# Hornet Ventures

> Hornet Ventures is a VC fund backing Pet, E-Commerce and Marketplace. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://hornetventures.com/

Hornet Ventures is a VC fund focused on Pet and E-Commerce. Hornet Ventures invest in seed-stage companies.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pet | 2 | 67% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 67% |
| Marketplace | 1 | 33% |
| Food Delivery | 1 | 33% |
| Subscription Service | 1 | 33% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Austria | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HelloBello | HelloBello offers freshly cooked and cooled delivered human-grade food tailored to each dog’s nutritional needs. HelloBello is a PetTech company with a strong focus on the German speaking markets (for now). HelloBello’s personalized meals are free of any by-products and are portioned, packaged, and delivered directly to your door. By working with aspecialized veterinarian, HelloBello is able to derive each dog’s exact nutritional needs based on a proprietary algorithm. The recipes are made of natural sources like millet and seaweed, instead of heavy use of supplements, which makes it easier for the dog to absorb and get true nutritional benefits.Our credo in German is " ... Frisch. Individuell. Geliefert. - Frischfutter ist einfach besser ..." | $4.1M | Series A | Jan 09, 2025 |  |
| HelloBello | HelloBello offers freshly cooked and cooled delivered human-grade food tailored to each dog’s nutritional needs. HelloBello is a PetTech company with a strong focus on the German speaking markets (for now). HelloBello’s personalized meals are free of any by-products and are portioned, packaged, and delivered directly to your door. By working with aspecialized veterinarian, HelloBello is able to derive each dog’s exact nutritional needs based on a proprietary algorithm. The recipes are made of natural sources like millet and seaweed, instead of heavy use of supplements, which makes it easier for the dog to absorb and get true nutritional benefits.Our credo in German is " ... Frisch. Individuell. Geliefert. - Frischfutter ist einfach besser ..." | $1.7M | Seed | Nov 23, 2022 |  |
| PetPair | PetPair is building a world where pets come first. By leveraging dog fosters’ unique, rich experience with their adoptable pet, PetPair generates demand for dogs at shelters and rescues, saves fosters time, and provides a delightful, seamless eCommerce experience for adopters. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Sep 30, 2022 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Hansmen Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hansmen-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Companion Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/companion-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Square One Foods](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/square-one-foods) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [Bling Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bling-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Divide by Zero](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/divide-by-zero-2565) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Hornet Ventures invest in?

Hornet Ventures invests primarily in Pet, E-Commerce and Marketplace startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Austria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Hornet Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hornet Ventures closed in Jan 2025. 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?

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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