- Food & Beverage
- Consumer Products
- Retail
About
AF Ventures (formerly known as AccelFoods) is an institutional early-stage venture capital firm based in New York City. The firm provides comprehensive commercial acceleration by connecting early-stage food, beverage, and retail founders directly into global contract manufacturing networks and institutional grocery distribution pipelines.
AF Ventures partners at the Seed, Series A, and Series B stages with sustainable consumer-packaged goods (CPG), functional nutrition systems, and technology-driven retail supply chain companies. The firm's thesis targets "better-for-you" market concepts that match clean-label consumer demand with scalable operational manufacturing structures.
Lauren Jupiter (Co-Founder & Managing Partner) co-founded AF Ventures (formerly AccelFoods) in 2014 with a focus on better-for-you consumer brands; she has built a 14-fund track record backing emerging growth consumer brands across food & beverage, health & wellness, beauty, and pet. Jordan Gaspar (Co-Founder & Managing Partner) brings extensive consumer investing and operating expertise. The firm has invested in Olipop, Magic Spoon, Spindrift, Liquid Death, Vital Proteins (acquired by Nestlé), Once Upon a Farm, and Bobbie.
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