# Verlinvest

> Verlinvest is a VC fund in Brussels backing E-Commerce and Food and Beverage. See 75 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brussels, Belgium
- Total investments: 75
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 60%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1804789?trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Acompany%2CclickedEntityId%3A1804789%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1439853823901%2Ctas%3AVerlinvest
- Website: http://www.verlinvest.com

Verlinvest is a VC fund in Brussels focused on E-Commerce and Food and Beverage. Verlinvest accelerates consumer revolutions by partnering with great leaders on a mission to build iconic and mission-driven brands in Technology, Health Care and Food & Beverages.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $3.5M–$42M |
| Series B | $11M–$80M |
| Series C | $8M–$100M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 16 | 21% |
| Food and Beverage | 13 | 17% |
| Health Care | 12 | 16% |
| Retail | 6 | 8% |
| Consumer Goods | 6 | 8% |

69 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 12 | 16% |
| Series B | 10 | 13% |
| Series C | 10 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 8 | 11% |
| Series D | 7 | 9% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 15 | 20% |
| United States | 9 | 12% |
| France | 6 | 8% |
| China | 2 | 3% |
| Italy | 2 | 3% |

17 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amit Aggarwal | Partner, Early Growth, Asia | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amit-aggarwal-b804 |
| Eric Melloul | Executive Director | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-melloul |
| Arjun Anand | Investment Professional | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arjun-anand |
| Clément Pointillart | Executive Director | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cl%C3%A9ment-pointillart-52b6 |
| Gilles Vanhouwe | Principal | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gilles-vanhouwe |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Years | Years.com provides a direct-to-consumer (D2C) fresh dog food subscription and delivery business. |  | Private Equity | Jul 01, 2026 |  |
| Years | Years.com provides a direct-to-consumer (D2C) fresh dog food subscription and delivery business. |  | Private Equity | Jul 01, 2026 |  |
| Wakefit | Wakefitkart is a sleep and home solutions company that manufactures quality mattresses at affordable prices. Its mattress is built on the parameters of pressure and weight distribution, foam quality, and stress testing and is sold directly through its eCommerce platform which enables customers to have a comfortable sleeping mattress at anaffordable price. It has expanded its portfolio into home solutions after four years of operations in the sleep solutions space. The new range includes sofas, cots, coffee tables, wardrobes, and other furnishings.The company was co-founded by Ankit Garg and Chaitanya Ramalingegowda in 2016 and is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka. | $6.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 15, 2025 |  |
| The Eye Foundation | The Eye Foundation is an eye hospital that treats cataract eye surgery, lasik, smile surgery, glaucoma treatment, and optical services. | $75M | Private Equity | Oct 23, 2025 |  |
| Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters | Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters provides an online marketplace specifically to sell roasted coffee. Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters operates as a specialty coffee e-tailer for sourcing single-estate Arabica coffee beans from Indian coffee estates, burns them on an order basis, and delivers directly to customers, allowing customers to order online or visittheir particular retail stores. Blue Tokai focuses on sourcing coffee beans from specific regions or estates, highlighting the unique flavor profiles of each coffee origin. They offer a variety of single-origin coffees, including beans from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and other coffee-growing regions in India. In addition to selling coffee beans online, Blue Tokai operates cafes in select cities across India. These cafes serve a variety of coffee beverages and provide a space for customers to enjoy freshly brewed coffee. | $25M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 01, 2025 |  |
| KaraFun Group | KaraFun Group develops and creates online tools for the music industry. It offers applications, makes instrumental music, and operates karaoke digital systems. KaraFun Group was founded in 2005 and is based in Lille, France. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 09, 2025 |  |
| Yepoda | Yepoda products are free from silicones, parabens, formaldehyde, artificial colorants, PEGs, mineral oils, microplastics, and sulfates. It is an online seller of skincare products. For inquiries, an online inquiry form and an email address are available on their website. |  | Series B | Mar 20, 2025 |  |
| Go Zero | Go Zero is an innovative ice cream company dedicated to provide deliciousness without guilt. | $3.5M | Series A | Mar 18, 2025 |  |
| Salad Days | Salad Days is an Indian delivery & takeaway food chain that farms & serves sustainable, healthy, filling & tasty salads at affordable prices.Every meal is made in-house from the scratch & uses only consciously grown vegetables & fruits, mostly from our own farms or from handpicked farmers.Founded in 2014, the company isheadquartered in Gurugram, Haryana (Delhi NCR) & delivers across NCR and Bengaluru through it's network of self-owned cloud kitchens.We grow, we pluck, we toss & we deliver. The old-fashioned way! | $3.5M | Series A | Jan 30, 2025 |  |
| Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters | Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters provides an online marketplace specifically to sell roasted coffee. Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters operates as a specialty coffee e-tailer for sourcing single-estate Arabica coffee beans from Indian coffee estates, burns them on an order basis, and delivers directly to customers, allowing customers to order online or visittheir particular retail stores. Blue Tokai focuses on sourcing coffee beans from specific regions or estates, highlighting the unique flavor profiles of each coffee origin. They offer a variety of single-origin coffees, including beans from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and other coffee-growing regions in India. In addition to selling coffee beans online, Blue Tokai operates cafes in select cities across India. These cafes serve a variety of coffee beverages and provide a space for customers to enjoy freshly brewed coffee. | $35M | Series C | Aug 31, 2024 |  |

10 of 75 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Peak XV Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-india-2) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [DN Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dn-capital) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [DSG Consumer Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dsg-consumer-partners) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
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- [Elevation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevation-capital-6e8a) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Saama](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saama-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Verlinvest invest in?

Verlinvest invests primarily in E-Commerce, Food and Beverage and Health Care startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 75 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Verlinvest's check size?

Verlinvest typically joins rounds of $3.5M–$42M at Series A, $11M–$80M at Series B and $8M–$100M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Verlinvest participates in.

### How do I contact Verlinvest?

Public channels for Verlinvest include LinkedIn and 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 Verlinvest?

The team at Verlinvest includes Amit Aggarwal (Partner, Early Growth, Asia), Eric Melloul (Executive Director) and Arjun Anand (Investment Professional), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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