New Luna Ventures
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
New Luna Ventures is a leading impact venture capital advisor and investor in the food 2.0, agriculture, energy, community enrichment, and enabling software industries. We help entrepreneurs build sustainable ventures and connect disruptive ideas with investors and partners. Together, we provide actionable plans, enhanced communications, andexpanded access to markets.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries New Luna Ventures invests in
Stages New Luna Ventures invests in
Countries New Luna Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $3.2M–$6.4M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Food and Beverage 3 (75%)
- Biotechnology 2 (50%)
- Food Processing 2 (50%)
- Coffee 1 (25%)
- Seafood 1 (25%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (75%)
- Series A 1 (25%)
Country
- United States 2 (50%)
- Argentina 1 (25%)
- Singapore 1 (25%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Schefsky
Founder, General Partner, and CEO
|
Founder, General Partner, and CEO | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michroma is a biotech platform that produces natural ingredients in a sustainable, scalable, and cost-effective way. It uses synthetic biology to unleash the potential of filamentous fungi and develop proprietary strains capable of producing high-performance ingredients in bioreactors.Our first products are extremely pH and thermal stable foodcolorants which we are prototyping with some of the top food & beverage and cosmetic companies in the world. We are also producing mycoprotein and many more ingredients to come. It accelerated by Indiebio (Batch 9) and we are part of Mista. Michroma is based in Rosario, Argentina and San Francisco, USA. | $6.4M / Seed / Feb 01, 2023 | ||
| TurtleTree is a biotech company dedicated to producing a new generation of nutrition—one that’s better for the planet, better for the animals, and better for people everywhere. Utilizing its proprietary, cell-based technology, the company is creating better-for-you milk ingredients sustainably and affordably, with benefits that extend beyond thedining table and into the heart of humanity. | $3.2M / Seed / Jun 24, 2020 | ||
| Red Bay Coffee Roasters was founded in 2014 by Keba Konte, a renowned artist and successful food entrepreneur with deep roots in the San Francisco Bay Area specialty coffee and hospitality industry. Red Bay Coffee is at the forefront of what they believe is the fourth wave of coffee—a firm commitment to ensure coffee production is not only highquality and sustainable, but a vehicle for diversity, inclusion, social and economic restoration, entrepreneurship, and environmental sustainability. They are foodies, artists, activists, community folk, and innovators who love, love, love what they do. Red Bay seeks to create unity by hiring and serving people of all backgrounds, striving to be diverse and inclusive of those who have traditionally been left out of the specialty coffee industry, especially people of color, the formerly incarcerated, women and people with disabilities. | $4M / Series A / Jan 02, 2019 | ||
| New Wave Foods is a provider of algae and plant-based food used to preserve and enrich seafood traditions. Its foods are sustainable, plant-based shrimp alternatives made from sustainably sourced seaweed, soy protein, and natural flavors which contain the eight amino acids that are found in meats that enable consumers to enjoy low calories and zerocholesterol healthy products. | Seed / Jul 21, 2016 |
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FAQ
What does New Luna Ventures invest in?
New Luna Ventures invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Biotechnology and Food Processing startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does New Luna Ventures invest in?
New Luna Ventures typically joins rounds of $3.2M–$6.4M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not New Luna Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds New Luna Ventures took part in.
How do I contact New Luna Ventures?
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Who are the partners at New Luna Ventures?
The team at New Luna Ventures includes Gary Schefsky (Founder, General Partner, and CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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