# Clear Current Capital

> Clear Current Capital is a VC fund backing Food and Beverage. See 35 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vero Beach, United States
- Total investments: 35
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last fund: Apr 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/11397753/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Clear_Current
- Website: http://www.clearcurrentcapital.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/clearcurrentcapital

Clear Current Capital is a VC fund in Vero Beach focused on Food and Beverage and Food Processing. Proprietary deal flow and valuable strategic partners. Focus investments in the plant based food/clean meat space at Seed/Series A level. Social impact with focus on ROI. Initial capital close 2/15/18. Fund I is now closed to new investors. Fund II held first close on 4/15/21 and is open to new investors.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$12M |
| Series A | $5.2M–$28M |
| Series B | $2.4M–$26M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 15 | 43% |
| Food Processing | 10 | 29% |
| Organic Food | 4 | 11% |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 9% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 9% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 16 | 46% |
| Series A | 5 | 14% |
| Series B | 2 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 6% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 15 | 43% |
| Germany | 2 | 6% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bruce Friedrich | Co-founder & Adviser | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bruce-friedrich |
| Curt Albright | Managing Member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/curt-albright |
| Steven Molino | Principal | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steven-molino |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Messium | Messium's technology makes use of proprietary machine learning models and hyperspectral satellite constellations. | $4.5M | Seed | Sep 09, 2025 |  |
| Rebellyous Foods | Rebellyous Foods is a food manufacturing technology and production company defined solely to catapult meat alternative production toward price parity with animal-based meat. Rebellyous Foods implements food manufacturing equipment and processes in large-scale production to produce low-cost plant-based meat at high volumes. These goals are achievedthrough uniquely designed food products, the use of high-throughput manufacturing automation and ‘smart’ production centers, and the development and utilization of new innovative low-energy manufacturing tools.Rebellyous Foods was established in 2017 in Seattle, Washington. | $2.4M | Series B | Jan 09, 2025 |  |
| Brightly Ventures | Brightly funds Food Rescue Organizations, converting their efforts into trustworthy and ethical carbon credits.Each day, millions of people in the country experience hunger, even as the food system generates an astounding 80 billion pounds of food waste each year. Tragically, a substantial portion of this surplus food deteriorates in landfills,releasing methane gas and causing disruptions to the delicate ecosystem. Nevertheless, by offering assistance to food rescue organizations that redirect excess food away from landfills and distribute it to underprivileged communities, it becomes possible to effectively confront the urgent problem of food insecurity while simultaneously tackling the environmental issues at hand. | $2.3M | Seed | Dec 16, 2024 |  |
| Concert Bio | Concert Bio helps growers harness the vast potential of their plant microbiome. | $1.7M |  | Oct 24, 2024 |  |
| Nosh Biofoods | Nosh Biofoods is a developer of traditional meat.It produces technical-functional components and nutritional protein by utilising manufacturing technologies to explore natural microbial biodiversity. |  |  | Sep 02, 2024 |  |
| Nosh Biofoods | Nosh Biofoods is a developer of traditional meat.It produces technical-functional components and nutritional protein by utilising manufacturing technologies to explore natural microbial biodiversity. | $3.2M | Seed | Sep 02, 2024 |  |
| Tupu | Tupu engages in the manufacture and supply of mushroom-based foods. | $3.2M | Seed | Oct 31, 2023 |  |
| Nosh Biofoods | Nosh Biofoods is a developer of traditional meat.It produces technical-functional components and nutritional protein by utilising manufacturing technologies to explore natural microbial biodiversity. | $3.6M | Seed | Apr 21, 2023 |  |
| Barvecue | Barvecue is a food company that offers barbecues for vegetarians. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Cornelius, North Carolina, United States. | $1M | Seed | Mar 08, 2023 |  |
| New School Foods | New School Foods creates plant-based seafood with the same texture, flavor, nutritional benefits, and cooking experience as traditional seafood. The first product of the company is a plant-based filet that looks, cooks, and tastes like wild salmon. The company aims to accelerate the transition to a kinder, more sustainable food system. | $12M | Seed | Feb 02, 2023 |  |

10 of 35 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Stray Dog Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stray-dog-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Unovis Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/unovis-asset-management-be7b) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Clear Current Capital invest in?

Clear Current Capital invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Food Processing and Organic Food startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 35 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Clear Current Capital's check size?

Clear Current Capital typically joins rounds of $1M–$12M at Seed, $5.2M–$28M at Series A and $2.4M–$26M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Clear Current Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Clear Current Capital?

Public channels for Clear Current Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Clear Current Capital?

The team at Clear Current Capital includes Bruce Friedrich (Co-founder & Adviser), Curt Albright (Managing Member) and Steven Molino (Principal). 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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