# Square One Foods

> Square One Foods is a VC fund in Linz backing Health Care, Pet and E-Commerce. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Linz, Austria
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/squareonefoods/
- Website: https://www.squareonefoods.com/

Square One Foods is a VC fund in Linz focused on Health Care and Pet. Square One Foods acts as a strategic partner and investor for innovative startups in the food and beverage industry. In close collaboration with Spitz – one of Austria’s largest and most technologically advanced food producers – we offer a package unrivalled by any other venture capitalist or business angel

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $4.1M–$17M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 2 | 33% |
| Pet | 1 | 17% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 17% |
| Food Delivery | 1 | 17% |
| Consumer Goods | 1 | 17% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 50% |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 3 | 50% |
| Austria | 1 | 17% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HelloBello | HelloBello offers freshly cooked and cooled delivered human-grade food tailored to each dog’s nutritional needs. HelloBello is a PetTech company with a strong focus on the German speaking markets (for now). HelloBello’s personalized meals are free of any by-products and are portioned, packaged, and delivered directly to your door. By working with aspecialized veterinarian, HelloBello is able to derive each dog’s exact nutritional needs based on a proprietary algorithm. The recipes are made of natural sources like millet and seaweed, instead of heavy use of supplements, which makes it easier for the dog to absorb and get true nutritional benefits.Our credo in German is " ... Frisch. Individuell. Geliefert. - Frischfutter ist einfach besser ..." | $4.1M | Series A | Jan 09, 2025 |  |
| Epigenics | Epigenics supports health with the latest findings from Longevity research. |  | Seed | Mar 21, 2023 |  |
| HelloBello | HelloBello offers freshly cooked and cooled delivered human-grade food tailored to each dog’s nutritional needs. HelloBello is a PetTech company with a strong focus on the German speaking markets (for now). HelloBello’s personalized meals are free of any by-products and are portioned, packaged, and delivered directly to your door. By working with aspecialized veterinarian, HelloBello is able to derive each dog’s exact nutritional needs based on a proprietary algorithm. The recipes are made of natural sources like millet and seaweed, instead of heavy use of supplements, which makes it easier for the dog to absorb and get true nutritional benefits.Our credo in German is " ... Frisch. Individuell. Geliefert. - Frischfutter ist einfach besser ..." | $1.7M | Seed | Nov 23, 2022 |  |
| HackCapital | HackCapital emerged from the world’s largest Food and Climate community to open elite climate investing to the mass affluent. HackCapital aims to become the platform of choice for the next generation of climate investors, backing founders with the scalable solutions we needed yesterday. Simply put: Top notch angel investors funding the top 1%of climate startups from Stealth to Series A | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jun 02, 2022 |  |
| The nu company | We are firmly convinced that nutrition must be natural, functional and tasty. Therefore we are looking for the most delicious combinations of natural organic ingredients for more health and more enjoyment. In addition, we want to give something back to the planet by planting a tree for each product sold and completely opting for compostablesustainable packaging concepts. | $16.6M | Series A | Sep 01, 2021 |  |
| Seicha Matcha Drinks | We are a family-owned business run by two brothers driving the matcha health movement in the european market. |  | Series A | Jan 01, 2018 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Hansmen Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hansmen-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Companion Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/companion-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [FoodLabs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlantic-food-lab) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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## FAQ

### What does Square One Foods invest in?

Square One Foods invests primarily in Health Care, Pet and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Square One Foods's check size?

Square One Foods typically joins rounds of $4.1M–$17M 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 Square One Foods participates in.

### When did Square One Foods last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Square One Foods closed in Jan 2025. Shizune tracks 6 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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