# Sprout & About Ventures

> Sprout & About Ventures is a VC fund in Berlin backing Food Processing and Snack Food. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sprout-about-ventures/
- Website: https://www.sprout-about.ventures

Sprout & About Ventures is a VC fund in Berlin focused on Food Processing and Snack Food. Early-stage food tech VC family office

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food Processing | 2 | 50% |
| Snack Food | 1 | 25% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 25% |
| Product Research | 1 | 25% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 25% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 2 | 50% |
| Spain | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pacifico Biolabs | Pacifico Biolabs offers fermentation biotechnology for development, production and distribution of sustainable and food alternatives. | $8.1M | Series A | May 27, 2026 |  |
| The Raging Pig Company | The Raging Pig Company is a German foodtech start-up from Hamburg, founded in 2022. The team of The Raging Pig Company develops and distributes alternative products from pork - currently a vegan bacon and german sausage alternative with the goal to replace 1.5 billion pigs from the global food system. |  | Seed | Sep 30, 2024 |  |
| Poseidona | Sustainable proteins from algal waste and invasive biomass | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Mar 18, 2024 |  |
| Pacifico Biolabs | Pacifico Biolabs offers fermentation biotechnology for development, production and distribution of sustainable and food alternatives. | $3.3M | Pre-Seed | Feb 16, 2024 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [FoodLabs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlantic-food-lab) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Simon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Dozen Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dozen-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Exceptional Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/exceptional-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Faber](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/faber-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ProVeg International](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/proveg-international) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Sprout & About Ventures invest in?

Sprout & About Ventures invests primarily in Food Processing, Snack Food and Biotechnology startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Sprout & About Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sprout & About Ventures closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 4 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?

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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