# Be8 Ventures

> Be8 Ventures is a VC fund backing Food and Beverage and Food Processing. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jan 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/be8-ventures
- Website: https://www.be8.vc/

Be8 Ventures is a VC fund in Berlin focused on Food and Beverage and Food Processing. Be8 is a growth stage venture capital fund focusing on food & beverage chain (Innovative Food, E-Grocery, Retail & Gastro Tech, Packaging).

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $5.3M–$8.4M |
| Series A | $21M–$25M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 4 | 57% |
| Food Processing | 3 | 43% |
| Biopharma | 1 | 14% |
| Cosmetics | 1 | 14% |
| Organic Food | 1 | 14% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 43% |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sweden | 1 | 14% |
| Germany | 1 | 14% |
| Argentina | 1 | 14% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 14% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andreas Rösch | Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreas-r%C3%B6sch |
| Stefan Peters | Investment Team / CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stefan-peters-ef82 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Michroma | Michroma is a biotech platform that produces natural ingredients in a sustainable, scalable, and cost-effective way. It uses synthetic biology to unleash the potential of filamentous fungi and develop proprietary strains capable of producing high-performance ingredients in bioreactors.Our first products are extremely pH and thermal stable foodcolorants which we are prototyping with some of the top food & beverage and cosmetic companies in the world. We are also producing mycoprotein and many more ingredients to come. It accelerated by Indiebio (Batch 9) and we are part of Mista. Michroma is based in Rosario, Argentina and San Francisco, USA. | $6.4M | Seed | Feb 01, 2023 |  |
| Planted Foods | Planted is an ETH Spinoff that uses cutting-edge technology to turn four natural ingredients into plant-based meat that mimics the taste, texture, and mouthfeel of traditional animal meat. It takes only the best raw materials from plants and creates that tasty, nutritious, high-protein, and juicy planted that the customers love.It was founded in2019 and is headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. | $71.3M | Series B | Sep 01, 2022 |  |
| Melt&Marble | Melt&Marble, formerly known as Biopetrolia, was founded patent holding firm for co-founder Professor Jens Nielsen’s research group. | $5.3M | Seed | May 05, 2022 |  |
| New Culture | New Culture is a food and beverage company that focuses on revolutionizing how cheese is made. It was founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $25M | Series A | Nov 22, 2021 |  |
| Planted Foods | Planted is an ETH Spinoff that uses cutting-edge technology to turn four natural ingredients into plant-based meat that mimics the taste, texture, and mouthfeel of traditional animal meat. It takes only the best raw materials from plants and creates that tasty, nutritious, high-protein, and juicy planted that the customers love.It was founded in2019 and is headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. | $21M | Convertible Note | Aug 03, 2021 |  |
| Planted Foods | Planted is an ETH Spinoff that uses cutting-edge technology to turn four natural ingredients into plant-based meat that mimics the taste, texture, and mouthfeel of traditional animal meat. It takes only the best raw materials from plants and creates that tasty, nutritious, high-protein, and juicy planted that the customers love.It was founded in2019 and is headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. | $21M | Series A | Aug 02, 2021 |  |
| Bluu Seafood | Bluu Seafood they provide services for food products in seafood made from fish cells, healthier, and more sustainably | $8.4M | Seed | Mar 25, 2021 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ACE & Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ace-and-company) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [Good Seed Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/good-seed-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Be8 Ventures invest in?

Be8 Ventures invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Food Processing and Biopharma startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Sweden. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Be8 Ventures's check size?

Be8 Ventures typically joins rounds of $5.3M–$8.4M at Seed and $21M–$25M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Be8 Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Be8 Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Be8 Ventures?

The team at Be8 Ventures includes Andreas Rösch (Investor) and Stefan Peters (Investment Team / CFO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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