# NRV

> NRV is a VC fund in Richmond backing Health Care and Food and Beverage. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Richmond, United States
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last fund: Jan 2020
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/new-richmond-ventures
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/NRVVC
- Website: http://www.nrv.vc/

NRV is a VC fund in Richmond focused on Health Care and Food and Beverage. NRV operates as an early-stage venture firm that provides counsel, connections, and capital to companies at their growth inflection point. It invests in big ideas that capitalize on societal megatrends that might even change the world. The firm makes its first investment at the Series A round, reserving follow-on capital for future rounds offinancing.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 4 | 20% |
| Food and Beverage | 4 | 20% |
| Software | 3 | 15% |
| Retail | 2 | 10% |
| Big Data | 2 | 10% |

43 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 25% |
| Seed | 3 | 15% |
| Series B | 3 | 15% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 15% |
| Angel | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Scott Ukrop | Managing Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-ukrop |
| Bob Mooney | Co-Founder and Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-mooney |
| Jim Ukrop | Co-Founder and Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-ukrop |
| Laura Markley | CFO and Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laura-markley |
| Ted Chandler | Co-Founder and Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ted-chandler-2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Murphy's Naturals | Murphy's Naturals, Inc. is a company that believes in the importance of all-natural products and the benefits they provide. They truly believe that health and wellness come from the environment. Founded by Philip Freeman and named after his best buddy Murphy, Murphy's Naturals creates products which are made from responsibly sourced plantbased ingredients. They leave out all of the chemicals and toxins and instead focus on providing amazing earth-friendly products that will help others through its purchases. | $8.5M | Series A | Nov 17, 2021 |  |
| SVT Robotics | SVT Robotics provides the critical infrastructure that integrates industrial technologies—from robotics to enterprise software—into one connected layer, including unified interoperability, full-system performance visibility, and the contextualized insights and analysis required for enterprise and physical AI.SVT Robotics was founded in 2018 andis headquartered in Norfolk, VA. | $3.5M | Seed | May 05, 2020 |  |
| Farmer Focus | Founded by sixth-generation farmer Corwin Heatwole in 2014, Farmer Focus is the only 100% USDA organic and Humane Certified® chicken company with a mission to promote and protect generational family farms. By shifting farm-level decision-making and chicken ownership back to farmers and empowering them to farm the way they know is best, Farmer Focussignificantly improves the financial viability of the farm and farmer profit. Available in 2,500 stores throughout the East Coast and Midwest, including major retailers like Publix, Kroger, Harris Teeter and more, Farmer Focus is committed to consistently producing exceedingly delicious, 100% USDA organic and humanely raised chicken that is better for people, the planet and animals. | $15M |  | Dec 17, 2019 |  |
| Ario | Ario is an information technology company that combines the power of the scalable web and mobile technologies with augmented reality. It provides its users with tools to capture and distributes expert knowledge across all levels of an organization. The company was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Virginia, United States. | $1M | Seed | Aug 26, 2019 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Territory Foods | Territory Foods is a chef-prepared meal delivery service that creates nutritionist-approved menus tailored to support various dietary preferences and regional market tastes. Its fresh, healthy, ready-to-eat meals are designed by in-house culinary professionals and nutrition experts, prepared by a dedicated team of chefs, and powered by aproprietary algorithm that informs personalized menu variety at scale. Its boredom-proof rotating menus feature a wide variety of freshly-made artisan meals per week that are responsibly sourced, always free of refined sugars, and made without ingredients that contain gluten and dairy. Menus can be customized to meet dietary templates such as Vegan, Vegetarian, Whole30, and Keto, taking the guesswork out of navigating and committing to healthy eating.Territory Foods launched in 2011 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA. |  | Series A | Feb 12, 2019 |  |
| Territory Foods | Territory Foods is a chef-prepared meal delivery service that creates nutritionist-approved menus tailored to support various dietary preferences and regional market tastes. Its fresh, healthy, ready-to-eat meals are designed by in-house culinary professionals and nutrition experts, prepared by a dedicated team of chefs, and powered by aproprietary algorithm that informs personalized menu variety at scale. Its boredom-proof rotating menus feature a wide variety of freshly-made artisan meals per week that are responsibly sourced, always free of refined sugars, and made without ingredients that contain gluten and dairy. Menus can be customized to meet dietary templates such as Vegan, Vegetarian, Whole30, and Keto, taking the guesswork out of navigating and committing to healthy eating.Territory Foods launched in 2011 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA. |  | Series A | May 03, 2018 |  |
| ICX Media | ICX Media is a data-as-a-service company providing breakthrough data, analytics and intelligence to brands, media and entertainment companies and agencies. The ICX platform leverages machine learning and data science to analyze billions of district data points to best predict what type of video content is most likely to engage specific targetaudiences. Leading media companies, particularly CTV and streaming focused companies, use ICX to more effectively create and market content that resonates with their target audiences. Brands and agencies use ICX to better create and target highly engaging content for target consumers. Clients include numerous large media and entertainment companies, brands and agencies around the world. | $6.6M | Series A | Oct 12, 2017 |  |
| Territory Foods | Territory Foods is a chef-prepared meal delivery service that creates nutritionist-approved menus tailored to support various dietary preferences and regional market tastes. Its fresh, healthy, ready-to-eat meals are designed by in-house culinary professionals and nutrition experts, prepared by a dedicated team of chefs, and powered by aproprietary algorithm that informs personalized menu variety at scale. Its boredom-proof rotating menus feature a wide variety of freshly-made artisan meals per week that are responsibly sourced, always free of refined sugars, and made without ingredients that contain gluten and dairy. Menus can be customized to meet dietary templates such as Vegan, Vegetarian, Whole30, and Keto, taking the guesswork out of navigating and committing to healthy eating.Territory Foods launched in 2011 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA. |  | Series A | May 08, 2017 |  |
| Nutriati | Nutriati is a food technology company focused on the research, development and commercialization of innovative plant-based food ingredients. It is dedicated to formulating nutritious food products that are widely attractive to a broad range of consumer tastes. The company's business strategy includes a commitment to positive social impactand the promotion and distribution of healthier component ingredients in the food supply, resulting in improved health and well-being globally.Nutriati was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, United States. | $8M | Series A | Apr 21, 2017 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lewis & Clark Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lewis---clark-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [SenaHill Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/senahill-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Merck Global Health Innovation Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/merck-global-health-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GroundForce Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/powerplant-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [550 Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/550-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [80Amps](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/80amps) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does NRV invest in?

NRV invests primarily in Health Care, Food and Beverage and Software startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 20 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 NRV?

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### Who are the partners at NRV?

The team at NRV includes Scott Ukrop (Managing Director), Bob Mooney (Co-Founder and Managing Director) and Jim Ukrop (Co-Founder and Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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