# Be-Cause

> Be-Cause is a VC fund in Rochester backing Communities and Food and Beverage. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rochester, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Dec 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/matsleder
- Website: http://be-cause.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/becausellc

Be-Cause is a platform for investing and building businesses with a purpose bigger than their products.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Communities | 1 | 100% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brewbike | Brewbike opens student-run coffee shops on college campuses to provide entrepreneurial experiences to the next generation of leaders. Brewbike enables motivated, engaged college students to manage real-world responsibilities and produce tangible results. Brewbike provides significant opportunities for students to develop hard skills that arerelevant to their resumes. | $3M | Convertible Note | Dec 20, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Chicago Booth Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chicago-angels-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Connetic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/connetic-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Koto — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Morningstar](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morningstar) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Techra Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techra-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Westbrook Partners — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Be-Cause invest in?

Be-Cause invests primarily in Communities and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Convertible Note stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Be-Cause last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Be-Cause closed in Dec 2021. Shizune tracks 1 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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