Laurent Marcel
Managing Partner @ Danone Manifesto Venture
New York, United States
Laurent Marcel is a Series A investor at Danone Manifesto Venture in New York focused on Food and Beverage and Nutrition. Laurent Marcel serves as a managing director at Danone Manifesto Ventures. Before entering Danone, he first became an investment manager at Europatweb and a business lawyer at Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Industries Laurent Marcel invests in
Stages Laurent Marcel invests in
Countries Laurent Marcel invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Food and Beverage 7 (58%)
- Nutrition 3 (25%)
- Health Care 3 (25%)
- Snack Food 2 (17%)
- Organic Food 2 (17%)
Stage
- Series A 3 (25%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (25%)
- Funding Round 2 (17%)
- Seed 1 (8%)
- Series C 1 (8%)
Country
- United States 8 (67%)
- India 1 (8%)
- France 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Smash Foods
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Smash Foods is a CPG brand that makes simple, delicious, and nutritious food products. Chia Smash is a nourishing product that takes on jam bursting with real fruits, packed with chia seeds, and sweetened only with dates. They use no refined sugars, artificial ingredients, or preservatives and instead replace them with real, whole foods, that boastnutritional benefits not seen before in the category. | $18M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 23, 2026 | |
PHENIX
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PHENIX contributes to the reduction of waste and to the transition towards a circular economy, by awakening the potential of waste. With a hundred or so committed employees, their structure aims to promote the 2nd life of products, food and non-food, for various sectors, including charities. They support more than 1000 professional clients retail,industrial, wholesalers, shopping centers, caterers, event agencies, in the management of their unsold and waste through a web platform and a range of comprehensive collaborative and logistical services. | $15M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 20, 2022 | |
HowGood
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HowGood is a SaaS data platform with the world's largest database on product sustainability. With more than 33,000 ingredients, chemicals, and materials assessed, HowGood SaaS and impact data offerings help leading brands, retailers and investors improve their environmental and social impact. Through in-depth, ingredient-level insights intofactors ranging from greenhouse gas emissions to animal welfare to labor risk, HowGood data powers strategic decision-making for the sourcing, manufacturing, merchandising, and marketing of sustainable products. | $6M / Series A / Feb 23, 2021 | |
Ready, Set, Food!
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Ready, Set, Food! makes it easy for parents reduce their baby's risk of developing peanut, egg, and milk allergies by up to 80% with our gentle, daily system. | $3.3M / Seed / Jul 20, 2020 | |
Flore by Sun Genomics
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Sun Genomics is a precision nutrition company focused on curing dysbiosis through the gut microflora and personalized solutions. Its flagship product Floré, is a microbiome test and custom synbiotics solution that utilizes whole-genome sequencing to evaluate different digestive system data points and ensure that customers receive a completelypersonalized product based on their unique gut profiles. The company also offers: Floré Tots, Kids, and Baby, available for kids up to age 0-12, and comes in an easy digestive powder to mix with their favorite drink. Floré Clinical, which is specifically for professional practitioners and their patients. Floré Defense, Balance, and Performance for sports teams and athletes. | $9.3M / Series A / Jun 29, 2020 | |
Epigamia
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Epigamia is a premium all-natural Greek yogurt that encourages a healthy lifestyle one cup at a time. Launched in June 2015, they are focused on traditional dairy. | $5.3M / Series C / Jun 08, 2020 | |
Laird Superfood
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Laird Superfood offers coffee creamers and premium organic coffee that is an alternative to traditional sports drinks. The company was founded in 2015 by Dan Stauber and it is based in Sisters, Oregon. | $10M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 23, 2020 | |
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PHENIX
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PHENIX contributes to the reduction of waste and to the transition towards a circular economy, by awakening the potential of waste. With a hundred or so committed employees, their structure aims to promote the 2nd life of products, food and non-food, for various sectors, including charities. They support more than 1000 professional clients retail,industrial, wholesalers, shopping centers, caterers, event agencies, in the management of their unsold and waste through a web platform and a range of comprehensive collaborative and logistical services. | Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 12, 2020 | |
Forager Project
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Forager Project is a manufacturer of organic food products and beverage designed to offer healthy and natural consumables to the people. The company's products include juices, smoothies, nut shakes and chips that are made organically with natural ingredients, enabling customers to stay healthy and consume chemical-free food in their dailylives. | Oct 17, 2019 | |
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Epigamia
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Epigamia is a premium all-natural Greek yogurt that encourages a healthy lifestyle one cup at a time. Launched in June 2015, they are focused on traditional dairy. | $21.3M / Series C / Jan 16, 2019 | |
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Co-Investors
About Danone Manifesto Venture
Danone Manifesto Ventures brings health through food to as many people as possible by partnering with entrepreneurs in the food revolution.Danone Manifesto Ventures, Their name says it all. They are a venture group located in New York City that is part of a global food and beverage company with world–class expertise and a mission to bring healththrough food to as many people as possible. They employ a carefully selected team that is driven, passionate and eager to team up with exceptional entrepreneurs.
Danone Manifesto Venture Contacts
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Jean-Francois Hurel
VP Company Strategy
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Jean Prevot
Vice President Operations, Investment, Sustainability
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Laurent Marcel
Managing Partner
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FAQ
What does Laurent Marcel invest in?
Laurent Marcel invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Nutrition and Health Care startups, most often at Series A and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Laurent Marcel last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Laurent Marcel closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 12 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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