# John M. Foraker

> John M. Foraker is a Series A investor at Once Upon a Farm backing Food and Beverage. See 9 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Once Upon a Farm
- Location: Berkeley, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jul 2021
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-foraker-0061732
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jforakerceo

John M. Foraker is a Series A investor at Once Upon a Farm in Berkeley focused on Food and Beverage and Retail. John Foraker is the Co- Founder & CEO at Once Upon a Farm .

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 5 | 56% |
| Retail | 2 | 22% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 22% |
| Health Care | 2 | 22% |
| Organic Food | 2 | 22% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 22% |
| Series B | 2 | 22% |
| Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Series C | 1 | 11% |
| Series D | 1 | 11% |

7 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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. | $50M | Series B | Jul 06, 2021 |  |
| Partake Foods | Partake Foods is a food and beverage company that specializes in selling allergy-friendly cookies. The company's products are free of the top 12 allergens so families can eat safely, healthfully, and deliciously — even on-the-go. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. | $4.8M | Series A | Jan 08, 2021 |  |
| Back to the Roots | Back to the Roots offers gardening kits to grow organic and gourmet mushrooms at homes. Founded in 2009 by Alejandro Velez and Nikhil Arora as a 100% sustainable urban mushroom farm, BTTR has transformed into a company focused on bringing sustainable grow-at-home products into households. Their Grow-at-Home Mushroom Garden is completely indoors andcan grow up to 1lb of oyster mushrooms in as little as 10 days. They provide a simple, eco-friendly, and quick way to have fresh oyster mushrooms right in the kitchen. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 22, 2020 |  |
| 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. | $28.2M | Series A | Aug 21, 2020 |  |
| Ancient Nutrition | Ancient Nutrition's mission is to restore our health, strength, and vitality by providing healthiest whole food nutrients to the modern world. The company's products include Bone Broth Protein, Multi Collagen Protein, Essential Oils, and Keto products, enabling customers to restore their health, strength, and vitality by providing healthywhole food nutrients to the modern world in a convenient form. | $103M | Private Equity | Mar 08, 2018 |  |
| Urban Remedy | Urban Remedy is a plant-based organic food company that embodies the belief that Food is Healing. We empower consumers to conveniently eat ultra-fresh and clean. All of Urban Remedy's ready-to-eat meals, snacks and cold-pressed juices are certified organic, non-GMO Project Verified, gluten free, and low glycemic. Urban Remedy ships directlyto customers nationally from its headquarters in Point Richmond, CA and operates 17 retail locations and over 300 grocery kiosks across 21 states. Urban Remedy is a certified B corporation. Learn more at www.urbanremedy.com | $19.5M | Series B | Jan 17, 2018 |  |
| REBBL | REBBL, the name, is an acronym for roots, extracts, berries, bark and leaves – the various plant constituents we use to craft the world’s finest super herb Elixirs, utilizing the most revered traditional wellness plants on earth. REBBL exists to bring you the highest quality super herb powered beverages, to help you maintain your optimum state ofbalance and wellness. | $10M | Series D | Dec 12, 2016 |  |
| Back to the Roots | Back to the Roots offers gardening kits to grow organic and gourmet mushrooms at homes. Founded in 2009 by Alejandro Velez and Nikhil Arora as a 100% sustainable urban mushroom farm, BTTR has transformed into a company focused on bringing sustainable grow-at-home products into households. Their Grow-at-Home Mushroom Garden is completely indoors andcan grow up to 1lb of oyster mushrooms in as little as 10 days. They provide a simple, eco-friendly, and quick way to have fresh oyster mushrooms right in the kitchen. | $2M | Seed | Jun 10, 2015 |  |
| NatureBox | NatureBox is building a personalized food shopping experience online that caters to the consumer’s taste and dietary preferences. It is initially focusing on the $64B snack food category. By creating its own line of products, NatureBox intends to build a multi-channel and multi-category brand in the food industry. NatureBox continues to grow itscustomer base 50-100% per month of an already large base. NatureBox serves customers in all 50 states. The company has partnered with WhyHunger to help provide nutritious food to the millions of Americans who go hungry. Through WhyHunger, the company works directly with community organizations, emergency food providers, and summer meal programs for low-income children. Previously, NatureBox donated over 150,000 meals to Feeding America. NatureBox has over 500,000 fans on Facebook and receives over 450,000 visits per month. | $30M | Series C | May 05, 2015 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Acre Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acre-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [CircleUp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/circleup-growth-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Congruent Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/congruent-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fifty Years](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fifty-years) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hillhouse Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hillhouse-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Prelude Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prelude-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Once Upon a Farm

VC Fund · San Diego, United States

Once Upon a Farm Kiddo Meals are processed using High-Pressure Processing, which uses pressure instead of heat to kill off any potentially harmful ingredients. This process also allows for more nutrient-dense food. Further, the brands that are currently on the shelves usually contain a large percentage of water, fillers, sugars, and preservatives,which take away from the natural state of the food. This in turn takes away from optimal nutrition for babies, since optimal absorption of nutrients occurs when food is in its most natural state.

5 contacts available at Once Upon a Farm.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| John M. Foraker | Co- Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-m-foraker |
| Cassandra Curtis | Co-founder & Chief Innovation Officer | — |
| Devon Steinberg | Demo Coordinator | — |
| Jennifer Garner | Co-founder | — |
| Katie Marston | Chief Marketing Officer | — |

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## FAQ

### What does John M. Foraker invest in?

John M. Foraker invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Retail and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did John M. Foraker last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John M. Foraker closed in Jul 2021. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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