# Talent Resources Ventures

> Talent Resources Ventures is a VC fund backing Food and Beverage. See 51 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 51
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tr-ventures/

Talent Resources Ventures is a boutique venture fund focused on early-stage consumer facing brands, leveraging the full capabilities of Talent Resources

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 12 | 24% |
| E-Commerce | 10 | 20% |
| Cannabis | 7 | 14% |
| Wellness | 7 | 14% |
| Health Care | 7 | 14% |

92 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 25 | 49% |
| Seed | 10 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 5 | 10% |
| Series A | 4 | 8% |
| Series C | 2 | 4% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 35 | 69% |
| Canada | 4 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 4% |
| Sweden | 1 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mitchell Harounian. | Associate | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitchell-harounian |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Serve AI | Genetica provides exact product suggestions, guaranteeing that clients obtain the best product for their wants, biochemistry, and current in-store availability. | $2.5M | Seed | Apr 01, 2025 |  |
| FUZE Technology | Portable phone charging made easy. Pick-up & drop-off portable chargers anywhere in your city via our chargeFUZE APP. | $11.5M | Series A | Jun 13, 2024 |  |
| Serve AI | Genetica provides exact product suggestions, guaranteeing that clients obtain the best product for their wants, biochemistry, and current in-store availability. | $500K | Seed | May 24, 2023 |  |
| Genetic Arts | Genetic Arts is a company that offers an AI-powered consumer diagnostic platform for precision treatments tailored to an individual's genetics. Their platform, "Roots by GA," is specifically targeted at the hair loss market, which is estimated to be valued at over 15 billion dollars.Using AI technology, Genetic Arts aims to providepersonalized solutions for hair loss concerns based on genetic insights. The platform's diagnostic capabilities are intended to analyze an individual's genetic information to recommend treatments that align with their specific genetic makeup. |  |  | May 09, 2023 |  |
| Rise | Rise is an innovative payroll and compliance provider based in New York. Rise is a Web3-enabled platform helping businesses onboard, manage and pay local/international contractors while ensuring full compliance and alleviating burdensome tax processes. | $3.8M | Seed | Apr 24, 2023 |  |
| Contraline | Contraline is a medical device company that has developed a proprietary injectable hydrogel platform for use in reproductive and contraceptive applications. Contraline's first product, Adam, is implanted into the vas deferens through a minimally invasive, outpatient procedure and once implanted, the gel effectively blocks sperm. Adam isnon-hormonal, designed to last years, and easily reversible. | $7.2M | Series A | Nov 10, 2022 |  |
| Halfday Iced Tea | Halfday Iced Tea is a producer of classic iced tea beverages that provide users with bold tonic benefits for gut health. It specializes in offering flavored iced tea tonics with a refreshing taste and offers a low-sugar, prebiotic fiber-rich canned tea line that cuts out the excess sugar while remaining just as sweet. | $3M | Seed | Oct 08, 2022 |  |
| Whimstay | Whimstay is the leading vacation rental marketplace for travelers looking to book last-minute stays at a great value. Whimstay offers a best-in-class user experience via our app and website, and provides property managers and hosts with top-notch support and an intuitive platform which makes filling unsold nights easy. |  |  | Sep 16, 2022 |  |
| Happy Viking | Happy Viking is a drink and eats Nutrition brand. |  | Seed | Aug 15, 2022 |  |
| Arternal | ARTERNAL CRM streamlines the sales process for art galleries. By making the sales offer trackable, sales directors have an efficient way to monitor their deal flow and prioritize their follow-ups enabling them to shrink the time it takes to sell artwork to their clients. |  | Series A | Aug 01, 2022 |  |

10 of 51 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Evolution VC Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evolution-corporate-advisors-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [PROOF](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-atlantic-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sand Hill Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sand-hill-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [The Merchant Club](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-merchant-club) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [True Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/true-capital-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [10X Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/10x-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Talent Resources Ventures invest in?

Talent Resources Ventures invests primarily in Food and Beverage, E-Commerce and Cannabis startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 51 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Talent Resources Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Talent Resources Ventures?

The team at Talent Resources Ventures includes Mitchell Harounian. (Associate). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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