LDR Ventures
VC Fund
Los Angeles, United States
LDR Ventures is a VC fund in Los Angeles focused on E-Commerce and Food and Beverage. LDR is a VC firm based in Los Angeles investing In Female & Minority Founders, Consumer Product, Food, E-Comm, Marketplaces & Legal Tech. Our investment amounts range from $100K to $500K at the Seed Stage and Series A rounds.We take a hands-on approach by applying our team's significant operating experience with a passion forbusiness development, the capital and strategic contacts to build success.
- Total investments:
- 16
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 13%
Last updated:
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Industries LDR Ventures invests in
Stages LDR Ventures invests in
Countries LDR Ventures invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 3 (19%)
- Food and Beverage 3 (19%)
- Beauty 2 (13%)
- Fashion 2 (13%)
- Women's 2 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 7 (44%)
- Series A 2 (13%)
- Convertible Note 2 (13%)
- Series D 1 (6%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Andrew Koven
Co Managing Director
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Co Managing Director | Total investments: 8 | Find email | |
James Scharpf
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Maxine Koven
Co Managing Director
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Co Managing Director | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| The.com is building the reusable web, making it simple to create, remix, and launch websites while getting paid and earning credit for your work. This is a fundamental shift in web creation towards a more ownable and composable web. | $4.4M / Seed / Jan 27, 2022 | ||
| Shaka Tea is a line of Hawaiʻi-grown, herbal iced teas on the market brewed from māmaki, which is only found and grown one place in the world, the Hawaiian archipelago. With a commitment to the health of consumers and health of the land, Shaka Tea is a naturally caffeine-free, no added sugar product. The company supports sustainable farming andregenerative agriculture and can be found in major retailers across Hawaiʻi, the continental US, and on Amazon. Launched in 2016 by kamaʻāina Bella Hughes, who was born and raised in Honolulu and her husband Harrison Rice, Shaka Tea was founded out of the desire to honor Hawai’i by offering an authentically Hawaiian and healthy product through the māmaki teas, all coming from recipes that originated right out of the kitchen. | $2.3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 11, 2020 | ||
| Founded in 2015, junzi grew out of a hunger for our childhood staples: northern Chinese food made with healthy, seasonal ingredients. Yet recreating the taste of home has done much more than sate our cravings—the amazing power of food in building community has inspired us to make our bings and noodles accessible to all. In just three years,we’ve grown junzi to four locations in New Haven, CT near Yale University, Morningside Heights near Columbia University, Greenwich Village near NYU and (soon-to-open) Bryant Park—and that’s just the beginning! | $5M / Seed / Nov 04, 2019 | ||
Court Buddy
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Court Buddy instantly matches consumers with solo attorneys based on budget.Winner of the 2017 American Bar Association’s Legal Access Award, President Obama and Shark Tank's Daymond John's American Entrepreneurship Award, and named the “Priceline For Legal Services” by the Huffington Post, Court Buddy is a legal tech platform thatinstantly matches people with vetted solo attorneys based on the client’s budget for a-la-carte legal services at flat rates.Once matched, clients can instant message, video chat or call their attorney matches using the ‘CourtBuddy Chat’ app, and instantly make secured payments to attorneys for the legal services through ‘CB Direct Pay’. | $6M / Series A / Oct 18, 2018 | |
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Court Buddy
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Court Buddy instantly matches consumers with solo attorneys based on budget.Winner of the 2017 American Bar Association’s Legal Access Award, President Obama and Shark Tank's Daymond John's American Entrepreneurship Award, and named the “Priceline For Legal Services” by the Huffington Post, Court Buddy is a legal tech platform thatinstantly matches people with vetted solo attorneys based on the client’s budget for a-la-carte legal services at flat rates.Once matched, clients can instant message, video chat or call their attorney matches using the ‘CourtBuddy Chat’ app, and instantly make secured payments to attorneys for the legal services through ‘CB Direct Pay’. | $1M / Seed / Oct 04, 2017 | |
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Court Buddy
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Court Buddy instantly matches consumers with solo attorneys based on budget.Winner of the 2017 American Bar Association’s Legal Access Award, President Obama and Shark Tank's Daymond John's American Entrepreneurship Award, and named the “Priceline For Legal Services” by the Huffington Post, Court Buddy is a legal tech platform thatinstantly matches people with vetted solo attorneys based on the client’s budget for a-la-carte legal services at flat rates.Once matched, clients can instant message, video chat or call their attorney matches using the ‘CourtBuddy Chat’ app, and instantly make secured payments to attorneys for the legal services through ‘CB Direct Pay’. | Convertible Note / Sep 18, 2017 | |
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Court Buddy
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Court Buddy instantly matches consumers with solo attorneys based on budget.Winner of the 2017 American Bar Association’s Legal Access Award, President Obama and Shark Tank's Daymond John's American Entrepreneurship Award, and named the “Priceline For Legal Services” by the Huffington Post, Court Buddy is a legal tech platform thatinstantly matches people with vetted solo attorneys based on the client’s budget for a-la-carte legal services at flat rates.Once matched, clients can instant message, video chat or call their attorney matches using the ‘CourtBuddy Chat’ app, and instantly make secured payments to attorneys for the legal services through ‘CB Direct Pay’. | $150K / Convertible Note / May 11, 2017 | |
| Founded in 2015, junzi grew out of a hunger for our childhood staples: northern Chinese food made with healthy, seasonal ingredients. Yet recreating the taste of home has done much more than sate our cravings—the amazing power of food in building community has inspired us to make our bings and noodles accessible to all. In just three years,we’ve grown junzi to four locations in New Haven, CT near Yale University, Morningside Heights near Columbia University, Greenwich Village near NYU and (soon-to-open) Bryant Park—and that’s just the beginning! | $5M / Seed / May 01, 2017 | ||
| Introducing the most beautiful, simple and intelligent smart home cameras ever designed. Upgrade your home security with zero wires and incredibly easy installation. Learn more at haivenhome.com #HaivenHome Member of 500 Startups | Batch 20 | Seed / Dec 01, 2016 | ||
| Territory Foods is a chef-prepared meal delivery service that creates nutritionist-approved menus tailored to support various dietary preferences and regional market tastes. Its fresh, healthy, ready-to-eat meals are designed by in-house culinary professionals and nutrition experts, prepared by a dedicated team of chefs, and powered by aproprietary algorithm that informs personalized menu variety at scale. Its boredom-proof rotating menus feature a wide variety of freshly-made artisan meals per week that are responsibly sourced, always free of refined sugars, and made without ingredients that contain gluten and dairy. Menus can be customized to meet dietary templates such as Vegan, Vegetarian, Whole30, and Keto, taking the guesswork out of navigating and committing to healthy eating.Territory Foods launched in 2011 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA. | $5M / Seed / Feb 04, 2016 | ||
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FAQ
What does LDR Ventures invest in?
LDR Ventures invests primarily in E-Commerce, Food and Beverage and Beauty startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 16 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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Who are the partners at LDR Ventures?
The team at LDR Ventures includes Andrew Koven (Co Managing Director), James Scharpf (Partner) and Maxine Koven (Co Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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