# Chipotle Mexican Grill

> Chipotle Mexican Grill is a VC fund backing Food and Beverage and Robotics. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Newport Beach, United States
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 60%
- Fund size: $50M
- Last fund: Apr 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/chipotle-mexican-grill
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/chipotletweets
- Website: http://www.chipotle.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chipotle

Chipotle Mexican Grill is a chain of restaurants in the US, UK, Canada, and France specializing in burritos and tacos. The company uses raw ingredients, classic cooking methods, and distinctive interior design--features that are more frequently found in the world of fine dining.Chipotle Mexican Grill was established in 1993 and is headquarteredin Denver, Colorado, United States.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 3 | 30% |
| Robotics | 2 | 20% |
| Agriculture | 2 | 20% |
| AgTech | 1 | 10% |
| Software | 1 | 10% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Corporate Round | 3 | 30% |
| Series C | 2 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 20% |
| Seed | 1 | 10% |
| Series B | 1 | 10% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| John Hartung | Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-r-hartung |
| Matt Dailey | Area Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-dailey |
| Scott Maw | Lead Independent Director & Chairman of the Audit Committee | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-maw |
| Shaz Shaukat | Product Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shaz-shaukat |
| Tressie Lieberman | Vice President, Digital Marketing & Off-Premise | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tressie-lieberman |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hyphen | Hyphen automates culinary operations for the restaurant and foodservice industry. | $35M | Series B | Aug 13, 2025 |  |
| CH4 Global | CH4 Global is an aquaculture solutions provider dedicated to urgently impacting climate change at scale. Lead by a world-class team of senior business builders, scientists and entrepreneurs, the company is initially leveraging proven science and technology for growing seaweed into innovative new livestock supplement that reduces methane produced bycows by up to 90%. Among early investors are a select group of prominent family offices and private investors. CH4 Global have also received non-dilutive capital support from government organizations from around the world. CH4 Global is a Delaware corporation based in Henderson, NV. |  | Corporate Round | Jan 15, 2025 |  |
| Plantible Foods | Plantible Foods is a B2B food technology company producing sustainable plant-based protein to optimize the food industry. The company develops a proprietary and vertically integrated agricultural manufacturing platform to allow food companies to innovate while optimizing costs and delivering products with improved taste, texture, health, andenvironmental footprint. |  | Corporate Round | Jan 15, 2025 |  |
| Meati | Meati Foods is a consumer goods company that offers carbon materials, bioengineering, and filtration. It focuses on using proprietary, clean technologies to provide nutrient-dense, plant-based meat alternatives that everyone can enjoy and feel good about eating every day. | $150M | Series C | Jul 21, 2022 |  |
| Hyphen | Hyphen automates culinary operations for the restaurant and foodservice industry. | $24M |  | Jul 21, 2022 |  |
| Hyphen | Hyphen automates culinary operations for the restaurant and foodservice industry. | $24M |  | Jul 21, 2022 |  |
| Hyphen | Hyphen automates culinary operations for the restaurant and foodservice industry. | $24M | Corporate Round | Jul 21, 2022 |  |
| Nuro | Nuro is a technology company that develops a self-driving vehicle for local goods transportation. Nuro transforms local commerce through autonomous delivery. Its service helps merchants deliver goods to customers quickly, affordably, and safely. Nuro's mission is to accelerate the benefits of robotics for everyday life. |  | Series C | Mar 25, 2021 |  |
| Everytable | Everytable aims to redefine the food landscape the same way McDonald’s did fifty years ago. But this time, instead of burgers and fries, they are selling nutritious, fresh, made-from-scratch food, at fast-food prices. | $5.3M |  | Jun 29, 2018 |  |
| Elix | Elix's Cohort 1 Venture Group was produced over six successful social enterprises including Savvy, Eco Wash Network, Cozy, Smart Paint, and Noviaris. Check out our blog for periodic updates on our Cohort 1! We're excited to announce Cohort 2 on July 1st of 2017. | $22.5K | Seed | Jun 01, 2015 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Compound](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/metamorphic-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Morado Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morado-ventures-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Pathbreaker Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pathbreaker-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Tiger Global Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiger-global) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Kitchen Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kitchen-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SC Master Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sc-master-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Chipotle Mexican Grill invest in?

Chipotle Mexican Grill invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Robotics and Agriculture startups, most often at Corporate Round and Series C stage. Most of the 10 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 Chipotle Mexican Grill?

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### Who are the partners at Chipotle Mexican Grill?

The team at Chipotle Mexican Grill includes John Hartung (Chief Financial Officer), Matt Dailey (Area Manager) and Scott Maw (Lead Independent Director & Chairman of the Audit Committee), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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