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Top 50 Wine And Spirits Startup Investors in May 2025

Last updated: May 2025 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Wine and spirits startups. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Wine and spirits companies. This investor list updates every month.

Top 50 Wine And Spirits Startup Investors in May 2025

Investor	Wine And Spirits investments
Distill Ventures	7
Imaginary Ventures	5
Brand Foundry Ventures	5
Max Ventures	4
Snowball Effect	4
Inflection Point Ventures	4
DN Capital	4
Tiller Partners	4
CircleUp	4
ATX Venture Partners	4
Club Italia Investimenti 2	4
Reshape	3
ah! Ventures	3
Fabrice Grinda	3
Wavemaker Partners	3
Hayden Zou	3
AfterWork Ventures	3
James Robertson	3
InvestBev	3
CPE	3
Great Oaks Venture Capital	3
Pente Capital	3
Whiterock Finance	3
CapTable	3
Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund	3
Blue Falcon Capital	3
Hillhouse Investment	3
Döhler Ventures	3
Sugar Capital	3
Angels Den	3
Blue Slide Ventures	3
Greycroft	3
CSA Partners LLC	3
Selva Ventures	2
Loyal VC	2
Business Growth Fund	2
Charles Hudson	2
JamJar Investments	2
Backend Capital	2
Canyon Creek Capital	2
Anicut Capital	2
Revolution	2
Caixa Capital	2
Atomico	2
Bulldog Angel Network	2
Kima Ventures	2
Challenjers Capital	2
BA Capital	2
K Street Capital	2
Matthew Kaness	2

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Distill Ventures provide investment and support for spirits startups and entrepreneurs who want to create the global drinks brands of the future.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Wine And Spirits, Winery
Pre-Seed, Seed
United States, Australia, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Lodestar — Lodestar is a pre-launch American Whisky created by relatives and members of the entertainment business.
UME Plum Liqueur — UME is The Purple Potion for a New Era. UME Plum Liqueur is a delightfully tart, mildly sweet plum liqueur with a show-stopping royal purple hue at 17% ABV.
Jackson McCrea Whiskey — We asked women what they like and the resuly is Jackson McCrea - a great tasting premium whiskey made by women for women - enjoyed by everyone.

Based in New York City, Imaginary Ventures is a leading venture capital firm investing in the most generationally-defining consumer businesses.

Investment focus

Fashion, E-Commerce, Beauty
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Hook — Hook operates as a music expression platform that harnesses the power of AI.
Goose — Pet Services SaaS Platform
Lucky Energy — LUCKY F*CK is a better-for-you energy drink company.

Brand Foundry Ventures they invest in early-stage companies operating in the consumer and business sectors.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Health Care, Wellness
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States

Portfolio highlights

CollX — Snap photos of them and instantly get the current market price. Add them to your collection and track your overall portfolio value.
Vizit — Vizit is the Visual Brand Performance Company.Vizit enables leading brands and retailers to simulate the visual perspective of consumer audiences with patented AI technology. The company’s Visual Brand Performance Platform measures, optimizes and monitors visual content at scale, driving increased traffic, conversions, and sales, while providingproduct and design teams a powerful new source of visual insights to bring products to market more efficiently and effectively than ever before
Lucky Energy — LUCKY F*CK is a better-for-you energy drink company.

Max Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in consumer tech and health-tech companies. Max Ventures primarily invests in digital commerce, digital media, fintech, and digital Health. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Health Care, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Sweden, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Vori Health — Meet Vori Health, the new virtual and in-person musculoskeletal healthcare company that will help you get that spring back into your step.
Hello Patient — Healthcare AI that gets your team off the phone & in front of patients
Equal Parts — Join a network of like-minded insurance agencies ready to help reimagine the industry and bolster their earning potential.

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Investment focus

Manufacturing, Health Care, Software
Funding Round, Seed, Angel
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Ubco — UBCO is a New Zealand and US-based tech company that designs, develops, and distributes Utility Electric Vehicles and Portable Power Supplies for on-and off-road adventures, leisure and recreation, and commercial use where vehicle utility is required. UBCO have a desire to Power Your Purpose, through it's Utility Electric Vehicles (UEVs) thatcan change the way people ride, work, and play. UBCO currently has a digitally connected UEV platform which includes on- and off-road transport (2×2), portable power, accessories, and software. They provide a complete solution, from users to managers across a wide range of applications.
Tether Limited — Tether develops a solution that continuously assesses, reports on, and rates the environmental quality and energy efficiency of homes, offices, and classrooms. Tether will not only enable continuous evaluation and feedback, but it will also provide ways to improve the environments in which users live, work, or learn.Through connected hardware andsoftware solutions, Tether promotes healthy living, learning, and working environments.
projectworks — Project Works is a cloud based workforce management platform designed to help professional & creative services businesses better manage their organisations in the areas of project management, project financials, and people management. Our mission is to provide a platform that enables world class services businesses to get the most out of theirexisting workforce, and enable them to grow.

Inflection Point Ventures, with over 3300 CXOs and professionals, HNIs and Family Offices, is India’s leading angel network investing in early-to-mid stage startups. IPV supports new-age entrepreneurs with not just capital but also uses its wide network of investors to provide startups with access to new markets, customers, guidance and mentorship.Inflection Point Ventures is democratizing angel investing with low membership fee, lowest investment ticket size (per investor), transparent investment process and extensive upfront due-diligence led by industry experts. IPV is industry agnostic, with a focus on committed and competent founders.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

NAPTAPGO — The Indian Travel industry is changing rapidly and traditional budget hotel accommodations fail to meet the demands of a modern Indian traveller. The budget hotel sector in India has long been plagued by dismal conditions, encompassing shoddy facilities, questionable hygiene standards, persistently poor customer service, and antiquated amenities,collectively culminating in a thoroughly disappointing and disheartening stay experience for travellers.Introducing Naptapgo, the innovative capsule hotel revolutionizing the hospitality industry with its mission to deliver unparalleled quality at the lowest cost, fostering a paradigm shift in affordable lodging. With a pioneering asset-light approach, Naptapgo redefines micro hotels, offering a compelling stay experience that resonates with the masses, especially the tech-savvy younger generation and business travellers. Harnessing AI-driven cleaning systems, seamless self-check-in facilities, and cutting-edge technological advancements, Naptapgo entices users seeking convenience and sophistication while strategically maintaining lower operational costs, creating an enticing and magnetizing investment prospect for forward-thinking franchises.
Vividobots — Vividobots offers automation solutions for challenging industrial issues. Vividobots want to reduce the human labor and risks associated with the industrial sector.
Feline Spirits — Feline Spirits specializes in producing craft alcoholic beverages.

DN Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests primarily in Europe and North America. The firm focuses on companies that plan to establish operations on both sides of the Atlantic, and strives to help its companies build international businesses. Founded in 2000, the company has operations in London and Silicon Valley. DN Capital’sprevious funds are top performers and the firm is one of the lead investors in companies such as Endeca (sold to Oracle), Shazam (one of the world’s leading mobile app), Auto1 (world's largest used car marketplace), Purplebricks (IPO London) and Quandoo (sold to Recruit).

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Napo — Comprehensive pet insurance by Napo. Full dental cover included. Free unlimited video vet and behaviourist consultations. 5% multi-pet discount.
Hawk — Award-winning AML & CFT technology powered by explainable AI increases your risk coverage, helps you identify more crime, and reduces your false positives.
Unique — Unlock the power of generative AI in Finance with Unique FinanceGPT. Get custom use cases and accurate insights in a secure, enterprise-ready platform.

iller Partners offers co-founding and funding possibilities for seed and early-stage ventures.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Advertising
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Bevz — Bevz is a software and services (SaaS) platform for local, independently operated liquor/convenience stores. Our vision is to transform the 100,000+ independent liquor stores across the nation with the technology, data, and support
AppOnboard — AppOnboard is a Los Angeles-based software company empowering creators to build businesses without any programming experience. The company offers two no-code products: Buildbox, the largest no-code mobile game engine, and AppOnboard Studio, a mobile, interactive design studio that enables anyone to create playable ads and app prototypes.
Frontier Car Group — Frontier Car Group is a berlin-based startup who develop, launch, and operate used-automotive marketplaces within emerging market economies, with operations in Nigeria, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Pakistan, and Indonesia. Additionally, we are successfully engaging in two joint ventures with OLX in India and Poland. We increase theefficiency of selling and buying cars through technology, infra-structure creation, access to capital and innovative business models that allows all stakeholders to gain from our impact.

Learn more about CircleUp Growth Partners, what we look for in early-stage consumer brands, and the brands we have funded.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Food Processing, E-Commerce
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Koia — Plant protein, but not that chalky stuff. Our shakes are sweet without all the sugar, creamy without the dairy, and serves up a variety of nutrients without sacrificing deliciousness.
Partake Foods — Gluten-free, vegan, non-GMO and free of the top 14 allergens, our super delicious cookies are made with real, healthy, and safe ingredients that everyone can share and enjoy. Choose from multiple flavors including carrot oat, chocolate chip, double chocolate, and sweet potato millet.
Partake Brewing — Partake Brewing is the craft non-alcoholic beer brand that focuses on flavor, health, socializing, and inclusivity for people who choose not to drink alcohol whether as a need or increasingly as a lifestyle choice.

ATX Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm in Austin Texas with funds investing in B2B software, marketplaces, and applications.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

LUXUS — Luxus partner with premium brands to unlock fractional ownership in precious gems and other bespoke accessories.
Reflex — Reflex connects retailers with the top flexible retail talent locally, on demand. Retailers can cover callouts, omni-channel needs, holiday staffing and more. Workers can find flexible work, set their own schedule, and get paid quickly.
Light Frame — Light Frame is a Swiss American financial technology company building advanced technologies for private banks, wealth management firms, and banks offering investment and wealth services. The company was founded in January 2024 by Schuyler Weiss, Mathieu Clement, Philippe Kernevez, and Gregory Bataille, and it maintains offices in Providence, RI andLausanne, VD. Light Frame completed its Pre-seed round of financing in April 2024, with ATX Venture Partners and New Stack Ventures co-leading the round. Other investors include Rogue Venture Partners, Halfcourt Ventures, Studio Alpha, and Underdog Labs.

Club Italia Investimenti is a Milan-based venture capital firm that assists startups in raising seed capital.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Mobile
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

UNGUESS (formerly AppQuality) — UNGUESS is the crowdsourcing platform for effective testing and real insights. Take the guesswork out of your work.
Paragraph — Powerful stories and powerful storytellers. Each week find seven of the world's best shorts in text, audio, and video: http://bit.ly/1usXQd5
La Passione — High quality Italian Road and Urban cycling wear at fair prices. We use only the finest materials and sell direct to you with no middleman. Shop now!

Reshape is a next-generation investor in technology-enabled companies that need real estate to scale.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Colombia, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Koppiku — Our CoffeeYour Way Our CoffeeYour Way Discover your new fave drinks From full-bodied coffees, to refreshing coolers View Menu View Menu koppiku latte (Hot/Iced) Cereal latte (Iced) koppiku milk tea (Iced) snow black (Iced) Americano (Hot/Iced) latte (Hot/Iced) cappuccino (Hot/Iced) Koppiku coconut latte (Hot/Iced) There is no Koppiku without You
MedsNow — SaaS for independent pharmacies
Good Weird — Good Weird was made to help you stay vibrant, be colorful, and shine bright, because the world is more beautiful if we all stay a little weird.

ah! Ventures is India’s only curated, sector agnostic and the largest fundraising platform for early stage startups raising funds up to 10 MN USD. Very strong network of 3000+ Investors including 2000+ angel investors and 1000+ institutional investors & fund/family houses, Robust deal pipeline of more than 600 business plans/monthand Well-established brand as one of India’s premier aggregators with a cornucopia of offerings to catalyze startup growth.

Investment focus

Software, EdTech, Food and Beverage
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
India, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

Konect U — Konect U is an AI based research oriented firm specialized in Large Language Model (LLM).
Zealopia — Zealopia provides access to affordable mental health services. We connect you to therapists and like-mided strangers in a group through anonymous chats. With Zealopia, you can chat with strangers who act like a support system. We teach you how to deal with daily life problems, career growth, stress from toxic job, etc. We are an app for mental health that helps you through safe, secure and anonymous social interactions.
Flowatt Battery Science — Power up your journey with our high-performance batteries, available for rent at unbeatable prices!

Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors.He has over $300 million in exits and 150 angel investments. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Lending Club, Delivery Hero and Brightroll.Fabrice is currentlyinvesting in startups and building companies through FJ Labs, which he cofounded with business partner Jose Marin. Fabrice is also co-founder and executive chairman of Beepi, a next generation used car marketplace. Beepi recently raised $60 million in series B funding.Prior to FJ Labs and Beepi, Fabrice was co-founder and co-CEO of OLX, one of the largest websites in the world with over 200 million unique visitors per month. The company operates in 40 countries and has over 1,200 employees. OLX is the largest classifieds site in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other emerging markets.Before OLX, Fabrice was co-founder and CEO of Zingy, one of the largest wireless media companies in the Americas. Fabrice successfully grew the business to $200 million in sales in four years.Fabrice started his entrepreneurial journey in 1998, at 23, when he co-founded and was CEO of Aucland. Soon after, Aucland grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Fabrice worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.Fabrice holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996, and was awarded the Halbert White prize, given to the most distinguished economics student, as well as The Wolfe Balleisen memorial prize, awarded for best thesis.In his free time, Fabrice likes to travel the world, kitesurf, play tennis, and blog about his personal and professional life at www.fabricegrinda.com.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, France, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Alpagga — Alpagga is the online marketplace for purchase and sale of decommissioned agri-food equipments.
OTPless — Authenticate customers with WhatsApp, SMS, Email, Biometrics, and more, with a 98% conversion rate on signup and sign-in.
PIXmania.com — PIXmania is a pan-European electrical e-tailer operating in 26 countries. PIXmania has been growing its market positions across Europe while leveraging the benefits of being part of the Dixons Retail Group. Pixmania now serves more than 7 million customers over Europe with a wide range of product categories.

Wavemaker Group is a cross-border venture capital firm founded in 2003 and one of the most active early-stage investors across multiple funds.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Singapore, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Pi-xcels — Eco-friendly NFC digital receipts solution for actionable shopper data and enhanced customer journeys. No App, Just Tap. With one-tap convenience, Pi-xcels unlocks omni-channel marketing opportunities and boosts performance for retailers with our customer intelligence platform.
Oneteam — We acquire small to medium businesses and help next-gen hardworking employees grow into capable owners of these businesses. Using digital-first solutions to drive growth, synergies and innovation, we collaborate with your employees to transform your business into global enterprises.
Soul Parking — Soul Parking is a parking management service company, which has successfully developed motorcycle storage equipment as a solution for traffic and parking problems that are cluttered using 100% designs and raw materials. Soul Parking provides solutions by developing a modern, safe and comfortable vehicle parking system that takes into accountlimited land area.

Hayden Zou

Investment focus

Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
China

Portfolio highlights

Nine Rivers Distillery Company PLC — The story of what happened when a group of whisky loving friends decided it was time to put China on the international whisky map.

We are a community-powered VC fund making pre-seed / seed stage investments in Australian and New Zealand startups. Our community is rallied around a shared goal: to invest in the next generation of Australia and New Zealand startups at the very earliest stage, and then support them on their long a

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Australia, United States, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Enrola — Looking for online training courses? Discover the perfect course for you with our easy course advisor quiz. Get individual guidance and apply directly.
Primary — Primary is the modern operating system for treasury management. We empower startups & innovative corporates to grow by reducing complexity around treasury, payments and cash flow.Primary is used by leading founders and finance teams that value safety, control and efficiency. Our product simplifies access to best-in-class yield instruments,enables monitoring of real-time cash positions across multiple banking partners and improves cash forecasting capabilities. We are powering the secure, smart and transparent treasury to help all companies meaningfully extend their runways.
Matilda Migration — Migration made simple. Specialising in Employer Sponsored visas and Partner visas. With a 99% success rate for ultimate peace of mind. Visit us now.

James Robertson

Investment focus

Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
China

Portfolio highlights

Nine Rivers Distillery Company PLC — The story of what happened when a group of whisky loving friends decided it was time to put China on the international whisky map.

Investing strategic capital across all facets of the adult beverage industry.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Wine And Spirits, Winery
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Renais Spirits — A bold and vibrant gin inspired by the people, produce and provenance of Burgundy, France.
True Story Whiskeys — Made by the Co-Founder of Angel's Envy, Wes Henderson and his six sons to make american legacy whiskeys, Finished Bourbon and Finished Rye.
Rare Character Whiskey — Experience Rare Character Whiskey's exclusive blends, including Brook Hill bourbon and the innovative RCLR series. Embrace American whiskey like never before.

CPE is a leading alternative asset manager, with asset classes spanning private equity, mezzanine and the public market. Founded in 2008 by a world class team of investment professionals and supported by over 200 domestic and international investors, CPE knows China like no one else and is a globally minded long-term value investor. The firm usesits sector expertise to generate deal flow and drive the value creation work during the post-investment stage. CPE follows a disciplined investment approach to preserve and grow its investors’ capital. The firm’s private equity portfolio of more than 100 companies is highly diversified by sector and stage of investment. CPE takes pride in its forward-looking investment philosophy and works hard to create value over the long-term for its investors and a better world. For more information, please visit www.citicpe.com.

Investment focus

Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology
Series A, Series B, Series C
China, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Royma — Royma is a high-tech R&D and production enterprise integrating R&D, production, sales and service.
Jinyuansheng — Jinyuansheng is mainly engaged in the development, smelting and deep processing of new energy key metal mineral resources.
Sangon Biotech — Sangon Biotech Co. (生工生物) is engaged in the research and development of chemical synthesis of DNA.It is a high-tech Sino-foreign joint venture established in 2003. After ten years of development, Sangon has become a professional biotechnology company that integrates research and development. Chemical synthesis DNA earned reputation for Sangonin the global market.In 2006, Sangon invested 50 million to build a manufacturing and industrial base in Songjiang Industrial Park, which has been put into use. Sangon produces various products such as DNA synthesis, DNA sequencing, Gene Synthesis, peptide synthesis, chemical agents, enzymes, molecular biology kit, cultivation medium, lab consumptive material, and miniature instruments.

Great Oaks Venture Capital is a leading early-stage venture capital firm with a mission to support and invest in the most innovative and disruptive startups. Visit our home page to learn more about our portfolio companies, investment approach, and the experienced team behind our success.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Fleet — Fleet is a mobility-as-a-Service software for enterprise transportation needs.
Nimblemind.ai — Nimblemind.ai enables healthcare providers to organize and enrich multimodal clinical data through labeling and curation.
Tracer Biotechnologies — Tracer Biotechnologies is a biotechnology company that offers monitoring services for oncology patients.

At Pente, we invest in entrepreneurs and operators who aim to build great businesses. The teams we partner with are true builders, whether they work with wireframes, code, physical products or ideas.We see the emergence of a kinder and more sustainable world, powered by a new generation of businesses. A world where life's luxuries areredefined as design being the central determinator of quality. We are working with the most promising founders and businesses to catalyze change with radical, empathetic visions for a better future.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Wine And Spirits, Biotechnology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, Sweden, Austria

Portfolio highlights

WatchHouse — Cosy, unique coffee spots & eateries in London. We make great coffee and exceptional food within beautifully bespoke environments tailored around our local community. It is as simple as that. | Never worry about running out of coffee supplies again. The Modern Coffee experience from the comfort of your own home.
Pentire Drinks — Made from unique plants native to the Cornish coastline, Pentire is a new botanical non-alcoholic spirit drink. A gin style drink that harnesses the power, beauty and immense flavour of plants, without the after effects. Buy online now.
Mytos — The Infrastructure for Cell Manufacturing

Growth Loan Fund Invest NI and NILGOSC.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Retail, Manufacturing
Debt Financing, Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Axial3D — Leading the way with the latest 3D imaging, models, and devices
RE-KKUR — Re-Kkur are market leader in PVC recycling and innovators in durable PVC plaster bead products for the UK and EU construction industry.
Titanic Distillers — Titanic Distillers produces Irish whiskey and hosts events in Belfast.

Captable is a startup investment platform that operates transactions through crowdfunding. They exist to simplify and make startup investments viable, as well as to connect the entire ecosystem, by leveraging business growth with high return potential for investors who want to contribute to the growth of startups. It makes connections at variouslevels for various agents in the innovation market with the goal of encouraging entrepreneurship through investment in startups. CapTable was founded in 2018 by Guilherme Enck and Paulo Deitos Filho.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Veggi — Veggi is the first vegan delivery platform in Brazil.
CowMed — CowMed is an agricultural service company of technological solutions for health, nutrition, and reproduction for milk cattle. It also develops animal monitoring products for precision livestock, generating value, and ensuring the sustainability of the business.The company was named 2018 - NEOVIA's Future Farm, 2017 - Ideas for Milk andAcceleration Criatec 3, and 2017 & 2016 Tecnova Notice SEBRAE.CowMed was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in the Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
E-Comprei — E-Comprei is a company that buys and sells beauty and hygiene products for small shop keeper.

Investing catalytic capital in promising seed stage companies located outside of Silicon Valley, NYC & Boston. Backed by a group of iconic entrepreneurs, executives & investors.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Argentina

Portfolio highlights

Knit — Knit helps researchers run agency-quality quant + qual research at DIY costs, by taking the most time-intensive research tasks off their plate through Researcher-Driven AI.
Cambium Carbon — Saving wood to save the planet. By revolutionizing supply chains, we introduce the world's first carbon smart material.
Gig Wage — Instant payouts for 1099 contractors and easy contractor payroll. 1099 Payments & Payroll APIs. Stay compliant with Gig Wage. Sign up free.

Blue Falcon Capital is an angel investment fund focused on early-stage investing, seed, start-up, and early-growth funding.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Food and Beverage
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Chiyo — Fertility, pregnancy & postpartum meal delivery for new mothers. Eastern food therapy meets nutritional science, we use whole, nutrient-dense ingredients to help alleviate or avoid pregnancy symptoms like morning sickness, heartburn, gestational diabetes and more. OBGYN recommended, nutritionist curated, ready-to-eat.
Arbor — SaaS
Chubby Snacks — Chubby Snacks is a better-for-you choice compared to your traditional PB&J. Using high quality nut butters, nutritiously fruity jams, and whole grain bread, Chubby Snacks is giving your PB&J a long overdue upgrade, with approximately 75% less sugar and 30% less calories than leading brands.

Founded in 2005, Hillhouse is a leading global investment management firm, active across public equity, private equity, real estate and private credit. The firm invests over a long-term horizon and partners with exceptional entrepreneurs to deliver sustainable value creation for quality companies.Hillhouse is a full life-cycle private equityfirm, investing for the long term across opportunities in the healthcare, business services, consumer, and industrials sectors. The firm manages capital on behalf of global institutions such as non-profit foundations, endowments, and pensions.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Series B, Series A, Series C
China, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

dinii — Dinii is a mobile order platform for take-out shops.
Ascentium — At Ascentium, we believe in the power of partnership to realise unlimited growth potential.
Xingmai Innovation — Xingmai Innovation creates, develops, and sells intelligent swimming pool cleaning robots.

Döhler Ventures is a long-term oriented & entrepreneurial investor empowering early-stage startups in the nutrition & technology ecosystem.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Health Care, Food Processing
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Nukoko — Nukoko is a bean-to-bar manufacturing company that creates cocoa-free chocolate. Using ingredients from the UK, the company developed a patent pending technology to naturally produce a new kind of chocolate. Nukoko cocoa free chocolate is healthier and dramatically less impactful on the environment .
Vertosa — Vertosa utilizes Nanogen technology to create effective, reliable, and scalable active ingredients for infused product makers. Discover how we can infuse your products.
XOXO Soda — XOXO Soda is a plant-based drink with prebiotic fiber that is low in sugar and calories.

Sugar Capital invests in the brands and technology that power the future of commerce. The firm specializes in the fields of finance, financial services, and financial exchanges. It was founded in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Lucky Energy — LUCKY F*CK is a better-for-you energy drink company.
Motion — Motion is a visual analysis hub that helps marketers and creative teams identify what works to make high-performing creatives that convert.
Nostra AI — Nostra is an AI-based personalization solution. The technology automatically optimizes the content of every page on your site for maximum conversions. It learns from your visitors to see what performs best and applies that learning to subsequent website visitors, resulting in a better experience for all.

Angels Den is an angel-led investment platform that connects fast-growing companies with experienced investors.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Mobile, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
United Kingdom, United States, Finland

Portfolio highlights

AAZZUR — One-stop-shop for APIs and embeddable Front-end-modules connected to a smart marketplace for BaaS- and Fintech-Services
OnCare — Home care software | care management system
SupaPass — The most powerful content app maker on the market. Finally have all of your content, audience & paywall in one place to turn your audience into a business.

Blue Slide Ventures is an early stage personal and SPV investment vehicle focused on backing consumer, brand centric companies. Blue Slide Ventures is hands on at the seed stage to support key business needs and utilize our trusted network of partners.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Health Care, Snack Food
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Ohza — Ohza crafts mouth-watering mimosas made with sparkling wine and real juice, but with fewer calories and less sugar. We're a ready-to-drink cocktail with good vibes only: all-natural, vegan, gluten-free, and preservative-free.
MealMe — MealMe: We compare services for delivery pickup and groceries to ensure that we are the fastest food delivery app, the cheapest food delivery app, and the food delivery app with the largest selection.
Snazzy — Snazzy is a teledentistry platform for teeth straightening. It offers affordable and accessible clear aligner treatment. Snazzy was founded in 2020 by Ayush Pateria and Keshav Chouksey and was headquartered in Hyderabad, Telangana.

Venture capital and technology investments

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Cartesia — Cartesia provides real-time multimodal intelligence for all devices. Its objective is to develop the next generation of AI: pervasive, interactive intelligence that operates everywhere.
Prezent AI — Presentation productivity platform for enterprise teams. Add zen to your presentations!
Together AI — Together will enable researchers, developers & companies to leverage and improve artificial intelligence with an intuitive data, models & computation platform.

CSA Partners, LLC is a venture fund that invests in early stage, high growth companies.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Enterprise Software
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Edda — Software Suite for Venture Capital, Corporate Venture Private Equity, Family Offices & Investment Bank Manage your dealflow, support your portfolio companies, track your performances in real-time and raise your next fund with edda.
EVEN — EVEN empowers artists and fans to invest in each other.
Pet Krewe — Pet costumes, dog costumes, cat costumes for Halloween, or any pet dress-up occasion. Free shipping.

Selva Ventures is an investment firm that Invests in early stage consumer brands. It specializes in the fields of financial services, finance, and venture capital.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Wellness, Pet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Nowadays — The Nowadays nugget is made with just 7 simple, plant-based ingredients.
Native Pet — Native Pet crafts organic supplements for dogs and cats that harness the nutritional power of whole food ingredients
Cake — 18K Followers, 6,705 Following, 859 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Cake (@hellocake)

Loyal runs a global venture fund with quarterly redemptions and a proprietary gate-stage process, reducing investment bias and unlocking greater returns. Partnered with INSEAD, Founder Institute, and 500+ advisors, we are Loyal to the world with 250+ investments in 50+ countries.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

UTOBO INC. — utobo is the one-stop platform for educators and coaching services to take live classes, create courses and test series, and sell them online in just 30 minutes.
NIU NIU — NIU NIU is an e-Waste operating system that maximizes critical mineral extraction, while minimizing the environmental and social impact
The Leaf Protein Company — Unlocking Earth's most abundant source of proteins - green leaves.

BGF is the most active equity investor in the UK and Ireland, providing long-term, minority investment to growing companies.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Funding Round, Series A, Private Equity
United Kingdom, Ireland, United States

Portfolio highlights

KOMI Group — We're building the most engaged digital audiences in the world. We are KOMI Group.
My Property Box — My Property Box estate & letting agents with dedicated property management service, serving Darlington, Newcastle, Middlesbrough and beyond.
Glacier Energy Services — Glacier Energy Services offers specialist engineered solutions to the oil & gas industry and global energy sectors, through its engineering and offshore divisions.

Charles Hudson is the Managing Partner of Precursor Ventures and a Lecturer at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Prior to that, he was a Venture Partner at Uncork Capital (formerly SoftTech VC). He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Stanford University.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Canada, Spain

Portfolio highlights

BevSuite — Create promotional emails 10x faster with BevSuite. Purpose-built for beverage alcohol marketing. BevSuite uses the latest AI technology to generate catchy, high-performing subject lines and product notes. Start with a premade design and give it your own twist.
Maker Wine — Craft canned wine, delivered to you. Maker works with the best small producers to bring you award-winning, zero sugar, minimal intervention wines in cans.
Salut — Join the creator platform for fitness pros.

JamJar Investments is a venture capital firm that invest in high growth consumer brand businesses in both digital and non-tech.Its combination of operational, commercial and brand experience was honed over 14 years taking innocent from scratch to sale to Coca Cola for north of half a billion £. That journey means the company understand thejourney of entrepreneurs, the highs the lows, the challenges and some of the solutions. JamJar is the consumer Venture Capital fund run by the innocent drinks founders.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Health Care, Food and Beverage
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

Cuure — We are building a great and honest company that delivers personalized vitamins and food supplements to everyone so they improve their daily wellness and consciousness
Patch — Patch is your new neighbourhood space for work, community, and events.
Lucky Saint — Lucky Saint specializes in the manufacture and supply of non-alcoholic beer.

Investing in the next billion dollar engineers

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Blockchain
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Tarsal — Tarsal is a data pipeline that builds for security data movement. Tarsal applies normalized fields including IPs, domains, and more to all log records.
UnshETH — unshETH is a decentralized, on-chain movement to use incentive engineering to preserve and protect the trustless, immutable, and censorship-resistant nature of Ethereum.
Usage AI — Usage AI's automated cloud management tools help companies save time and money in the cloud.

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Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States

Portfolio highlights

Tolemi — For local governments that struggle to access and understand mountains of data that can help them take effective, efficient action, they deliver leading cloud-based data management services combined with user-friendly software analysis tools that work seamlessly with existing systems to combine messy, scattered data and deliver simple, clearinsights needed to solve community and neighborhood priorities. The Tolemi platform was launched in 2016, and their partners include some of the most forward-thinking public sector agencies from across the country. Tolemi is funded by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Y Combinator, and Fika Ventures. The Company is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Spaces — Spaces, officially formed in January 2016, says it’s already working on a range of VR and mixed-reality projects with companies including NBCUniversal, Microsoft, Big Blue Bubble and the Hettema Group. Platforms it’s developing for include Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Microsoft HoloLens, Samsung Gear VR, PlayStation VR and Google Cardboard.“Spaceshas a compelling and clear vision to be the catalyst for companies looking to create VR and MxR (mixed reality) experiences,” Comcast Ventures managing director Michael Yang said in a statement. “Spaces is combining remarkable capabilities, tools and creativity to push the boundaries of the VR frontier.”
TrueChoice Solutions — TrueChoice Solutions™ Web-based preference-measurement solutions help drive incremental sales by providing unique insight, data and analysis about purchase preferences how and why customers make purchase decisions.TrueChoice Predictive Selling applications enable you and your channel partners to:> Increase sales, generate better leads, andmore effectively cross- and up-sell.> Uniquely engage and interact â€œreal time with customers educating and guiding them to personalized purchase recommendations.> Better align offerings with customer needs, preferences and perceptions.> Get a better pulse of the market in order to calibrate business strategy and drive sales.Our unique, interactive, customized Web-based applications make this possible. They connect with customers, one-on-one, in a user-friendly, engaging two way dialog. They uncover insight about individual customer buying preferences and the tradeoffs customers make when making decisions.TrueChoice insights are generated through a powerful real time business intelligence, predictive modeling and analytics platform. The platform allows data analysis in aggregate, within customized, pre-defined segments or at an individual customer level.Our insights can be combined with your CRM system, business intelligence platforms or any other point of integration. Once more, our application is offered as a software as a service so there is no hardware to buy or software to maintain.

Anicut Capital is a leading alternative investment firm based in India, dedicated to powering the growth of the country's burgeoning startup & SME ecosystem. With a dynamic team of seasoned professionals, Anicut excels in bridging the gap between ambition and success, providing strategic insights, industry knowledge, and crucial funding. At Anicut, every investment is more than just capital; it's a partnership for the future.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Health Care, Manufacturing
Seed, Series A, Debt Financing
India, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Pilgrim — Pilgrim - Premium International Brand | No Animal Testing, No Harmful Chemicals, Natural, Vegan Friendly, FDA Approved.
Navadhan Capital — Navadhan Capital offers capital to under-banked households.
CapGrid Solutions — CapGrid is a B2B commerce company specializing in sourcing and procurement of direct-material supplies. Its platform houses detailed capability intelligence of global supply sources from major manufacturing and best-cost sourcing destinations.

Revolution invests in people and ideas that can change the world. Our mission is to build disruptive, innovative companies that offer more choice, convenience, and control in the lives of consumers and businesses.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

GovSky — Building cybersecurity technology to secure America’s supply chain.
Kashable — Kashable is on a mission to help employees handle unexpected expenses and tackle high-interest debt. Our platform provides financial wellness solutions that help employees to preserve retirement savings, improve their credit scores, and navigate financial hardships responsibly. Plus, Kashable provides employees access to free Financial Literacy resources to help plan for the future.
Carbon Robotics — The Carbon Robotics LaserWeeder solves one of agriculture's biggest problems: weed control. Laserweeding kills weeds without herbicides or tilling by harnessing computer vision and thermal energy to identify and destroy weeds at the meristem. It's healthier for crops and land, and safer for farmers.

Caixa Capital is the Private Equity and Venture Capital arm of banking Group Caixa Geral de Depósitos and has a track record spanning over two decades of activity, since the industry was created in Portugal. It is a leading investor in terms of funds under management, portfolio size and diversity.Caixa Capital´s mission is to invest in fundsand companies, led by highly qualified management teams, with high growth and valuation potential, that enable our funds to achieve an attractive risk adjusted return and for society at large to benefit sustainably from our activity.Currently with more than 700 million Euros under management and a portfolio of over 80 investments, Caixa Capital is a reference in this area with special links to the respective European sector associations.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Portugal, United States, Spain

Portfolio highlights

HiJiffy — Increase direct bookings and upselling with HiJiffy's AI-powered communication solutions for hospitality.
Probely — Probely is a web application and API vulnerability scanner for agile teams. Automate Security Testing by adding Probely into your SDLC and CI/CD pipelines.
Infraspeak — Infraspeak is an Intelligent CMMS Software that brings outstanding flexibility, connectivity and intelligence to your operations.

Atomico invests in innovative technology companies around the world.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Strise — Strise is signaling a new era of enterprise software and organizational change, transforming how companies work and empowering individual growth through knowledge. We believe in the AI-enabled financial institution without data silos where users and data are working together to solve even the most complex business problems.
Opna — Opna is a financing platform for climate projects that remove carbon and protect natural ecosystems. Opna offers data, proprietary risk assessments, and efficient capital structures, helping companies to translate net-zero committed capital from financial institutions, and corporates into direct financing across a project's lifecycle.
Jitty — See every thing, about every home

Why We Exist: We want to help Mississippi State University entrepreneurs.Who We Are: We are a network of Mississippi State University alumni and friends of the university that provide angel investments to early stage companies that are majority owned by Mississippi State University students, faculty or alumni.What We Do: By working closelywith the Mississippi State Entrepreneurship And Outreach Center, we look for angel investing opportunities and provide a complete process from start to finish to help our members make investments in early stage companies as well as offer opportunities for members to mentor target companies.Benefits: Members get numerous benefits by joining the Bulldog Angel Network such as access to investment deals once per quarter via online meetings, due diligence performed by an ad-hoc committee, ability to discuss deals with other members, opportunity for mentoring young companies and much more. Angel Investing: The Bulldog Angel Network is a member of the Angel Capital Association and generally follows their guidelines for angel investing groups.How To Join: If you are not a member and would like to join or get more information on becoming one, please go to our website

Investment focus

Software, Apps, Social Shopping
Angel
United States

Portfolio highlights

Potluck — Potluck has the simplest event building tool featuring item selection, in-event chat, and the easiest RSVP process for guests. All with unlimited invitations and no download required!
Live Music Network — mySet lets live musicians and DJs easily accept digital song requests and tips from their fans in the crowd or during livestreams.
Duet Technology — Building the next generation of barber tools, for the next generation of barbers

Kima Ventures is one of the world's most active early-stage investors, investing in 2 to 3 startups per week all over the world; providing founders with funding, network, and support for them to reach the next steps of their journey.The firm invests from seed to Series A, mostly as lead investor but also working alongside other investors;backing ambitious founders who work hard to build awesome things that more and more people use everyday. The company helps them to build a great team, to learn very quickly, to keep the right focus and execute towards growth.Kima takes pride of itself in working side-by-side with entrepreneurs. They claim to understand that fundraising is only one step in the company’s journey, that’s why they take quick decisions and make the fundraising process as smooth as possible so the founders can get back to the work of building their business. Kima considers itself not only an investor, but a network of founders and experts sharing a pay it forward mindset.Headquartered in Paris with an office in London, the company was founded and backed by Xavier Niel, founder of Iliad and supporter of entrepreneurs through such projects as 42, Station F and 101projets. Over the last 5 years Kima has invested in over 400 startups in 24 different countries.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
France, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Olyzon — Olyzon offers adtech solutions for Connected TV, enhancing brand uplift, optimizing user engagement, and maximizing ROI for advertisers, content owners, and distributors.
Tracklab — Tracklab is a B2B compliance software helping regulated companies manage their mandatory supplier documentations.
Directo Tech, Inc - Travel Browser Extension — Contact the host directly with Directo Chrome extension. Save money, get better deals! Get it free!

Challenjers Capital invests in China, and help build iconic brands of tomorrow. They determined to invest in the start-ups, which create authentic products and services, instead of companies, which inflate their margins with marketing fees.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Food and Beverage, Information Technology
Angel, Series A, Seed
China, United States, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Ji Space — Ji Space provides cross-generation portable NAS T2, and the upgraded Z4pro,that are to meet the different storage needs of users.
Sun Food — Sun Food is a manufacturer of food seasonings with two major brands, "Taiyang" and "Axiangpo."
Tiaohai Tavern — Tiaohai Tavern is a community tavern service provider.

BA Capital is a venture capital firm focused on the consumer sector.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Retail, E-Commerce
Series B, Series A, Seed
China, Spain

Portfolio highlights

KDHY Foods — KDHY Foods is a company that specializes in manufacturing processed fruit and potato products. KDHY Foods involves producing canned, frozen, or dried fruits, as well as processed potato goods such as frozen fries, chips, and mashed potato products.
Laopu Gold — Laopu Gold is an ancient handmade goldware brand that produces jewelry using ancient handmade gold.
Snack Is Busy — Snack Is Busy is a snack food chain industry. They mainly open stores in the community to create a chain brand of snacks at the doorstep of ordinary people, which is even closer to their lives.

K Street Capital seeks to support and accelerate startup growth with investment capital, industry expertise, mentorship, and community.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Convertible Note, Funding Round
United States

Portfolio highlights

Nopsec — NopSec's vulnerability risk management and cybersecurity solutions help you prioritize and remediate the most critical cyber threats across your networks, configurations, applications.
Basis Climate — Basis Climate is a market maker for transferable clean energy tax credits with over $250M of transactions to date.
Procurement Sciences AI — AI for Government Contracting. Procurement Sciences uses AI to help you find, manage, and bid on federal, state, local, and education government opportunities. Use AI for proposals to automate bottlenecks and win more government contracts.

Matthew Kaness

Investment focus

Software, Food and Beverage, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
United States

Portfolio highlights

Italic — Atelier-grade essentials from the same manufacturers as top brands with zero markups and logos.
Maker Wine — Craft canned wine, delivered to you. Maker works with the best small producers to bring you award-winning, zero sugar, minimal intervention wines in cans.
Interlace Ventures — Interlace Ventures is a seed stage fund partnering with ambitious founders in their first round of financing in the future of retail. We leverage our years of international entrepreneurial experience to help bring companies from seed to growth with time and care.

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