# Meaningful Partners

> Meaningful Partners is a VC fund in El Segundo backing Beauty and E-Commerce. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: El Segundo, United States
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 53%
- Fund size: $175M
- Last fund: Aug 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/meaningful-partners/
- Website: http://meaningfulpartners.com/

Meaningful Partners is a VC fund in El Segundo focused on Beauty and E-Commerce. Meaningful Partners is accelerating the growth and performance of a purposeful business. It invests in purposeful consumer businesses with a focus on certain long-term thematic trends. The firm makes control or minority investments ranging from $10 million to $50+ million in middle-market (>$3 million in EBITDA) and high growth companies(>$10 million in revenue with visibility to near-term profitability).

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Meaningful Partners. Shizune tracks 5 team members at Meaningful Partners. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/meaningful-partners?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Private Equity | $20M–$27M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beauty | 5 | 33% |
| E-Commerce | 5 | 33% |
| Food and Beverage | 4 | 27% |
| Retail | 3 | 20% |
| Cosmetics | 2 | 13% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 5 | 33% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 20% |
| Series B | 2 | 13% |
| Seed | 1 | 7% |
| Series A | 1 | 7% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 73% |
| Singapore | 2 | 13% |
| Australia | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amin N. Maredia | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amin-n-maredia |
| Jake Capps | Co-founder and Managing Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jake-capps |
| Amin Maredia | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amin-maredia |
| Craig Dubitsky | Founding Member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-dubitsky |
| Rick Roth | Founding Member | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rick-roth |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Allies | Allies of Skin is a multi-awarded skincare arm of the ALLIES Group, creating supercharged skincare products. | $20M | Private Equity | Mar 27, 2024 |  |
| Allies of Skin | Allies of Skin is a multi-awarded skincare arm of the ALLIES Group, creating supercharged skincare products. | $20M | Private Equity | Mar 26, 2024 |  |
| M2 Ingredients | M2 Ingredients is a food production company that produces organic and whole food powdered and medical mushrooms. Its award-winning and scientifically-studied mushroom powders have been used in supplements and food products for people and animals throughout the world. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, California. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 16, 2024 |  |
| M2 Ingredients | M2 Ingredients is a food production company that produces organic and whole food powdered and medical mushrooms. Its award-winning and scientifically-studied mushroom powders have been used in supplements and food products for people and animals throughout the world. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, California. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 16, 2024 |  |
| Om Mushroom Superfood | Om Mushroom Superfood provides organic mushroom single species or mushroom blends. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 16, 2024 |  |
| Skiptown | Skiptown is a pet care service that provides dog daycare, dog boarding, dog grooming, and home services all from their app. It was established in 2016 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. | $27.4M | Private Equity | Dec 01, 2022 |  |
| Pilgrim Soul | Pilgrim Soul is a mission-driven cannabis brand focused on optimizing human creative performance to gain a competitive edge. | $2M | Seed | Jan 11, 2022 |  |
| Westrock Coffee Company | Westrock Coffee Company roasts, produces, and exports coffee. It offers coffees and teas; coffee accessories, such as creamer, sugar, etc.; and brewing equipment and dispensers, as well as provides direct delivery to offices or industries. The company supplies its products and services for offices, convenience stores, grocery stores,universities, coffeehouses, and restaurants; and exports its products through its subsidiary company. | $17M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 10, 2021 |  |
| Active Apparel Group | Active Apparel Group is a leading, socially responsible garment manufacturing group specializing in the production of activewear and swimwear for market-leading international brands. |  | Private Equity | Sep 30, 2021 |  |
| Sugarbearhair | Sugarbearhair is a webshop that sells hair-friendly products including hair oil and vitamin products. |  | Private Equity | Sep 20, 2021 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Investeco Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investeco-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [White Road Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/white-road-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [10X Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/10x-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Beehouse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beehouse) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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- [Focus Impact Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/focus-impact-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Meaningful Partners invest in?

Meaningful Partners invests primarily in Beauty, E-Commerce and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Private Equity and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 15 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 Meaningful Partners's check size?

Meaningful Partners typically joins rounds of $20M–$27M at Private Equity. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Meaningful Partners participates in.

### How do I contact Meaningful Partners?

Public channels for Meaningful Partners include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Meaningful Partners?

The team at Meaningful Partners includes Amin N. Maredia (Co-Founder & Managing Partner), Jake Capps (Co-founder and Managing Partner) and Amin Maredia (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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