# 301

> 301 is a VC fund in Minneapolis backing Food and Beverage and Food Processing. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Minneapolis, United States
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 52%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/301-inc
- Website: https://www.301inc.com

301 is a VC fund in Minneapolis focused on Food and Beverage and Food Processing. 301 INC is an energetic and enthusiastic team looking to collaborate with emerging food brands; to roll up our sleeves and work together to create breakthrough innovations and build successful businesses. If you have a product that has demonstrated success in the market, and you’re ready to take it to the next level, let’s elevate it.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $1.3M–$9M |
| Series B | $18M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 11 | 48% |
| Food Processing | 8 | 35% |
| Restaurants | 3 | 13% |
| Organic Food | 3 | 13% |
| Food Delivery | 3 | 13% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 6 | 26% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 22% |
| Series A | 4 | 17% |
| Series D | 2 | 9% |
| Seed | 1 | 4% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 15 | 65% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Smalls | Smalls is a direct-to-consumer pet food company that produces human-grade and fresh food for cats.The company's cat food is prepared with human-grade ingredients and offers customized kits as per the cat's nutrition needs, enabling pet owners to get healthy and fresh food directly at their doorstep. It offers variants such as chickenand beef; freeze-dried chicken, and turkey and duck.In 2017, co-founders and best friends Matt Michaelson and Calvin headquartered the company in New York, New York. | $19M | Series B | Mar 28, 2023 |  |
| GrubMarket | GrubMarket develops a website where sellers can offer foods and other items at wholesale prices to customers. It offers products such as organic foods, vegetables, gluten-free foods, snacks, drinks, pantries, home goods, health and beauty products, baby and kids' products, pets, non-GMO foods, paleo foods, cholesterol-free, and no trans-fatfoods.GrubMarket also offers foods from local farms, fisheries, commercial kitchens, certified home kitchens, and restaurants. Mike Xu founded GrubMarket in 2014, with its headquarters in Newark in California with an additional office in San Francisco in California. | $120M | Series F | Sep 28, 2022 |  |
| Everything Legendary | Everything Legendary specializes in plant-based, gluten-free, and soy-free food. | $6M | Series A | Feb 08, 2022 |  |
| PetPlate | PetPlate is a direct-to-consumer subscription service that delivers fresh-cooked pet meals made from real food and balanced for a dog's diet by a veterinary nutritionist. The meals are gently-cooked, custom-portioned, and flash-frozen to lock in freshness. | $19M | Series B | Dec 15, 2021 |  |
| Pots & Co | Pots & Co team of chefs, who have worked at some amazing restaurants (including Bath Priory, and The Square), are fanatical about the best ingredients, ethically sourced, and British grown or manufactured where possible. It’s why they use real Devon cream and Cornish Sea Salt, and why they know their fruit farmer Ted’s best jokes!There’snot a chance that they would have preservatives or additives anywhere near their Pots, and there are no shortcuts in the cooking process. There is, however, classical training mixed with passion and flair in their kitchen and that’s why they believe their Pots are that extra bit special. | $20M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 14, 2021 |  |
| Pots & Co | Pots & Co team of chefs, who have worked at some amazing restaurants (including Bath Priory, and The Square), are fanatical about the best ingredients, ethically sourced, and British grown or manufactured where possible. It’s why they use real Devon cream and Cornish Sea Salt, and why they know their fruit farmer Ted’s best jokes!There’snot a chance that they would have preservatives or additives anywhere near their Pots, and there are no shortcuts in the cooking process. There is, however, classical training mixed with passion and flair in their kitchen and that’s why they believe their Pots are that extra bit special. | $20M |  | Apr 13, 2021 |  |
| PetPlate | PetPlate is a direct-to-consumer subscription service that delivers fresh-cooked pet meals made from real food and balanced for a dog's diet by a veterinary nutritionist. The meals are gently-cooked, custom-portioned, and flash-frozen to lock in freshness. | $9M | Series A | Feb 24, 2020 |  |
| Good Catch | Good Catch specializes in developing plant-based seafood alternatives. It offers vegetarian shredded tuna, crab cakes, and fish patties made of lentils, chickpeas, fava beans, and other legumes. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Newtown, Pennsylvania. |  | Series B | Jan 15, 2020 |  |
| Gathered Foods | Gathered Foods produces plant-based products intended to provide an alternative to seafood and other plant-based proteins.Its plant-based seafood products are developed using a six-legume blend, including peas, chickpeas, lentils, soy, fava beans, and navy beans, and also seaweed, algae extract to create the umami flavor and natural taste withoutthe use of dairy, gluten, or GMO, enabling consumers to enjoy seafood in a cruelty-free manner. |  | Series B | Jan 15, 2020 |  |
| good culture | good culture produces real-food cultured dairy products and simple ingredients across its growing portfolio of cultured foods. Its products include a range of cottage cheese which is thick, creamy, and low in sugar as well as other dairy products that help consumers to consume dairy without affecting their health. | $8M |  | Feb 26, 2019 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does 301 invest in?

301 invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Food Processing and Restaurants startups, most often at Series B and Funding Round stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is 301's check size?

301 typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$9M at Series A and $18M–$20M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds 301 participates in.

### When did 301 last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for 301 closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 23 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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