Nick Green
Angel Investor
Santa Monica, United States
Nick Green is a seed investor in Santa Monica focused on Food and Beverage and Wellness. Nick Green is the Co-Founder and CEO of Thrive Market, a membership-based market that makes high-quality, healthy, and sustainable products available for every budget, lifestyle, and geography. For $60/year, members unlock wholesale prices on top natural and organic products, and Thrive Market matches every paid membership with a free one fora family or individual in need. A serial social impact entrepreneur, Nick began in the education space with his first business, Ivy Insiders, a college test prep and mentorship program that made tutoring more affordable and helped over 20,000 students get into better colleges. Outside of work, Nick loves traveling, investing, reading biographies, and spending time with his wife and 2-year old daughter. He originally hails from Minneapolis, MN and earned his B.A. in Economics from Harvard.
- Total investments:
- 21
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 5%
Last updated:
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Industries Nick Green invests in
Stages Nick Green invests in
Countries Nick Green invests in
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.5M–$35M
- Series A
- $7M–$13M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Food and Beverage 7 (33%)
- Wellness 5 (24%)
- Food Processing 3 (14%)
- Coffee 2 (10%)
- E-Commerce 2 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 8 (38%)
- Series A 6 (29%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (10%)
- Angel 1 (5%)
- Funding Round 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive Food is a food company. | $7M / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 12, 2022 | ||
| Duffl is a 10-minute grocery delivery service for college students. It currently operating at UCLA, USC, UCSB, and UC Berkeley. It was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. | $12M / Series A / Oct 01, 2021 | ||
| HumanCo is a disruptive mission-driven holding company that focuses on investing in Healthier Living.Despite all the advances in science and modern medicine, this is the first generation in recorded human history that is predicted to live a shorter lifespan than the previous generation. At HumanCo, it hopes to reverse this trend and effectmeaningful change through the companies in which we invest and incubate. | $35M / Seed / Sep 22, 2021 | ||
| Minus is a beanless coffee company that produces coffee. | $4.5M / Seed / Sep 07, 2021 | ||
| Minus is a beanless coffee company that produces coffee. | $4.5M / Seed / Aug 31, 2021 | ||
| Compound Foods produces beanless coffee and cacao for beverage solutions. | $4.5M / Seed / Aug 31, 2021 | ||
| Serenity Kids is facilitating healthy diets and lifestyles for children through the highest quality food, without sugar. They are transforming their society to cultivate health, equality, and sustainability starting with the youngest members of their community.The company was founded in 2016 by Serenity Heegel Carr and Joe Carr and is based inAustin, Texas, United States. | $7M / Series A / Jun 15, 2021 | ||
| Cure is a VC-backed hydration brand based in New York City. We’re the only premium hydration brand with a science-backed formula, plant-based ingredients, no added sugar, and 4x the electrolytes of leading sports drinks. The product is based on the World Health Organization's formula for Oral Rehydration Solution that is proven to hydrate aseffectively as an IV drip but, unlike other ORS products, the ingredients are non-GMO, sustainably sourced, and have no added sugar. Made with coconut water and pink Himalayan salt, Cure provides everything your body needs for daily hydration and nothing it doesn't. Cure is backed by a medical advisory board that includes Dr. Roshini Raj, Dr. Dana Cohen, and Brooke Alpert and is FSA/HSA Eligible. In just 4 years, Cure has expanded to over 13,000 retail stores nationwide including CVS, Walgreens, and Sprouts, and was named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies in America at #225 (#10 in Food and Beverage). Cure is a female-founded company, certified Plastic Neutral, and donates a serving for every purchase made to someone in need. Our investors include Lerer Hippeau, Valedor Partners, Rocana Ventures, Beliade, Silas Capital, Litani Ventures, Joyance Partners, Parallel Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Simple Food Ventures, Carly Strife (Founder of BARK), Kathleen King (Founder of Tate's Cookies), Philip Krim (CEO at Casper), Nick Green (CEO at Thrive Market), Nas, Andy Roddick and more. | $2.6M / Seed / Aug 18, 2020 | ||
| Outer is a direct-to-consumer outdoor furniture brand on a mission to bring life outside. The products are designed by former head furniture designer of Pottery Barn, Terry Lin and manufactured in CEO Jiake Liu's family-owned factory. Since its inception in 2017, Outer has increased its revenue 11 times by 2020 and tripled its workforce in thepast nine months. | $4.3M / Seed / Jun 18, 2020 | ||
| Liquid Death is the first bold, hilarious beverage focused on health and sustainability, and it is one of the fastest-growing non-alcoholic beverage brands of all time. They take the healthiest beverage available (water) and package it in infinitely recyclable tallboy cans that can compete with the fun marketing of unhealthy brands in energydrinks, beer, and junk food. In addition, Liquid Death donates 10% of its profits from each can sold to nonprofits that work to eliminate plastic pollution and provide clean drinking water to those in need. | $9M / Series A / Feb 20, 2020 | ||
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FAQ
What does Nick Green invest in?
Nick Green invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Wellness and Food Processing startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 21 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 Nick Green's check size?
Nick Green typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$35M at Seed and $7M–$13M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Nick Green participates in.
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When did Nick Green last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Nick Green closed in Aug 2022. Shizune tracks 21 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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