# Christopher Konieczny

> Christopher Konieczny is a seed investor at AccelFoods (New York) backing Food and Beverage. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [AccelFoods](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accelfoods)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jun 2019
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-konieczny-5a102846/

Christopher Konieczny is a seed investor at AccelFoods in New York focused on Food and Beverage. Chris is the General Counsel of AccelFoods, an investor in disruptive food and beverage companies.Prior to joining AccelFoods, Chris was an attorney at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, where he was a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, and Capital Markets practice groups. While there, Chris advised buyers and sellers,including public and private companies and private equity firms, in mergers, acquisitions, buyouts, divestitures, spinoffs, and joint ventures. Chris has also served as in-house counsel to a multinational pharmaceutical company, where he was a member of the global M&A group.Chris graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Albany Law School.

## Investment focus

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rethink Water | Rethink Brands is a solution-based beverage company that is focused on optimizing the products of everyday life. It is a drink for all occasions, may it be birthday parties, soccer game refreshments, and lunch table concessions, children could see a good bit of sugar over the course of any given day.It is based in Columbia, Maryland, and wasfounded in 2015. | $6.7M | Seed | Jun 19, 2019 |  |
| Rethink Water | Rethink Brands is a solution-based beverage company that is focused on optimizing the products of everyday life. It is a drink for all occasions, may it be birthday parties, soccer game refreshments, and lunch table concessions, children could see a good bit of sugar over the course of any given day.It is based in Columbia, Maryland, and wasfounded in 2015. | $6.7M | Corporate Round | Jul 23, 2018 |  |
| Rethink Water | Rethink Brands is a solution-based beverage company that is focused on optimizing the products of everyday life. It is a drink for all occasions, may it be birthday parties, soccer game refreshments, and lunch table concessions, children could see a good bit of sugar over the course of any given day.It is based in Columbia, Maryland, and wasfounded in 2015. |  |  | Jun 01, 2016 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bluestein Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluestein-associates) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Germin8 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/germin8-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About AccelFoods

VC Fund · New York, United States

AccelFoods invests in disruptive food and beverage companies and provides them with industry access, expertise, and infrastructure.

4 contacts available at AccelFoods.

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

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## FAQ

### What does Christopher Konieczny invest in?

Christopher Konieczny invests primarily in Food and Beverage startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 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 Christopher Konieczny last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Christopher Konieczny closed in Jun 2019. Shizune tracks 3 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?

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