# Top 50 Organic Food Angel Investors in June 2026 ## Ralph Gygax - Type: Angel - Location: Bachenbülach, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Cannabis, Wellness, Cosmetics Ralph Gygax is a Chief Administrative Officer at SWISS Gate AG. He attended KV, SVIT from 1999 to 2007. ## Youcef Oudjidane - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments Youcef Oudjidane is the Founder and Managing Partner of BYLD and the Co-Founder and Chairman of Elevate (YC W22). ## Kyle Vogt - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology Kyle Vogt is the CEO of The Bot Company. ## Werner Hoffmann - Type: Angel - Location: Bachenbülach, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Cannabis, Wellness, Cosmetics Professional experience: Expert for Risk Management and Public Relations Strategic & operational responsibility Compliance & Safety Management Decades of leadership experience as colonel & professional military pilot in the Swiss Air Force ## Shamin Walsh - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Software Shamin Walsh has over 13+ years as an active angel investor who gained experience in the consumer space through her early investments in companies such as Sweetgreen, Flexport, and Sir Kensington’s.Prior to joining BAM Ventures as a managing director, she was a consumer-focused partner at an early-stage generalist firm with tangible assets in3PL/fulfillment, cold storage/co-packing, and manufacturing, giving her a holistic perspective through which to evaluate emerging consumer businesses. She managed the investment portfolio and served on several boards, such as Alchemy 43. She also leveraged her experience as a transactional attorney to assist in contract negotiations, fund formation, and fund construction. ## Ryan Bethencourt - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Biotechnology, Food Processing, Food and Beverage Ryan is a co-founder and CEO at Wild Earth and a co-founder and Partner at Sustainable Food Ventures, bringing years of experience in leading, building and advising high-growth food and biotechnology companies. Ryan is a biotech entrepreneur, investor, and one of the founders of the biohacker movement. He’s a co-founder and former Program Directorat IndieBio and has invested in over 130 early stage biotech startups and served as the head of life sciences at the XPRIZE Foundation. As an ethical vegan, Ryan is passionate about the future of biology as a technology, applied across all industries to solve some of humanity’s most intractable problems. Ryan fosters dogs for Rocket Dog Rescue and is passionate about mindfulness, meditation, and mentoring. His work at the interface of science, food, and business has been covered by many major publications. ## Gary Hirshberg - Type: Angel - Location: Londonderry, New Hampshire, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Food Processing, Food and Beverage, Organic Food Gary R. Hirshberg, Ph.D., Co-Founded Spiffly, Inc. in 2014. Gary Hirshberg serves as a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. He serves as an Advisor at Renewable2 Management Company and Renewal2 Investment Fund. Gary Hirshberg co-founded Stonyfield Farm, Inc. (Stonyfield Farm Yogurt) in September 1983 and served as its Chief Executive Officer,since September 1983 until January 2012, President, since 1989. He oversaw Stonyfield's phenomenal growth, from its infancy as a seven-cow organic farming school to its $330 million in annual sales. In 2001, Stonyfield Farm entered into a partnership with Groupe Danone and in 2005, he was named Managing Director of Stonyfield Europe. He served as Director of the Rural Education Center at Stonyfield. Gary Hirshberg was a Managing Director at Stonyfield Europe. Previously, he served as an Executive Director at The New Alchemy Institute. He has extensive experience as an environmental activist, including terms as the Founding President of the Cape and Island Self Reliance Corporation and as the Founding President of the Cape Cod Environmental Alliance. Prior positions include serving as a Water-Pumping Windmill Specialist and an Environmental Education Director at the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Gary Hirshberg served as an Advisor at Renewal Partners LLC, Solera Capital, the Heinz Center Leadership Summit and the Corporate Ecoforum. Gary Hirshberg is Co-Founder and Chairman of O'Naturals. He served as the Chairman of Stonyfield Farm, Inc. He served as the Chairman of The Social Venture Network. Gary Hirshberg serves on several corporate and non-profit Boards including Applegate Farms, the Dannon Company, Honest Tea, Peak Organic Brewing Company, The Full Yield, Climate Counts, Stonyfield Europe, Ltd, Glenisk, Ltd, Solera Capital and Sambazon. He serves as Member of Advisory Board at Spiffly, Inc. He has been a Director at Blue Apron, Inc. and since February 27, 2017 Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. since October 2016. Gary Hirshberg serves as Director of Sweetgreen, Inc., Danone Communities and Quantum Designs, LLC. He serves as a Director of Ramp Sports LLC and The Full Yield, Inc. He served as a Director of Stonyfield Farm, Inc. Gary Hirshberg served as a Director of Monogram Energy, Inc. since June 1995. He served as a Trustee of Leadership New Hampshire, Inc. He serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of Simon Equity, LLC. He serves as Member of Social Advisory Board at Commons Capital Management LLC. Gary Hirshberg served as a Director of the New Hampshire Audobon Society and the Association for the Preservation of Cape Cod. Gary Hirshberg is the Author of the book Stirring It Up: How to Make Money and Save the World. He is a frequent speaker on topics including sustainability, climate change, the profitability of green and socially responsible business, organic agriculture and sustainable economic development. Gary Hirshberg has won numerous awards for corporate and environmental leadership, including Global Green USA's "1999 Green Cross Millennium Award for Corporate Environmental Leadership." He was named "Business Leader of the Year" by Business NH Magazine and "New Hampshire's 1998 Small Business Person of the Year" by the U.S. Small Business Administration. More recently, 2009 was a year of big wins as Gary Hirshberg was named one of "America's Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs" by Business Week magazine, Stonyfield was chosen "Business of the Year - Manufacturing" by Business NH magazine and Stonyfield won an EPA Clean Air Excellence award. He also is featured in 2009's most successful documentary, "Food, Inc." Gary Hirshberg served on the Advisory Panel for Newsweek magazine's Global Environmental Leadership Conference. He has received eight honorary doctorates and was named a Gordon Grand Fellow at Yale University. Gary Hirshberg holds an honorary Doctor of Science from New Hampshire College, an Honorary Doctor of Law from Notre Dame College in Manchester, New Hampshire and a B.A. from Hampshire College. ## Sameer Mehta - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Retail Sameer Mehta - Co-Founder & Chief product officer @ boAt ## Ivan Lee - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Beauty, Wellness, Lifestyle Ivan Lee - Founder @ Raging Bull ## Aman Gupta - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Manufacturing Aman Gupta is based out of Delhi and is the Co-Founder and Director of boAt. Aman previously worked at HARMAN International as a Director of Sales. Aman Gupta attended the Indian School of Business. Aman Gupta has received the National Creator Award 2024. ## Sean Rad - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Apps, News Sean Rad is based out of Los Angeles, California and is the Founder of Rad Fund. Sean Rad attended the University of Southern California. ## Henry Soesanto - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Organic Food Henry Soesanto serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Monde Nissin Corporation. ## Jonathan Keidan - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Software Jonathan is the Founder of Torch Capital. A long time entrepreneur and investor, he has spent his career at the intersection of the media, technology and entertainment industries. He is the Co-Founder of digital media company InsideHook and has spent a decade as an active early stage investor and advisor to a number of New York and LA's topstart-ups. ## David Becker - Type: Angel - Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Focus: Nutrition, Organic Food, Food and Beverage David Becker is a CEO & Founder at First Internet Bank. ## Norbert Lemken - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Organic Food, Manufacturing, Food Processing Norbert Lemken ## Adrian Bührer - Type: Angel - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Subscription Service, Food and Beverage Adrian Bührer ## Joanne Wilson - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, Retail Joanne Wilson is based out of New York, New York and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Gotham. Joanne Wilson attended Simmons College. ## Dennis Aogo - Type: Angel - Location: German, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Medical, Cannabis, Software Dennis Aogo is a German former professional footballer. ## Chris Paul - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Food and Beverage, Sports, Wellness Christopher Emmanuel Paul is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association. ## Priyank Shah - Type: Angel - Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care Priyank Shah is the Founder at Renee Cosmetics. He attended IBS Ahmedabad in 2009. ## Gary Vaynerchuk - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Mobile, Internet Gary Vaynerchuk is the Chairman of VaynerX. He previously worked at Resy as a Co-Founder. Gary Vaynerchuk attended Mount Ida College. ## Michael Cortelletti - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Organic Food, Manufacturing, Food Processing Michael Cortelletti ## Kimbal Musk - Type: Angel - Location: Denver, Colorado, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Food and Beverage, News Kimbal Musk is the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Big Green. ## Cyan Ta'eed - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Consumer, CleanTech Cyan Ta'eed was born in Sydney, Australia. She worked as a graphic designer before co-founding Envato in 2006 with her husband, Collis Ta'eed, and his best friend, Jun Rung. She now serves on Envato's Board of Directors. Cyan Ta'eed is also the co-creator of New Day Box, a charity focusing on women in crisis. ## Bill Gates - Type: Angel - Location: Seattle, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Energy, Biotechnology, Manufacturing Bill Gates is the Co-chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He attended Harvard University. ## Arjun Vaidya - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Retail Arjun Vaidya is the Founder of Verinvest Corporation. Attended Brown University. ## Wolfgang Mauer - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Organic Food, Manufacturing, Food Processing Wolfgang Mauer ## Mike Fata - Type: Angel - Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Food and Beverage, Organic Food, Snack Food Mike Fata is the Founder at Manitoba Harvest. He attended Institute for Integrative Nutrition. ## Clark Landry - Type: Angel - Location: Nashville, Tennessee, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology Clark Landry is the Managing Partner of Clover Leaf Ventures.Most recently, Clark was co-founder and COO at CESPPA, a cybersecurity company. Formerly, Clark was co-founder and COO at Maple Media (raised $30 million from private equity investors), co-founder and executive chairman at SHIFT (acquired by Brand Networks), co-founder and CEO at TopLevel Domain Holdings (now Minds + Machines - publicly-traded on the London Stock Exchange's AIM), co-founder and CMO at TagWorld (acquired by Viacom). Clark was a founding investor of Gradient X, a mobile DSP (acquired by SingTel), Traffic Marketplace, an advertising network (acquired by Vivendi), Adconion Media Group, a provider of digital media advertising solutions (acquired by Amobee), Conversion Logic, an advertising attribution company, and CREXi, a commercial real estate marketplace.Clark holds a bachelor of arts degree in economics from Yale University. ## Ibrahim Ulukaya - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: AgTech, Gaming, Farming Ibrahim Ulukaya ## Alexander Chesterman - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services Alex Chesterman is the Co-Founder of Houseful. Alex Chesterman attended the University College London. ## Ahu Serter - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Transportation Ahu Serter is the Founder and President of Fark Labs. She previously worked at FARHYM Vehicle Interiors as a Head of Management Committee, Board Member. Ahu Serter attended Pace University. ## Timothy Ferriss - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care Timothy Ferriss is a start-up angel investor Twitter, Posterous, RescueTime and others, blogger and entrepreneur. Tim's best-known written work is The 4-Hour Workweek, which had been sold into 35 languages and reached #1 on The New York Times, BusinessWeek and The Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. On May 3, 2009, it celebrated its 2ndstraight year on The New York Times business bestseller list since its publication on April 27, 2007. Tim is a Guest Lecturer in High-Tech Entrepreneurship and Electrical Engineering at Princeton University since 2003. Other education-related interests includes social media-based fundraising experiments, such as LitLiberation, which outraised television host Stephen Colbert 3-to-1 with no fixed costs. Most recently, Tim used Twitter as a distributed tool for gathering data on post-campaign donations (see Tweet to Beat). Tim is on the advisory board of DonorsChoose.org, Evernote, StumbleUpon, Trippy, about.me, TaskRabbit and Uber. Tim has been invited to speak at some of the world’s most innovative organizations, including Google, MIT, Harvard Business School, Nike, PayPal, Facebook, The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Microsoft, Ask.com, Nielsen, Princeton University, the Wharton School and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Tim has also been invited to speak and keynote at world-renowned technology summits including EG, FOO Camp, E-Tech, Supernova, LeWeb, and the Web 2.0 Exposition, where he shared the stage with figures like Eric Schmidt, Chairman of the Board of Google, and Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon. Tim received his B.A. degree from Princeton University in 2000, where he studied in the Neuroscience and East Asian Studies departments. ## Tom Colicchio - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Internet, Apps Tom Colicchio is an American celebrity chef most known for his work as head judge on the reality TV show Top Chef. ## Othman Laraki - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Internet, Health Care Othman Laraki, MS, MBA, is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Color, a health technology company building public health infrastructures such as scaled and efficient testing to contain the COVID-19 pandemic or using genomics for population health. Previously, Othman co-founded Mixer Labs and developed its GeoAPI platform, a powerfullocation engine for developers. After the company was acquired by Twitter in 2009, he served as the social media network’s Vice President of Product and helped expand its user base from 50 to 200 million unique accounts. Before this, Othman spent several years at Google, where he played an integral role developing front-end products, including the Chrome browser.Othman is a long-time investor and advisor to leading companies such as Pinterest, AngelList, Slack and Instacart, and serves as a board member for ESI Group and Frontier Medicines. He holds degrees in computer science and management from Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ## Tijen Onaran - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, FinTech, Education Tijen Onaran - CEO & Founder @ Global Digital Women ## Felix Wolf - Type: Angel - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Web Apps, Blockchain Felix Wolf ## Walter Robb - Type: Angel - Location: Austin, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Seed, Series A - Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Organic Walter Robb is the co-founder and co-CEO of Whole Foods Market. ## Henri Seydoux - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Wireless, Fruit, AgTech Henri Seydoux founded Parrot in 1994 and has been its CEO ever since its inception. Parrot is today one of the major players in the civil drone market. Self-taught, Henri started his career in 1978 as a trainee and then as a journalist for the magazine Actuel. In 1982, he joined the company SSCI as a developer and then, the company Micro Archi. In1986, he created BSCA, a company that specialized in rendering 3D computer images and served as CEO until 1990. In 1991, along with three other partners, he founded Christian Louboutin, a luxury shoes company. ## Tobias Fezer - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Organic Food, Manufacturing, Food Processing Tobias Fezer ## Jörg Kattner - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Organic Food, Manufacturing, Food Processing Jörg Kattner ## Mark Cuban - Type: Angel - Location: Dallas, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Blockchain, Software, E-Commerce Mark Cuban is the founder of Fireside, Chairman and Founding Partner of AXS TV, and the Owner of Dallas Mavericks. He previously worked at Broadcast.com as a Co-Founder. Mark Cuban attended the Indiana University Bloomington. ## Arman Anatürk - Type: Angel - Location: Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Wellness Arman Anatürk is Co-Founder @ FoodHack. ## Philip Krim - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, SaaS, Internet Philip Krim is the Co-Founder and CEO of Montauk Climate. He previously worked at Casper as a Co-Founder and CEO. Philip Krim attended The University of Texas at Austin. ## Ashutosh Valani - Type: Angel - Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Delivery Ashutosh Valani is the founder at Renee Cosmetics. ## Daniel Curran - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet Daniel Curran is the Founder and CEO at CustEx.com. ## Huseyin Karayagiz - Type: Angel - Location: Yeniköy, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, AgTech, Battery Huseyin Karayagiz ## Walter Beach - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: AgTech, Software, Agriculture Walter Beach ## Patrick Schwarzenegger - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Food and Beverage, Health Care, Nutrition Patrick Schwarzenegger ## Bryan Rosenblatt - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Retail Bryan Rosenblatt (born July 4, 1989 in New York, New York, United States) is an American Venture Capitalist and entrepreneur. He is a Partner at Craft Ventures, a venture firm with over $2 billion AUM started by David Sacks. He is also a founder of Riverside Ventures, which he started in 2017, and a former executive at Reddit and Twitter. Hepreviously worked at Reddit as the Head of Sales. Bryan Rosenblatt attended the University of Connecticut School of Business and Charles University.