# PepsiCo

> PepsiCo is a VC fund in New York backing Manufacturing and Food and Beverage. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 56%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/pepsico
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/pepsico
- Website: http://www.pepsico.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/PepsiCo

PepsiCo is a VC fund in New York focused on Manufacturing and Food and Beverage. PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide. Its Frito-Lay North America segment offers Lay’s and Ruffles potato chips, Doritos and Tostitos tortilla chips, Cheetos cheese-flavored snacks, dips, Fritos corn chips, and Santitas tortilla chips. Its Quaker Foods North America segment provides Quaker oatmeal, grits, rice cakes; and AuntJemima mixes and syrups, Quaker Chewy granola bars, Cap’n Crunch and Life cereals, Rice-A-Roni side dishes, Quaker Oat Squares, and Quaker Natural Granola.The company’s Latin America Foods segment offers snack foods under the Doritos, Marias Gamesa, Cheetos, Ruffles, Emperador, Saladitas, Sabritas, Elma Chips, Tostitos, Quaker, and Rosquinhas Mabel brands. Its PepsiCo Americas Beverages segment provides beverage concentrates, fountain syrups, and finished goods under the Pepsi, Gatorade, Mountain Dew, Diet Pepsi, Aquafina, 7UP, Diet Mountain Dew, Tropicana Pure Premium, Sierra Mist, and Mirinda brands; and ready-to-drink tea and coffee products. Its Europe segment offers snacks under the Lay’s, Walkers, Doritos, Cheetos, and Ruffles brands as well as Quaker cereals and snacks; beverage concentrates, fountain syrups, and finished goods under the Pepsi, Pepsi Max, 7UP, Diet Pepsi, and Tropicana brands; ready-to-drink tea products; and dairy products under the Domik v Derevne, Chudo, and Agusha brands.The company’s Asia, Middle East, and Africa segment provides snack foods under the Lay’s, Chipsy, Kurkure, Doritos, Cheetos, and Smith’s brands; cereals and snacks under the Quaker name; beverage concentrates, fountain syrups, and finished goods under the Pepsi, Mirinda, 7UP, Mountain Dew, Aquafina, and Tropicana brands; and ready-to-drink tea products. It serves wholesale distributors; foodservice customers; grocery, drug, convenience, membership, and discount and dollar stores; mass merchandisers; and authorized independent bottlers.PepsiCo was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 4 | 22% |
| Food and Beverage | 4 | 22% |
| Agriculture | 3 | 17% |
| Health Care | 3 | 17% |
| Retail | 2 | 11% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 9 | 50% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 3 | 17% |
| Series A | 2 | 11% |
| Series B | 1 | 6% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 28% |
| Canada | 3 | 17% |
| Israel | 2 | 11% |
| Australia | 2 | 11% |
| China | 1 | 6% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Allison Polly | Executive Producer | 0 | — |
| Atin Kulkarni | Head, Global Media & Content CoE | 0 | — |
| Christine Daugherty | VP Global Sustainable Agriculture & Responsible Sourcing | 0 | — |
| Henry Mori | Engineering Director, B2B & D2C eCommerce | 0 | — |
| Javed Hussain | Director of Global Technology Planning, Delivery and Governance | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Forest Stewardship Council | FSC is an international certification and labeling system dedicated to promoting responsible management of the world’s forests. | $73.5K | Grant | May 05, 2026 |  |
| Endua | Endua is developing the next generation of renewable energy multi-day storage solutions to power communities, remote industries, and off-grid infrastructure at the flip of a switch - 24 hours a day, seven days a week. | $20K | Grant | Sep 16, 2025 |  |
| South East Research Farm | South East Research Farm is an agricultural research facility. It is a producer-driven center dedicated to conducting quality applied research and demonstrations that address the needs of agricultural producers. The farm strives to deliver research outcomes that extend beyond the farm gate, with the goals of enhancing agricultural sustainabilityand encouraging environmental stewardship.​ | $497.2K | Grant | Jun 23, 2024 |  |
| CIMMYT | CIMMYT is a non-profit research and training center headquartered in Mexico. (The abbreviation "CIMMYT" derives from the Spanish version of our name: Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo.)Our Mission:To sustainably increase the productivity of maize and wheat systems to ensure global food security and reduce povertyVision and strategic goal:CIMMYT works with and brings together public research and extension organizations, private companies, advanced research institutes, NGOs, and farmer associations in countries worldwide, working pragmatically and apolitically to fight hunger and poverty. The Center applies the best science to develop and freely share:* High-yielding, stress tolerant maize and wheat varieties.* Large, unique collections of maize and wheat genetic resources.* Productivity-enhancing, resource-conserving farming practices.* Training and information relating to the above.Through these activities and outputs, CIMMYT works to foster global and local food security, helping farmers meet rapidly rising demand from expanding populations and affluence, while addressing the emerging challenges of global climate change and resource degradation and scarcities. | $750K | Grant | Jun 17, 2024 |  |
| Charles Sturt University | Official account for the progressive and award-winning Australian university. | $748.4K | Grant | Jun 17, 2024 |  |
| Nadeera | Nadeera is a social enterprise with objectives to promote sorting-at-source, increase the sustainability of the waste value chain, introduce technologically innovative methods to improve resident behaviors towards waste management, and establish deposit return systems for recyclables in the MENA region. | $100K | Grant | Oct 09, 2022 |  |
| AQUA Carpatica | AQUA Carpatica comes deep from the Carpathian Mountains, an ancient land where time seems to stand still, leaving only the pristine beauty of nature and history. It is the last wild forest of Europe and with no agriculture or industrial activity in the surrounding areas, it’s like going back to a time before chemicals, fertilizers, CFCs and othercontaminants even existed.With AQUA Carpatica, purity and taste go hand in hand. Millions of years of volcanic activity have filtered impurities at the source, endowing their water with its unrivaled flavor.Natural minerals carbonate AQUA Carpatica Sparkling Water – the only Nitrate Free Natural Sparkling Mineral Water on Earth. |  | Corporate Round | Aug 02, 2022 |  |
| Celsius | Burn more fat with clean healthy energy drink for Fitness, Weight Loss, and Active Lifestyle. | $550M | Post-IPO Equity | Aug 01, 2022 |  |
| Epicore Biosystems | Epicore Biosystems develops a proprietary wearable microfluidic platform that is ‘skin-like’ and capable of analyzing small droplets of sweat for proteomics, inflammatory markers, hydration, and health biomarkers to enable personalized management of health, performance ,and nutrition. Epicore's wearable sensing technology is based on over twodecades of microfluidics and soft materials research by Prof. John Rogers and Dr. Roozbeh Ghaffari at Northwestern University's Querrey-Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics. | $9.5M | Series A | Feb 09, 2022 |  |
| air up | air up is a provider of a drinking bottle system that provides scent-flavored water. The innovation uses retronasal olfaction—where the brain perceives scent through the mouth as taste—to allow the user to enjoy flavored water without added sugars or artificial ingredients. | $46.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 28, 2021 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does PepsiCo invest in?

PepsiCo invests primarily in Manufacturing, Food and Beverage and Agriculture startups, most often at Grant and Post-IPO Equity stage. Most of the 18 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 PepsiCo?

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### Who are the partners at PepsiCo?

The team at PepsiCo includes Allison Polly (Executive Producer), Atin Kulkarni (Head, Global Media & Content CoE) and Christine Daugherty (VP Global Sustainable Agriculture & Responsible Sourcing), among 15 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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