# Jonathan Neman

> Jonathan Neman is a Series A investor at Sweetgreen (Washington) backing E-Commerce and Retail. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sweetgreen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sweetgreen)
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-neman-9a28aa8
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/JonnyNemo
- Website: https://x.com/JonnyNemo

Jonathan Neman is a Series A investor at Sweetgreen in Washington focused on E-Commerce and Retail. Jonathan Neman is based out of Los Angeles, California, and is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sweetgreen. Jonathan Neman attended Georgetown University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $400k–$5.3M |
| Angel | $1M–$1.2M |
| Series A | $5M–$50M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 20% |
| Retail | 3 | 15% |
| Fashion | 3 | 15% |
| Food and Beverage | 3 | 15% |
| Coffee | 2 | 10% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 6 | 30% |
| Seed | 5 | 25% |
| Angel | 2 | 10% |
| Series B | 1 | 5% |
| Series C | 1 | 5% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 12 | 60% |
| Brazil | 2 | 10% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Owner | Owner provides a suite of tools designed to assist local restaurant owners in enhancing their sales and online visibility. The platform features solutions like mobile ordering and customer rewards, which aim to improve customer engagement. Additionally, Owner offers a free website grading tool that helps restaurants evaluate their online presenceand identify areas for improvement. These resources empower restaurant owners to optimize their marketing strategies and connect more effectively with their customers. By focusing on practical solutions, Owner supports the growth and development of local dining establishments. | $120M | Series C | May 13, 2025 |  |
| Dorsia | Dorsia is a members-only platform that offers reservations at in-demand restaurants in major cities. The platform utilizes technology to enhance experiences for both operators and members, ensuring smooth booking without stress. Dorsia operates in various cities, including Miami, Los Angeles, Dubai, and San Francisco, making it a versatile choicefor food enthusiasts. | $50.4M | Series A | Feb 14, 2025 |  |
| JOON | JOON is revolutionizing corporate wellness with the first turnkey solution that makes it easy for employers to customize a wellbeing benefits program for their people. Employees get the freedom to choose what's meaningful to them while our software automates the reimbursement process and eliminates the administrative burden. JOON bringswellbeing categories like fitness, food, mental health, family care, and education all under one roof. | $2.3M | Seed | Jul 15, 2021 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Loft | Loft is a transactional marketplace for residential real estate that helps manage the home buying and selling process.Founded by repeat entrepreneurs in 2018, Loft is Brazil’s first transactional marketplace for residential real estate, facilitating the purchase and sale of properties on behalf of individuals, brokers, and two publicly listedREITs managed by the company. By leveraging proprietary transaction data and an end-to-end digital workflow, Loft is bringing the Brazilian homebuying experience into the e-commerce age while integrating a multitude of adjacent service offerings.Loft was founded in 2018 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil. | $100M | Series D | Apr 22, 2021 |  |
| Loft | Loft is a transactional marketplace for residential real estate that helps manage the home buying and selling process.Founded by repeat entrepreneurs in 2018, Loft is Brazil’s first transactional marketplace for residential real estate, facilitating the purchase and sale of properties on behalf of individuals, brokers, and two publicly listedREITs managed by the company. By leveraging proprietary transaction data and an end-to-end digital workflow, Loft is bringing the Brazilian homebuying experience into the e-commerce age while integrating a multitude of adjacent service offerings.Loft was founded in 2018 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil. | $100M | Series D | Apr 22, 2021 |  |
| Loft | Loft is a transactional marketplace for residential real estate that helps manage the home buying and selling process.Founded by repeat entrepreneurs in 2018, Loft is Brazil’s first transactional marketplace for residential real estate, facilitating the purchase and sale of properties on behalf of individuals, brokers, and two publicly listedREITs managed by the company. By leveraging proprietary transaction data and an end-to-end digital workflow, Loft is bringing the Brazilian homebuying experience into the e-commerce age while integrating a multitude of adjacent service offerings.Loft was founded in 2018 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil. | $425M | Series D | Mar 23, 2021 |  |
| Coterie | Coterie set out to make a better diaper—one that’s supremely soft, up to 70% more absorbent, and keeps skin up to 3x drier—and we refuse to lower our standards. Our high-performing products are dermatologist-tested, hypoallergenic, free of 200+ chemicals, cruelty-free, and made with sustainably sourced plant-based materials. The company wasfounded in 2018 and based in New York City, New York. | $5.3M | Seed | Nov 27, 2020 |  |
| The Coffee | Minimalism \| Architecture \| Technology \| Specialty coffee | $5M | Series A | Nov 03, 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 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Caffeinated Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caffeinated-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Acre Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acre-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Baillie Gifford](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baillie-gifford) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Brand Foundry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brand-foundry-ventures) — 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

## About Sweetgreen

VC Fund · Washington, United States

Sweetgreen is an American fast-casual restaurant chain that serves simple, seasonal, healthy salads, and grain bowls made in-house from scratch, using whole produce delivered that morning. Founded in 2007, the company is based in Washington, District of Columbia.

5 contacts available at Sweetgreen.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Melissa Hampton Burghardt | VP, Ops Innovation and Services | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/melissa-hampton-burghardt |
| Andrew Koven | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-koven |
| Chad Brauze | Head of Culinary | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chad-brauze-c968 |
| Christopher Tarrant | CDO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-tarrant-071b |
| Jamie McConnell | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jamie-mcconnell-f8ba |

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## FAQ

### What does Jonathan Neman invest in?

Jonathan Neman invests primarily in E-Commerce, Retail and Fashion startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 20 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 Jonathan Neman's check size?

Jonathan Neman typically joins rounds of $400k–$5.3M at Seed, $1M–$1.2M at Angel and $5M–$50M 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 Jonathan Neman participates in.

### When did Jonathan Neman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jonathan Neman closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 20 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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