# Bedford

> Bedford is a VC fund in Osnabrück backing Organic Food, Food and Beverage and Plant-Based Foods. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Osnabrück, Germany
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bedford-gmbh/
- Website: https://bedford.de

Bedford is a food and beverage manufacturing company that provides delicious products. Their products include poultry, raw ham, raw sausage, cooked ham, boiled sausage, aspic, lard, pies, frozen snacks, and chilled snacks. Their food and beverage products serve the customers.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Organic Food | 1 | 100% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 100% |
| Plant-Based Foods | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Verrano | Verrano specializes in enhancing the regional root vegetables. It consciously takes a different approach than many other plant-based market firms. |  | Seed | Mar 31, 2026 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BM H Beteiligungs-Managementgesellschaft Hessen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bm-h-beteiligungs-managementgesellschaft-hessen) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Weber Web](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/weber-web) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Bedford invest in?

Bedford invests primarily in Organic Food, Food and Beverage and Plant-Based Foods startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Bedford last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bedford closed in Mar 2026. 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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