# AccelFoods

> AccelFoods is a VC fund backing Food and Beverage and Food Processing. See 116 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 116
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 28%
- Fund size: $12M
- Last fund: Dec 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/afventures/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/afventuresvc
- Website: http://www.afventures.vc/

AccelFoods is a VC fund in New York focused on Food and Beverage and Food Processing. AccelFoods invests in disruptive food and beverage companies and provides them with industry access, expertise, and infrastructure.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 41 | 35% |
| Food Processing | 17 | 15% |
| Snack Food | 13 | 11% |
| Health Care | 10 | 9% |
| Wellness | 9 | 8% |

45 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 33 | 28% |
| Seed | 17 | 15% |
| Series A | 12 | 10% |
| Series B | 11 | 9% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 9 | 8% |

10 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Wolf | COO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-wolf |
| Christopher Konieczny | General Counsel | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-konieczny |
| Jordan Gaspar | Managing Partner | 22 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jordan-gaspar |
| Swan Sit | Operating Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/swan-sit |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ByHeart | ByHeart operates as a fully integrated infant nutrition company. It is dedicated to translating leading nutrition science and breastmilk research into evolved foods and formulas to support babies’ health and parents’ peace of mind. Its products strive to be next to nature made from hand-picked ingredients using small-batch blending and sit at theforefront of immune, microbiome, cognitive, and digestive health.The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York. | $95M |  | May 13, 2024 |  |
| ByHeart | ByHeart operates as a fully integrated infant nutrition company. It is dedicated to translating leading nutrition science and breastmilk research into evolved foods and formulas to support babies’ health and parents’ peace of mind. Its products strive to be next to nature made from hand-picked ingredients using small-batch blending and sit at theforefront of immune, microbiome, cognitive, and digestive health.The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York. | $95M | Series C | May 13, 2024 |  |
| Jinx | Jinx is a dog wellness brand that primarily sells dog foods online. It delivers optimal nutritional health dogs need to eat a high-quality protein medley from both animal and plant sources in the right proportions. Jinx online shop provides nutrition options with purposeful ingredients that they can recognize.The company was founded in 2019 witha mission to build a community of like-minded dog parents that take pride in how they care and connect with their fur babies. | $17.9M | Series B | Aug 17, 2023 |  |
| Jinx | Jinx is a dog wellness brand that primarily sells dog foods online. It delivers optimal nutritional health dogs need to eat a high-quality protein medley from both animal and plant sources in the right proportions. Jinx online shop provides nutrition options with purposeful ingredients that they can recognize.The company was founded in 2019 witha mission to build a community of like-minded dog parents that take pride in how they care and connect with their fur babies. |  |  | Jul 01, 2023 |  |
| Wonderbelly | Ginger Health Company provides digestive health products and solutions. |  |  | May 01, 2023 |  |
| ByHeart | ByHeart operates as a fully integrated infant nutrition company. It is dedicated to translating leading nutrition science and breastmilk research into evolved foods and formulas to support babies’ health and parents’ peace of mind. Its products strive to be next to nature made from hand-picked ingredients using small-batch blending and sit at theforefront of immune, microbiome, cognitive, and digestive health.The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York. |  |  | Mar 01, 2023 |  |
| Gainful | Gainful is a personalized sports nutrition company that offers subscriptions to its Hydration line of electrolyte drink mixes. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 01, 2023 |  |
| Eastern Standard Provisions | Eastern Standard Provisions provides food and beverage services. They offer products that include turnbuckle soft pretzel sticks, artisanal soft pretzels, sourdough hard pretzel pieces, waffles, sauces, dips, sweet toppings, gourmet salts, and sprinkles. |  | Series B | Dec 20, 2022 |  |
| Yumi | Yumi is the definitive source for parents seeking to understand what they are feeding their children and why, offering a science-based early childhood meal delivery program that is the most convenient and most nutritional option in the market. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 01, 2022 |  |
| Bubble | Bubble is a modern, affordable, science-backed skincare line formulated specifically to clean, balance and hydrate teenage skin—created together with teens, for teens. It was founded in 2020 and is based in New York. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 01, 2022 |  |

10 of 116 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AF Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/af-ventures) — VC Fund, 22 deals together
- [Bellco Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bellco-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Danone Manifesto Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/danone-manifesto-venture) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Monogram Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monogram-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Brand Foundry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brand-foundry-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [BrandProject](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brand-project) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does AccelFoods invest in?

AccelFoods invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Food Processing and Snack Food startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 116 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact AccelFoods?

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### Who are the partners at AccelFoods?

The team at AccelFoods includes Alex Wolf (COO), Christopher Konieczny (General Counsel) and Jordan Gaspar (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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