# Rocana Venture Partners

> Rocana Venture Partners is a VC fund backing Food and Beverage. See 24 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 24
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rocana-ventures/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/rocanaventures
- Website: http://rocanaventures.com/

Rocana Venture Partners ("RVP"​) is an LA-based venture capital firm that invests in early stage consumer packaged goods (“CPG”) brands. We find truly disruptive, hyper growth, mission-driven brands that provide consumers with better living choices. Our primary area of focus is in food & beverage, with secondary verticals of focus inbeauty and personal care, wellness, pet care, fitness and fashion/apparel.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 17 | 71% |
| Food Processing | 9 | 38% |
| Health Care | 6 | 25% |
| Manufacturing | 5 | 21% |
| Fitness | 3 | 13% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 9 | 38% |
| Series A | 5 | 21% |
| Seed | 4 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 13% |
| Series C | 1 | 4% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 18 | 75% |
| Canada | 3 | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gurdeep Prewal | Co-founder & General Partner | 3 | — |
| Sumesh Sachar | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | 1 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Recess | Recess is a consumer wellness brand creating products and experiences designed to help people feel balanced, centered, and inspired so that they can be their most productive and creative selves despite an increasingly stressful world. Its products include sparkling water infused with hemp extract and adaptogens for balance and clarity.Founded in2017, Recess is headquartered in New York. | $30M | Series B | Oct 27, 2025 |  |
| Eli | Eli empowers women to understand their body and the transitions it goes through every day, and across life. We develop a device that uses saliva to capture hormone fluctuations at home, and an app that gives women the information they want to own their health decisions. | $12M | Series A | Jun 10, 2025 |  |
| Supergut | Supergut is a tasty product with clinical validation that affects the gut to produce demonstrable health effects. They are pioneering breakthroughs and clinically validated solutions that improve your life through your gut microbiome. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Los Angeles, California. |  | Series B | Mar 03, 2025 |  |
| Bawi | Bawi is a food and drinks company that develops sparkling agua fresca inspired by traditional flavors. | $3.5M | Seed | Nov 20, 2024 |  |
| Cure Hydration | 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. |  | Series B | Oct 23, 2023 |  |
| Othership | Othership provides emotional wellness service through social bathhouse experiences and a breathwork. | $8M | Series A | Jan 24, 2023 |  |
| Poppi | Poppi manufactures prebiotic soda that combines real fruit juice with apple cider vinegar. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Dallas, Texas. | $25M | Series B | Oct 17, 2022 |  |
| Splendid Spoon | Splendid Spoon is a food company that delivers ready-to-eat and plant-based meals. The company's plant-based, gluten-free smoothies, shots, soups, grain bowls, and noodles are fully prepared and taste like the comfort of a home-cooked meal, allowing one to achieve balance without even thinking about it. In addition to multi-day meal plans andan On Demand shop, which allows customers to try the meals without a subscription. Its mission is to make it easier for everyone to eat well by delivering delicious, plant-based, ready-to-eat meals to the door. | $12M | Series B | Feb 09, 2022 |  |
| Olipop | OLIPOP is the clinically backed consumer beverage that meets consumer’s real-world taste preferences in a delicious tonic that benefits the microbiome, digestive function and metabolic health. | $30M | Series B | Feb 01, 2022 |  |
| Three Wishes | Three Wishes is healthy cereal that tastes like childhood indulgence, led by the cereal aisle’s first female founder. It is high protein, low sugar, gluten and grain-free and made from ingredients like chickpeas, pea protein, and tapioca. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2022 |  |

10 of 24 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Rocana Venture Partners invest in?

Rocana Venture Partners invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Food Processing and Health Care startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 24 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 Rocana Venture Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Rocana Venture Partners?

The team at Rocana Venture Partners includes Gurdeep Prewal (Co-founder & General Partner) and Sumesh Sachar (Co-Founder and Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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