# Mark Rampolla

> Mark Rampolla is a seed investor at GroundForce Capital backing Food and Beverage. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [GroundForce Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/powerplant-ventures)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 56%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marksrampolla
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marksrampolla

Mark Rampolla is a seed investor at GroundForce Capital in Los Angeles focused on Food and Beverage and Food Processing. Mark Stephen Rampolla is based out of Los Angeles, California, and is the co-founder and managing partner of GroundForce Capital. Mark previously worked at REBBL as a board member. Mark Stephen Rampolla attended the Fuqua School of Business.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 7 | 44% |
| Food Processing | 3 | 19% |
| Medical | 2 | 13% |
| Snack Food | 2 | 13% |
| Health Care | 2 | 13% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 31% |
| Series B | 4 | 25% |
| Series A | 2 | 13% |
| Angel | 1 | 6% |
| Series D | 1 | 6% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 69% |
| Canada | 1 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rock River Laboratory Inc | Rock River Laboratory is a family-owned laboratory network that partners with customers to serve the living and growing needs. |  | Private Equity | Jul 16, 2026 |  |
| RTZN Brands | RTZN Brands is a food and beverage company. | $15M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 09, 2025 |  |
| The Collaborative | The Collaborative is the fastest growing premium plant-based yogurt and dessert brand. | $1.9M | Series B | Jan 26, 2024 |  |
| Partake Brewing | Partake Brewing is the craft non-alcoholic beer brand that focuses on flavor, health, socializing, and inclusivity for people who choose not to drink alcohol whether as a need or increasingly as a lifestyle choice. | $16.5M | Series B | Mar 06, 2022 |  |
| The Collaborative | The Collaborative is the fastest growing premium plant-based yogurt and dessert brand. | $6.9M | Series A | Apr 15, 2020 |  |
| Beanfields | Beanfields is a food company that makes delicious chips with seven tempting flavors. They're dedicated to making delicious all-natural snacks that are a wholesome and satisfying alternative to snacks made from corn, potato, and wheat. Their mission is to make the world a healthier place to crunch. They believe beans are good for theirfamilies, good for farmers, and good for their planet.Beanfields was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States. |  | Series B | Feb 28, 2019 |  |
| Garten | Garten is a health food company that delivers food directly to a company’s doors. Offering healthy office snacks including vegan, gluten-free, organic, and non-GMO options, the company aims to empower the workplace and lead people to make healthier, smarter choices across nutrition, exercise, rest, detox, and overall wellbeing. Ohmygreen offers aone-stop shopping experience that incorporates budget management, office stocking, and food delivery. There are three services to choose from when signing up: Zen, Bliss, or Nirvana. Each of these services is data-driven and food-focused while every service is customized to meet the needs of the client. The company's mission is to empower people to live healthy and blissful lives. Founder Michael Heinrich was inspired in his youth in Berlin, Germany where his Grandmother cultivated an organic garden and served hearty home-cooked meals. As a medical doctor, she would emphasize that if you want to stay healthy eat directly from the garden. Michael took this to heart and started Oh My Green. | $20M | Seed | Oct 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. | $20M |  | May 18, 2018 |  |
| Ozobot | Ozobot makes coding robots for the next generation of creators. Evo and Bit are one inch robots packed with technology that can be coded two ways: online with the OzoBlockly code editor and screen-free with Ozobot’s patented Color Codes. Evo is app-connected and updatable, a creative companion that grows with you and empowers you to play games,create with code, and share your ideas. Bit, the original Ozobot, was launched in 2014 as a great way to get started learning and loving robots. Ozobot’s robots are used in over 10,000 schools and the company’s mission is to inspire children to take the leap from consuming technology to creating technology. | $3M | Series A | Feb 15, 2017 |  |
| 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 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CircleUp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/circleup-growth-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Blueberry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blueberryventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Amberstone Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amberstone-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BACKED VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/backed-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Barrel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barrel-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bigr Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bigr-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About GroundForce Capital

VC Fund · Los Angeles, United States

PowerPlant Partners is an emerging growth equity fund investing in consumer food, beverage, and foodservice companies. We provide capital, strategic guidance and operating expertise to visionary teams leading disruptive plant-centric brands. Our mission is to re-architect our global food system by investing in world-changing companies that deliverbetter nutrition in more sustainable and ethical ways.

5 contacts available at GroundForce Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel Gluck | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-gluck |
| George Birman | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/george-birman |
| Kelly Byrne | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kelly-byrne-933e |
| Mark Rampolla | Co-founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-rampolla |
| Richard Schnuerer | Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Finance and Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-schnuerer |

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## FAQ

### What does Mark Rampolla invest in?

Mark Rampolla invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Food Processing and Medical startups, most often at Seed and Series B 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.

### When did Mark Rampolla last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mark Rampolla closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 16 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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