Walter Robb
Executive In Residence @ S2G Investments
Austin, United States
Walter Robb is a seed investor at S2G Investments in Austin focused on Food and Beverage and Food Processing. Walter Robb is the co-founder and co-CEO of Whole Foods Market.
- Total investments:
- 21
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 24%
Last updated:
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Industries Walter Robb invests in
Stages Walter Robb invests in
Countries Walter Robb invests in
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Round size
- Seed
- $2.1M–$35M
- Series A
- $4M–$8M
- Series B
- $20M–$115M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Food and Beverage 10 (48%)
- Food Processing 4 (19%)
- Organic 3 (14%)
- Nutrition 3 (14%)
- E-Commerce 3 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (24%)
- Series B 5 (24%)
- Series A 3 (14%)
- Funding Round 2 (10%)
- Angel 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Rev Energy Gum is a retailer and producer of sugar-free energy gum with one piece containing the caffeine equivalent of a cup of coffee. The company's chewing gum is a sugar-free product packed with caffeine and comes in six-piece packs in peppermint and spearmint flavors, enabling customers to keep the intensity alive during exams,road-tripping with friends, or going for a run.Rev Energy Gum was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas. | $6M / Series A / Sep 20, 2023 | ||
| Afresh is an AI-powered company selling software to track demand and manage orders for fresh produce in grocery stores. The company is an operator of a fresh-first supply chain platform intended to handle the complexity of perishable categories for brick and mortar retailers and wholesalers. Its platform brings artificial intelligence and machinelearning to forecast and ingest millions of data points to provide accurate item-level predictions of future demand to replenish recommendations that account for supply chain constraints and optimize for margin that enable clients to minimize waste, maximize freshness, and multiply business profitability.Afresh was established in 2017 in San Francisco, California by Matt Schwartz. | $115M / Series B / Aug 04, 2022 | ||
| Big Bold Health® is a platform company providing immune health solutions through nature's wisdom and modern science. | $4M / Series A / Mar 08, 2022 | ||
| Bachan is a food and beverage company that produces traditional Japanese barbecue sauce to serve customers. The company's sauce is cold-filled, non-pasteurized, so there are no preservatives or added flavorings that could be used as a marinade on meat, fish, veggies, and rice or also be consumed as dips for sausages and fries, enablingconsumers to get a taste of tradition with this umami-filled sauce. | Sep 29, 2021 | ||
| Bachan is a food and beverage company that produces traditional Japanese barbecue sauce to serve customers. The company's sauce is cold-filled, non-pasteurized, so there are no preservatives or added flavorings that could be used as a marinade on meat, fish, veggies, and rice or also be consumed as dips for sausages and fries, enablingconsumers to get a taste of tradition with this umami-filled sauce. | $4M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 29, 2021 | ||
| HumanCo is a disruptive mission-driven holding company that focuses on investing in Healthier Living.Despite all the advances in science and modern medicine, this is the first generation in recorded human history that is predicted to live a shorter lifespan than the previous generation. At HumanCo, it hopes to reverse this trend and effectmeaningful change through the companies in which we invest and incubate. | $35M / Seed / Sep 22, 2021 | ||
| WASHINGTON, D.C. March 05, 2020 – HUNGRY Marketplace Inc., the Washington D.C. based platform connecting top chefs with businesses looking for the best in catered meals, today announced the close of its nearly $20 million Series B funding round. The round was led by former Whole Foods co-CEO Walter Robb and Evolution VC Partners. Additionalparticipants in the round included actor Kevin Hart, Jay-Z’s Marcy Venture Partners, Los Angeles Ram Todd Gurley, Seattle Seahawk Bobby Wagner, Tampa Bay Buccaneer Ndamukong Suh, former White House chef Sam Kass, President Obama’s special assistant Reggie Love and Leonard Green Partners’ Jonathan Sokoloff. The investment brings the company’s total funding to $32.5 million. ABOUT HUNGRY: HUNGRY was founded by serial entrepreneurs Eman Pahlavani, Shy Pahlevani and Jeff Grass, as a revolutionary way for independent chefs to connect with the $60 billion business and events catering market. HUNGRY is committed to improving the communities it serves. Through its ‘Fight Against Hunger’ program, HUNGRY donates one meal to those in need for every two purchased. Additionally, its ‘WeRecycle’ program promotes environmental waste reduction by offering biodegradable plates and cutlery with its delivered meals. HUNGRY is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and has rapidly growing operations in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Boston and New York City. By the end of 2021, HUNGRY is projected to expand its footprint to a total of 23 U.S. cities. For more information, visit tryhungry.com. | $21M / Series C / Sep 20, 2021 | ||
| Meati Foods is a consumer goods company that offers carbon materials, bioengineering, and filtration. It focuses on using proprietary, clean technologies to provide nutrient-dense, plant-based meat alternatives that everyone can enjoy and feel good about eating every day. | $50M / Series B / Jul 06, 2021 | ||
| SIMULATE is an early-stage biotechnology company whose mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable nutrition. SIMULATE’s first product, NUGGS, is a chicken nugget simulation made from plant inputs. Since NUGGS launched in the Summer of 2019, NUGGS has evolved into the fastest-growing chicken nugget on the planet. SIMULATE iscurrently developing other products, some that will launch later in the year. | $50M / Series B / Jun 08, 2021 | ||
| Foxtrot is a mobile app that lets customers shop their curated collections of drinks, food, and everyday essentials. The customer's order will be delivered straight to them in under an hour. The company was co-founded by Mike LaVitola with Brian Jaffee and Taylor Bloom in 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. | $42M / Series B / Feb 22, 2021 | ||
| See all 21 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
About S2G Investments
S2G Investments is a multi-stage investment firm that targets venture and growth-stage businesses in food and agriculture, oceans, and energy sectors. The firm provides capital to businesses shaping the future of food systems and energy resources, aiming for significant sector transitions. S2G Investments assist entrepreneurs and leadership groupsin seeking innovative, market-driven solutions aimed at providing increased value, better results, and superior performance compared to conventional options.
S2G Investments Contacts
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Cristina Rohr
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Dan Ripma
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Francis O'Sullivan
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Grant Leslie
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FAQ
What does Walter Robb invest in?
Walter Robb invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Food Processing and Organic startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 21 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 Walter Robb invest in?
Walter Robb typically joins rounds of $2.1M–$35M at Seed, $4M–$8M at Series A and $20M–$115M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Walter Robb's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Walter Robb took part in.
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When did Walter Robb last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Walter Robb closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 21 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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