VegInvest
VC Fund
New York, United States
VegInvest is a VC fund in New York focused on Food and Beverage and Food Processing. VegInvest provides early-stage capital and guidance to companies striving to replace the use of animals.
- Total investments:
- 22
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 9%
Last updated:
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Industries VegInvest invests in
Stages VegInvest invests in
Countries VegInvest invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $400k–$7M
- Pre-Seed
- $500k–$2M
- Series A
- $2.5M–$23M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Food and Beverage 13 (59%)
- Food Processing 8 (36%)
- Organic Food 4 (18%)
- Biotechnology 4 (18%)
- Seafood 3 (14%)
Stage
- Series A 6 (27%)
- Seed 5 (23%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (18%)
- Funding Round 2 (9%)
- Series B 1 (5%)
Country
- United States 10 (45%)
- India 2 (9%)
- Israel 2 (9%)
- France 1 (5%)
- Iceland 1 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Amy Trakinski
Managing Directer
|
Managing Directer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jody Rasch Rasch
Managing trustee
|
Managing trustee | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebellyous Foods is a food manufacturing technology and production company defined solely to catapult meat alternative production toward price parity with animal-based meat. Rebellyous Foods implements food manufacturing equipment and processes in large-scale production to produce low-cost plant-based meat at high volumes. These goals are achievedthrough uniquely designed food products, the use of high-throughput manufacturing automation and ‘smart’ production centers, and the development and utilization of new innovative low-energy manufacturing tools.Rebellyous Foods was established in 2017 in Seattle, Washington. | $2.4M / Series B / Jan 09, 2025 | ||
| Eat Just offers a plant-based egg substitute intended to provide healthy and nutritional food alternatives.It applies cutting-edge science and technology to create healthier, more sustainable foods and the key ingredient is protein from the mung bean and it is cholesterol-free, non-GMO, and packed with as much protein as many animal proteins andwhile it cooks and tastes like eggs. Its ingredients use less water, less land, and emit less CO2e than conventional animal sources, enabling customers to prepare their food items with the required nutrients and protein of an egg.It was founded by Josh Balk and Josh Tetrick in San Francisco, California in 2011. | Sep 01, 2023 | ||
| Uncaged Innovations develops next-generation materials to recreate bovine and exotic leather through advancements in materials chemistry and digital manufacturing, providing businesses from luxury fashion to automotives with an alternative to animal skin and sustainable and ethical services. | $2M / Pre-Seed / Jun 02, 2023 | ||
| Barvecue is a food company that offers barbecues for vegetarians. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Cornelius, North Carolina, United States. | $1M / Seed / Mar 08, 2023 | ||
| Dextrous Robotics is a robotics company that develops AI-enabled warehouse robots. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. | Seed / Jan 01, 2023 | ||
| We're producing sustainable, plant-based foods from the Arctic. Iceland’s first plant-based cod and seafood! | $500K / Pre-Seed / Aug 09, 2022 | ||
| Mozza engages in developing the science to create real dairy cheese from plants. Its mission is to make cheese from plants that are indistinguishable from cheese that comes from animals. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. | $9.4M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 14, 2022 | ||
| Nowadays is building the cheapest and most-scalable manufacturing platform for whole cuts of plant-based meat. | $7M / Seed / Apr 18, 2022 | ||
| Goodmylk is Making plant-based food affordable and accessible in India.It Handles customer acquisition and delight, talent acquisition and growth, brand strategy and supply chain. | $1M / Seed / Sep 06, 2021 | ||
| Wild Earth is a technology startup that specializes in developing protein pet foods. It is dedicated to reinventing pet food with science to offer healthier foods for pets that are better for the environment and more humane than conventional products. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Berkeley, California. | $23M / Series A / Sep 01, 2021 | ||
| See all 22 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does VegInvest invest in?
VegInvest invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Food Processing and Organic Food startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does VegInvest invest in?
VegInvest typically joins rounds of $400k–$7M at Seed, $500k–$2M at Pre-Seed and $2.5M–$23M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not VegInvest's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds VegInvest took part in.
How do I contact VegInvest?
Public channels for VegInvest include the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.
Who are the partners at VegInvest?
The team at VegInvest includes Amy Trakinski (Managing Directer) and Jody Rasch Rasch (Managing trustee). 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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