Top 10 Early Stage Investors: Food&Beverage

RankInvestor Name
1LvlUp Ventures
2Morrison Seger
3Joyance Partners
4Impact Foundation
5Taste Tomorrow Ventures
6SuperAngel.Fund
7Paine Schwartz Partners
8Melitas Ventures
94th & 1 Ventures
10Trybe Ventures

Early stage activity in this category is led by institutional venture franchises and category specialists. Better-for-you brands and co-manufacturing capacity are the two ends of food and beverage attracting the most new capital. For a company raising a priced early round, this list identifies the firms with the most active recent presence in the category.

The CapitalDart directory identifies the right person to contact at each of these firms, with their individual investment criteria.

Rankings reflect investment activity from January 2025 through July 2026 in US and Canada companies, based on transactions matched to the CapitalDart directory. Seed and Early Stage rank by participation, Later Stage by rounds led, Private Equity by control and buyout activity. Updated periodically.