# Samuel Kass

> Samuel Kass is a Series B investor at Acre Venture Partners (Brooklyn) backing AgTech and Sensor. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Acre Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acre-venture-partners)
- Location: Brooklyn, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 44%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-kass-896752112/
- Website: https://x.com/chefsamkass
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sam.kass.896239

Samuel Kass is a Series B investor at Acre Venture Partners in Brooklyn focused on AgTech and Sensor. Samuel David Kass is based out of New York, New York and is the Partner of Acre Venture Partners. Samuel previously worked at Federal Government as a Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition, ED Let’s Move! Campaign, White House Chef. Samuel David Kass attended the University of Chicago.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 2 | 22% |
| Sensor | 2 | 22% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 22% |
| Consumer Goods | 2 | 22% |
| Food Processing | 2 | 22% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 3 | 33% |
| Series A | 2 | 22% |
| Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Series C | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 56% |
| Australia | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Loam Bio | Loam Bio is a developer of microbial carbon sequestration technology for soil carbon restoration. Crops can be inoculated with symbiotic microorganisms that live in a mutualistic relationship with crops and build organic carbon in the soil, allowing farmers to improve the host plant's fertility and disease resistance while also assisting thesoil around the plant's roots to store carbon more effectively, resulting in proper quality soil for future planting. Loam Bio was established in 2019 by Guy Hudson. | $77.1M | Series B | Feb 13, 2023 |  |
| Planet FWD | Planet FWD specializes in developing a regenerative food platform. Planet FWD's carbon-neutral food products intended to reverse climate change. The company uses regenerative ingredients and compostable packaging enabling consumers to reduce the carbon footprint from the atmosphere and consume climate-friendly products. | $10M | Series A | May 26, 2022 |  |
| Loam Bio | Loam Bio is a developer of microbial carbon sequestration technology for soil carbon restoration. Crops can be inoculated with symbiotic microorganisms that live in a mutualistic relationship with crops and build organic carbon in the soil, allowing farmers to improve the host plant's fertility and disease resistance while also assisting thesoil around the plant's roots to store carbon more effectively, resulting in proper quality soil for future planting. Loam Bio was established in 2019 by Guy Hudson. | $30.1M | Series A | Oct 28, 2021 |  |
| Meati | Meati Foods is a consumer goods company that offers carbon materials, bioengineering, and filtration. It focuses on using proprietary, clean technologies to provide nutrient-dense, plant-based meat alternatives that everyone can enjoy and feel good about eating every day. | $50M | Series B | Jul 06, 2021 |  |
| Meati | Meati Foods is a consumer goods company that offers carbon materials, bioengineering, and filtration. It focuses on using proprietary, clean technologies to provide nutrient-dense, plant-based meat alternatives that everyone can enjoy and feel good about eating every day. | $50M | Series B | Jul 06, 2021 |  |
| HUNGRY | WASHINGTON, D.C. March 05, 2020 – HUNGRY Marketplace Inc., the Washington D.C. based platform connecting top chefs with businesses looking for the best in catered meals, today announced the close of its nearly $20 million Series B funding round. The round was led by former Whole Foods co-CEO Walter Robb and Evolution VC Partners. Additionalparticipants in the round included actor Kevin Hart, Jay-Z’s Marcy Venture Partners, Los Angeles Ram Todd Gurley, Seattle Seahawk Bobby Wagner, Tampa Bay Buccaneer Ndamukong Suh, former White House chef Sam Kass, President Obama’s special assistant Reggie Love and Leonard Green Partners’ Jonathan Sokoloff. The investment brings the company’s total funding to $32.5 million. ABOUT HUNGRY: HUNGRY was founded by serial entrepreneurs Eman Pahlavani, Shy Pahlevani and Jeff Grass, as a revolutionary way for independent chefs to connect with the $60 billion business and events catering market. HUNGRY is committed to improving the communities it serves. Through its ‘Fight Against Hunger’ program, HUNGRY donates one meal to those in need for every two purchased. Additionally, its ‘WeRecycle’ program promotes environmental waste reduction by offering biodegradable plates and cutlery with its delivered meals. HUNGRY is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and has rapidly growing operations in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Boston and New York City. By the end of 2021, HUNGRY is projected to expand its footprint to a total of 23 U.S. cities. For more information, visit tryhungry.com. | $20M | Series B | Mar 05, 2020 |  |
| ImpactVision | ImpactVision is an information technology company that specializes in machine learning, food technology, and sensors. It features a software platform that provides insights about the quality foods such as freshness and ripeness of foods. The company was founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $1.3M | Seed | Dec 12, 2018 |  |
| ImpactVision | ImpactVision is an information technology company that specializes in machine learning, food technology, and sensors. It features a software platform that provides insights about the quality foods such as freshness and ripeness of foods. The company was founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $1.4M | Seed | Oct 31, 2017 |  |
| Sample6 | Sample6 is a synthetic-biology based bacteria diagnostic system capable of enrichment-free detection. Its technology detects as low as 1CFU/ml in just 4 hours.Its proprietary Bioillumination Platform was developed by Professor Tim Lu (MIT) and Dr. Michael Koeris in the lab of Professor James Collins at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute andBoston University. The platform allows for the engineering of bioparticles that target and “light up” specific unwanted bacteria—or specific groups of bacterial species. They couple this capability with highly sensitive sensor technology that detects low levels of pathogens to see results in minutes—right on-site—with no laboratory required.Sample6′s mission is to improve the health and safety of global consumers by building integrated systems that quickly and easily detect harmful and unwanted bacteria. They see applications in food production, retailing, healthcare, and beyond—anywhere humans and bacteria intersect. | $12.7M | Series C | Aug 22, 2016 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Horizons Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/horizons-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Clean Energy Finance Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clean-energy-finance-corp) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Congruent Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/congruent-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AgFunder](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agfunder) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bond](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bond-57ec) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fifty Years](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fifty-years) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Acre Venture Partners

VC Fund · Santa Monica, United States

Driven by a mission to redefine food, Acre invests in companies creating systemic change in the food system to address the growing problems of human and environmental health. Acre makes venture-stage investments in highly disruptive platform businesses across the food value chain, with a particular focus on the agriculture, food tech, and consumerverticals. Taken together, these investments have the ability to form the foundation of an integrated new approach to food system evolution.

5 contacts available at Acre Venture Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Bondar | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-bondar-26af |
| Gareth Asten | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gareth-asten |
| Samuel Kass | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sam-kass |
| Jeffrey Dunn | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeffrey-dunn-80bb |
| Lucas Mann | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lucas-mann |

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## FAQ

### What does Samuel Kass invest in?

Samuel Kass invests primarily in AgTech, Sensor and Biotechnology startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 9 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 Samuel Kass last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Samuel Kass closed in Feb 2023. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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