# Rosemary L. Ripley

> Rosemary L. Ripley is a funding round investor at Zevia backing Grocery and Food and Beverage. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Zevia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zevia)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Feb 2020
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosemary-ripley-18b4636

Rosemary L. Ripley is a Managing Director of NGEN. Ms. Ripley joined NGEN as an Entrepreneur in Residence in 2006 and shortly thereafter joined the board of EnviroTower. Ms. Ripley brings to NGEN substantial experience in strategic planning, acquisitions and public and private market transactions. Responsible for Corporate Business Development atAltria Group (previously Philip Morris Companies) from 1990-2005, Ms. Ripley helped spearhead and execute numerous expansionary growth plans for the operating companies. She led teams that invested heavily in Central and Eastern Europe and Asia and transformed Kraft Foods with the $19 billion acquisition of Nabisco and subsequent $8.5 billion initial public offering. Ms. Ripley also developed the strategy and led the transformation of Miller Brewing Company from a domestic business to part of an international enterprise with the merger with South African Breweries.Prior to joining Altria, Ms. Ripley was a Managing Director at Furman Selz, responsible for the Retail and Consumer Group, and prior to that was a senior investment banker at L.F. Rothschild, Unterberg, Towbin where she also ran the Retail and Consumer Group.Ms. Ripley co-founded Circle Financial Group, a multi-family office, and sits on the Advisory Board of the Chicago Climate Exchange. Ms. Ripley received both her BA, cum laude, and MBA at Yale University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grocery | 2 | 40% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 40% |
| Bakery | 1 | 20% |
| Retail | 1 | 20% |
| Internet | 1 | 20% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 3 | 60% |
| Series C | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jyve | Jyve is a tech platform that matches brands’ in-store execution needs with the right skilled labor, at the right time. Operational in most of America, Jyve offers brands access to certified skilled Jyvers who are complete asks to handle tasks including stocking, auditing, ordering and display building. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 25, 2020 |  |
| Bare Snacks | Bare Snacks (Bare Foods Co.), originally know as Bare Fruit, was wounded by Eric Strandberg. Bare has been providing healthy snacks for more then ten years. As the leading apple chip brand Bare takes pride in offering the highest quality products. Since 2013 Bare has been one of the fastest growing healthy snack brands in the U.S. | $9.3M |  | Jul 23, 2013 |  |
| Revolution Foods | Revolution Foods delivers ready-to-eat meal kits for school children and families. It offers breakfast, lunch, snack, and supper meals.Revolution Foods’s lunch and supper options include spaghetti and meatballs, vegetarian macaroni and cheese, turkey and cheese sandwich, chicken noodle and vegetable soup, buffalo chicken sandwich, chicken caesarsalad, beef and cheese lasagna, cheeseburger, and more. Its breakfast options include Honey S’wheat Rev-O’s cereal, fruit, and milk; freshly baked banana muffin, fruit, and milk; apple cinna-grins cereal, fruit, and milk; Turkey and cheese English muffin, fruit, and milk; and more.The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Oakland, California. |  |  |  |  |
| Zevia | Zevia produces zero-calorie diet sodas. It offers sodas in various flavors, such as black cherry, caffeine-free cola, cherry cola, cola, cream soda, Dr. Zevia, ginger ale, ginger root beer, grape, grapefruit citrus, lemon-lime twist, lime cola, mountain Zevia, orange, and strawberry. The company provides its products through retailers, includingnatural food stores, health food stores, grocers, and e-retailers in the United States and Canada. Zevia was founded in 2007 and is based in Los Angeles, California. |  |  |  |  |
| Nlyte Software |  |  | Series C |  |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Silas Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silas-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Zevia

VC Fund · Los Angeles, United States

Zevia produces zero-calorie diet sodas. It offers sodas in various flavors, such as black cherry, caffeine-free cola, cherry cola, cola, cream soda, Dr. Zevia, ginger ale, ginger root beer, grape, grapefruit citrus, lemon-lime twist, lime cola, mountain Zevia, orange, and strawberry. The company provides its products through retailers, includingnatural food stores, health food stores, grocers, and e-retailers in the United States and Canada. Zevia was founded in 2007 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

3 contacts available at Zevia.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derek A. Newman | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/derek-a-newman |
| Paddy Spence | Chairman & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paddy-spence |
| Rosemary L. Ripley | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rosemary-l-ripley |

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## FAQ

### What does Rosemary L. Ripley invest in?

Rosemary L. Ripley invests primarily in Grocery, Food and Beverage and Bakery startups, most often at Funding Round and Series C stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Rosemary L. Ripley last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rosemary L. Ripley closed in Feb 2020. Shizune tracks 5 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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