# James McCann

> James McCann is a Series A investor at Food Retail Ventures (Miami) backing Grocery and Software. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Food Retail Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mccann-investments-advisory)
- Location: Miami, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jul 2021
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-mccann-bb62115
- Website: http://www.foodretailventures.com

James McCann is a Series A investor at Food Retail Ventures in Miami focused on Grocery and Software. James McCann is the Founder and CEO of Food Retail Ventures. He attended the University of Manchester.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $4.5M–$13M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grocery | 3 | 75% |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 50% |
| Mobile | 1 | 25% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Canada | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Halla | Halla is The Taste Intelligence Company. Taste Intelligence is the only grocery AI that understands and responds to human preference and behavior, all in real-time. Halla’s Taste Intelligence suite of products helps grocers power 1-to-1 experiences via hyper-personalized product recommendations, substitutions and searches. From cart pages onlineto printed coupons in-store, Halla can plug in anywhere the grocer wants to increase sales and boost engagement. Shoppers see the most enticing products at the perfect moment, resulting in bigger baskets, better rewards, and the best grocery experience possible. | $4.5M | Series A | Jul 16, 2021 |  |
| Afresh | Afresh is an AI-powered company selling software to track demand and manage orders for fresh produce in grocery stores. The company is an operator of a fresh-first supply chain platform intended to handle the complexity of perishable categories for brick and mortar retailers and wholesalers. Its platform brings artificial intelligence and machinelearning to forecast and ingest millions of data points to provide accurate item-level predictions of future demand to replenish recommendations that account for supply chain constraints and optimize for margin that enable clients to minimize waste, maximize freshness, and multiply business profitability.Afresh was established in 2017 in San Francisco, California by Matt Schwartz. | $13M | Series A | Nov 19, 2020 |  |
| Afresh | Afresh is an AI-powered company selling software to track demand and manage orders for fresh produce in grocery stores. The company is an operator of a fresh-first supply chain platform intended to handle the complexity of perishable categories for brick and mortar retailers and wholesalers. Its platform brings artificial intelligence and machinelearning to forecast and ingest millions of data points to provide accurate item-level predictions of future demand to replenish recommendations that account for supply chain constraints and optimize for margin that enable clients to minimize waste, maximize freshness, and multiply business profitability.Afresh was established in 2017 in San Francisco, California by Matt Schwartz. | $12M | Series A | Jul 20, 2020 |  |
| Flashfood | Flashfood is the App for Grocery's best Deals. As a certified B-corp, our mission is to Feed Families, not Landfills. Our marketplace connects Food Retailers in North America who have product that is near-expiry or surplus that may have been destined for waste, and offer it instead to motivated Consumers who want to save serious cash. B2B2Cthat has saved consumers over $250B USD and redirected over 150M pounds of food from waste streams. | $4M | Seed | Feb 27, 2019 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Baseline Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baseline-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Maersk Growth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maersk-growth) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Better Food Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-food-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [E&A Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/e-a-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Greenhouse Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greenhouse-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Innovation Endeavors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovation-endeavors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Food Retail Ventures

VC Fund · Boston, United States

Food Retail Ventures invests in early stage food and retail technology companies. Food Retail Ventures uses their industry experience and network to help food and retail technology companies succeed. The company is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

1 contacts available at Food Retail Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| James McCann | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-mccann |

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## FAQ

### What does James McCann invest in?

James McCann invests primarily in Grocery, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 4 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 James McCann's check size?

James McCann typically joins rounds of $4.5M–$13M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds James McCann participates in.

### When did James McCann last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James McCann closed in Jul 2021. Shizune tracks 4 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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