# New Ground Ventures

> New Ground Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Food and Beverage. See 44 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Westport, United States
- Total investments: 44
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 7%
- Fund size: $12M
- Last fund: Sep 2016
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/new-ground-ventures
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/newgroundvc
- Website: https://www.newground.vc

New Ground Ventures is an investment platform that offers funds and support for breakthrough companies. It combines investment experiences with shared, enduring commitment to the missions of companies in which they invest. The portfolio companies of New Ground Ventures are 915 LABS, aeglea, ALOHA, CARGO, and fingerprint.New Ground Ventures is aU.S.-based company that was founded in 2013 by Zac Zeitlin.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 11 | 25% |
| Food and Beverage | 7 | 16% |
| Health Care | 6 | 14% |
| Education | 5 | 11% |
| SaaS | 4 | 9% |

87 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 15 | 34% |
| Seed | 11 | 25% |
| Series B | 7 | 16% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 9% |
| Series C | 3 | 7% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 29 | 66% |
| Australia | 2 | 5% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anthony Xu | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthony-xu-a7c5 |
| Suzy Wolfson | Director of Operations | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/suzy-wolfson |
| Zac Zeitlin | Founder & Partner | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zac-zeitlin |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15Five | From engagement surveys and 1-on-1 tools to performance reviews and OKRs, 15Five is the most complete solution that combines software, education, and community to develop successful managers and unlock peak employee performance. Built using the Positive Product Design™ method, 15Five is the only platform that offers software aligned to the latestpositive psychology research. 15Five's comprehensive education, services, and community drive success every step of the way, empowering managers to lead high performing, thriving teams. | $52M | Series C | Jul 21, 2022 |  |
| Zight | CloudApp is the all-in-one visual sharing platform that lets you record, host, and share short videos, GIFs, and visuals (images, annotated screenshots) to make team and customer conversations faster and more succinct. Enhancing conversations visually means that messages don't get lost in translation! With CloudApp, team collaboration is abreeze. | $9.3M | Series A | Jan 25, 2022 |  |
| Abselion | Abselion is the biological sensor for rapid and cost-effective detection of biological substances like proteins, DNA, or small molecules. | $2.6M | Seed | Apr 20, 2021 |  |
| Foodsmart | Foodsmart is a digital nutrition platform that uses personalized dietary recommendations to improve health outcomes. The company supports those facing chronic disease and food insecurity by partnering with health plans and providers to give patients access to personalized and affordable healthy eating options. | $25M | Series C | Mar 25, 2021 |  |
| Operoo | Operoo is a School Operations and Productivity Platform. |  |  | Aug 14, 2020 |  |
| yfood Labs | yfood Labs is a food-tech startup which designs smart food solutions for a modern generation. The product portfolio currently compromises ultra-convenient and complete-nutrition drinks, drink powders and bars. | $16.7M | Series B | Apr 21, 2020 |  |
| PsiQuantum | PsiQuantum develops quantum computing technologies using photonic qubits and silicon photonics to build fault-tolerant quantum computing systems. The company designs quantum hardware, software, and system architectures that support the development and operation of scalable quantum computers. It manufactures quantum photonic chips throughsemiconductor fabrication processes and develops cryogenic infrastructure and quantum algorithms for large-scale computing applications. PsiQuantum also collaborates with research institutions, government organizations, and industry partners on quantum computing research and technology development. Its work focuses on advancing quantum computing capabilities for scientific, industrial, and computational applications. | $150M | Series C | Apr 06, 2020 |  |
| Process Street | Process Street is a SaaS platform that lets non-technical teams create powerful, no code workflows. It provides an easy way to document, track, automate, and optimize human-centric processes. Process Street was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $12.2M | Series A | Feb 27, 2020 |  |
| Fresh Bowl | Fresh Bowl, a tech-enabled food brand, builds the first zero-packaging waste option for on-the-go meals. It is a vending machine that is stocked daily with fresh-prepared salads, snacks, beverages, and signature smoothie bowls. Fresh Bowl is the first vending machine of its kind to be completely sustainable (zero-waste glass jars) and have theability to dispense acai bowls!The company was founded in 2017 and is based in New York, New York. | $2.1M | Seed | Jan 21, 2020 |  |
| Good Goods | Good Goods is a marketplace solution that brings producers and retailers together to accelerate the adoption of reusable consumer products. | $2.1M | Seed | Jan 21, 2020 |  |

10 of 44 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Rethink Education](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rethink-education) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Bling Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bling-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [N47](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/next47) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [RiverPark Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/riverpark-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does New Ground Ventures invest in?

New Ground Ventures invests primarily in Software, Food and Beverage and Health Care startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 44 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact New Ground Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at New Ground Ventures?

The team at New Ground Ventures includes Anthony Xu (Partner), Suzy Wolfson (Director of Operations) and Zac Zeitlin (Founder & Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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