founders Future is a transatlantic tech investment platform supporting a new generation of AI-first entrepreneurs driving major transformations. Backed by entrepreneurs, leading European families, and institutional investors, the platform manages nearly $400 million and ranks among the most activeearly-stage players in Europe.As part of its expansion into the United States, Founders Future strengthened its shareholder base in 2025 with long-term partners such as MACSF, the Dassault family, and the CMA CGM Group. With over 120 investments, Founders Future is actively supporting companies like Databricks, Perplexity, Function Health, Waterdrop, Veesion, Riot, Conduktor and Raidium.Its strategy focuses on high-impact sectors - AI, fintech, SaaS, and healthcare - with a clear ambition: to empower the most ambitious entrepreneurs in scaling breakthrough technologies on a global scale. ## Astanor Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Agriculture, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage Astanor Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on entrepreneurs regenerating the food, blue ocean economy, and agriculture sector. The firm targeting technology-enabled companies across the agri-food value chain, leveraging disruptive technologies to bring about a future of food that is nourishing, regenerative, trusted, and ultra-fresh. Itrings together capital, deep sector knowledge, and a strong network of entrepreneurs, impact investors, technologists, scientists, farmers, chefs, policymakers, and food lovers to give rise to a future of food that is nourishing, regenerative, scalable, trusted, and delicious. ## Par Equity - Type: VC Fund - Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Founded in 2008, Par Equity is a venture capital firm that backs the most innovative, high growth technology companies in the North of the UK. Based in Edinburgh, Par invests across Northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland. ## Active Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Food and Beverage, Retail, E-Commerce Active Partners is a consumer-focused investment firm that partners with visionary founders to build the iconic brands of tomorrow. ## GGF - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Food Processing The Green Generation Fund invests in early stage Food Tech and Green Tech companies that make our lives and diets more sustainable, healthy and ethical. ## Seedrs - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Food and Beverage Online investing opportunities in the best new startup businesses, and raise seed and angel investment, with top European equity crowdfunding site Seedrs. ## Northzone - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology Northzone is a multi-stage venture capital firm operating across Europe and the US. Since 1996, it has backed more than 250 companies, including Spotify, Klarna, Spring Health, and Black Forest Labs. ## Balderton Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence In the two decades since our founding, we have worked with hundreds of extraordinary European founders, and have raised eight funds totalling more than $3bn. ## Point Nine - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet Point Nine Capital is a Berlin-based venture capital firm focused exclusively on early-stage Internet investments in areas like Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), online marketplaces, and mobile.The fund and its managers, Pawel Chudzinski and Christoph Janz have backed a number of highly successful Internet companies such as Delivery Hero, Clio,Shiftplanning, Vend, Typeform, and Zendesk from their earliest stages. ## XAnge - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce XAnge is a Franco-German team of venture capital investors that manages €450 million and invests in digital, deeptech, and impact startups.It is the innovation brand of the Siparex group, a major player in French private equity. XAnge is a key European investor in early-stage startups and is looking for game-changing startups and entrepreneurswho rock the code[s].The Paris, Ile-de-France-located company was founded in 2004. ## Good Seed Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Rheine, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Biotechnology Good Seed Ventures is a Venture Capital firm that exclusively invests in sustainable food tech.