Barrel Ventures
- USA
- Pre-Seed
- Seed
- Consumer Internet
- Retail
- Logistics
- Food and Beverage
- ECommerce
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.
Investment Thesis
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