# Nate Cooper

> Nate Cooper is a startup investor at Barrel Ventures. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Barrel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barrel-ventures)
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Nate Cooper is a startup investor at Barrel Ventures. Nate started Barrel Ventures out of a passion to help others disrupt the status quo. Surrounded by entrepreneurs at a young age, Nate became an operator himself as a founder of L3 Hospitality Group and later Wise Apple, a company that set out to change kids' lunch.Nate is a graduate of the Goizueta School of Business at Emory University andreceived his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management where he was awarded a Kellogg Scholarship and named a Zell Fellow.In his free time, Nate is a passionate endurance athlete and movie quote savant. He lives in Chicago and serves on the associate boards of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum and Social Venture Partners.

## About Barrel Ventures

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

Barrel Ventures is a seed-stage fund based in the heart of the midwest. The world is riding the early waves of a massive shift in consumer behavior and how businesses effectively reach these consumers. We leverage our decades of experience of operating, scaling, and investing in companies to help early-stage entrepreneurs propel their ideasforward.

2 contacts available at Barrel Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nate Cooper | Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nate-cooper-8c2a |
| Nathan Cooper | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nathan-cooper |

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