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Barrel Ventures

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ACTIVE
Global HQ
Illinois, United States
Countries of investment
  • USA
Investment stages
  • Pre-Seed
  • Seed
Industries
  • Consumer Internet
  • Retail
  • Logistics
  • Food and Beverage
  • ECommerce
About
Barrel Ventures is a seed fund based in the MidTheyst, investing in earlystage companies within the food industry. The firm leverages decades of experience in operating, scaling, and investing in companies, along with strategic relationships, to help food entrepreneurs propel their ideas forward. Barrel Ventures supports companies that address packaging, ingredients, and supply chain innovations.
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$250K
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$1M
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Investment Thesis

Barrel Ventures backs companies transforming the future of the food industry, particularly those solving global food issues, creating new markets, and improving the supply chain. They look for entrepreneurs who want a true partner at their side through all stages of growth and focus on Theylldesigned products that can scale.
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Team

Nate Cooper – Partner

Carey Cooper – Partner

Joel Warady – Strategic Advisor

Elliot Wheeler – Advisor

Rob Schoder Jr. – Venture Partner

Portfolio

Daily Gem: Whole food bites

Olipop: Healthier soda brand

Love Corn: Crunchy corn snacks

Pod Foods: B2B distribution platform

Clove: Healthcare footwear

Moku: Plantbased jerky

Jumbotail: Online marketplace for food and grocery

Special X: Performance sportswear

Kea: AIpowered voice solutions

Gainful: Personalized nutrition

Partake: Nonalcoholic beer

Grabango: Checkoutfree technology

Iris: Financial services platform

Soona: Virtual photo and video studio

Paloma: Automated sales assistant

Helaina: Synthetic breast milk

Win: Brand management

Retextion: Apparel recycling

GoNanas: Banana bread mix

Nut Jobs: Nutbased snacks

Great Wrap: Compostable stretch wrap

Therma: Temperature monitoring

Channel Ape: Ecommerce operations platform

Confido: Digital identity verification

Silkline: AIdriven analytics

DocUnlock: Telehealth services

Blox Snacks: Healthy snacks

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