# Semillero Partners

> Semillero Partners is a VC fund backing Food and Beverage and Consumer Goods. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 21%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/semillero-ventures-llc/?viewAsMember=true
- Website: https://semilleroventures.com/

Semillero Partners is a VC fund in San Juan focused on Food and Beverage and Consumer Goods. Semillero Ventures is an early and growth stage venture capital fund focused on food, beverage, ag tech, wellness, and the circular economy. We build genuine and trusted partnerships with entrepreneurs in overlooked and underserved markets around the world to increase the sustainable value for all stakeholders.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$8M |
| Series A | $3M–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 10 | 71% |
| Consumer Goods | 4 | 29% |
| Food Processing | 4 | 29% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 14% |
| Restaurants | 2 | 14% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 36% |
| Seed | 3 | 21% |
| Series C | 1 | 7% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 7% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 50% |
| Canada | 1 | 7% |
| Israel | 1 | 7% |
| Colombia | 1 | 7% |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Borschow | Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-borschow |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RobinFood | RobinFood is the leader in cloud-restaurants in Latin America with presence in Colombia, Brazil and Mexico. RobinFood was founded in 2018 | $4M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 21, 2024 |  |
| Jiant | Jiant has transparency and sustainability standards. The company offers gluten, sugar substitutes, natural flavors, preservatives, concentrates, and a lot of sugar. The company uses tea, botanicals, and real fruit to create clean-ingredient hard tea, hard kombucha, and cocktail-inspired RTDs. | $6M | Series A | Dec 07, 2023 |  |
| Afia | Afia provides a variety bundle, a vegan bundle, traditional kibbeh, traditional falafel, za'atar falafel, garlic, and herb afia falafel. mediterranean, gluten free, vegan, plant-based, non-GMO, turmeric falafel, sun-dried tomato falafel, and three cheese falafel products. | $3M | Series A | Jun 06, 2023 |  |
| SCOUT | Scout is a company that manufactures and distributes canned seafood. They obtains all of their seafood directly from regional fishing communities. They managed fisheries that prioritize worker and environmental well-being. They offers specialty shops like bakeries, seafood markets and cheese shops. | $4M | Seed | Oct 18, 2022 |  |
| RobinFood | RobinFood is the leader in cloud-restaurants in Latin America with presence in Colombia, Brazil and Mexico. RobinFood was founded in 2018 | $32M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 26, 2022 |  |
| Clover Food Lab | Clover Food Lab is a fast food chain that operates through food trucks and restaurants. The company serves a food menu that changes day to day and with the seasons based on what is available from local farmers and includes a large mix of organic ingredients.Clover Food Lab was founded in 2008 by Massachusetts. | $2.5M | Convertible Note | May 04, 2022 |  |
| Sanzo | Our mission is to bridge cultures by highlighting unique Asian flavors through clean, natural beverages. Our flagship line is a flavored sparkling water, crafted with real fruit and offering a refreshing experience that honors the authenticity of these bold, beloved flavors. | $10M | Series A | Feb 21, 2022 |  |
| SCOUT | Scout is a company that manufactures and distributes canned seafood. They obtains all of their seafood directly from regional fishing communities. They managed fisheries that prioritize worker and environmental well-being. They offers specialty shops like bakeries, seafood markets and cheese shops. | $1.2M | Seed | Sep 01, 2021 |  |
| PRoduce | PRoduce! is a multi-platform marketplace for local produce. It aims to connect local producers with buyers, including chefs, restaurants, hotels, and direct customers, to decrease the Island’s imported goods. It was founded in 2018 and is based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. | $1.8M | Seed | Aug 31, 2021 |  |
| Better Juice | Better Juice was founded in 2017 by a team of prestigious food industry professionals: a biochemist and microbiology academician with extensive experience in product development. The company is supported by The Kitchen FoodTech Hub – Strauss Group’s incubator, whose goal is to nourish promising food-tech ventures that can disrupt the global foodsystem – making it more productive, more affordable, more sustainable and healthier. ​ Better Juice gives consumers what they are looking for: simple ways to reduce sugar in their diets. Popular juices such as orange and apple juice have 6 teaspoons (25 grams) of sugar per 1-cup serving (250 ml). Grape juice has up to 14 teaspoons. The Better Juice solution lets industrial juice producers lower or eliminate sugar in one simple step. | $8M | Seed | Jun 23, 2021 |  |

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## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Semillero Partners invest in?

Semillero Partners invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Consumer Goods and Food Processing startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 14 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 Semillero Partners's check size?

Semillero Partners typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$8M at Seed and $3M–$10M 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 Semillero Partners participates in.

### How do I contact Semillero Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Semillero Partners?

The team at Semillero Partners includes Alex Borschow (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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