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Barrel Ventures
Chicago, United States
Barrel Ventures is a Midwest‑based seed fund that backs entrepreneurs tackling the biggest challenges in the global food ecosystem. They focus on companies innovating in packaging, ingredients, and supply chain to create...
Portfolio
32+
Employees
5+
Founded
N/A
AUM
≈ $0.0
Investment focus
Stages
Pre-Seed → Seed
Industries
Agriculture TechnologyClean Technology
Geographic scope
Global
Sources
Barrel Ventures
Barrel Ventures is a Midwest‑based seed fund that backs entrepreneurs tackling the biggest challenges in the global food ecosystem. They focus on companies innovating in packaging, ingredients, and supply chain to create sustainable, scalable solutions. Their approach leverages deep operating experience and strategic partnerships to help early‑stage founders accelerate growth.
Portfolio
32+
Employees
5+
Founded
N/A
AUM
≈ $0.0
Stages
Pre-Seed → Seed
Industries
Agriculture TechnologyClean Technology
Geographic scope
Global
Sources
Showing 21 of 21 matched portfolio companies
Celleste Bio utilizes proprietary bioreactor technology to cultivate 100% natural cocoa ingredients, eliminating the need for traditional cocoa farming and its reliance on fragile rainforests. This approach addresses the depletion of cocoa resources due to climate change and deforestation by producing high-quality cocoa butter and powder in controlled environments, ensuring consistent supply and sustainability.
Funding: $4.5M
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Supply Change Capital
Supply Change Capital
Funding: $4.5M
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ChannelApe provides a platform for strategic inventory operations that integrates sales, fulfillment, finance, and customer service data, enabling brands to manage their supply chain efficiently. By streamlining inventory, order, and fulfillment processes, it reduces manual operations and enhances decision-making, ultimately driving profitability for direct-to-consumer businesses.
Funding: $9.4M
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Funding: $9.4M
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Clove designs fluid-resistant sneakers specifically for healthcare professionals, utilizing easy-to-clean materials and slip-resistant soles to enhance safety and comfort during long shifts. The shoes address the challenges of standing for extended periods and exposure to spills, ensuring that users can maintain their focus and performance in demanding environments.
Funding: $6.0M
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Brand Foundry Ventures
Brand Foundry Ventures
Funding: $6.0M
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Commander AI utilizes an AI-powered prospecting and engagement engine to enhance lead identification and conversion for sales teams in the transportation and waste management sectors. By integrating with existing sales tools, it provides actionable intelligence and geo-based heatmap prospecting, significantly improving sales efficiency and pipeline growth.
Confido provides AI infrastructure specifically designed for Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) brands to unify operations across accounting, finance, sales, and operations. The platform automates key financial processes like cash application and deduction management while enhancing sales forecasting and demand planning accuracy. This unified system serves as a single source of truth, driving efficiency and better decision-making from trade spend to production planning.
Funding: $3.6M
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Funding: $3.6M
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FruitScout is a mobile platform that utilizes AI and computer vision to enable precision crop load management by allowing growers to count and size their fruit quickly and accurately using just their smartphones. This technology addresses the inefficiencies of manual counting methods, providing larger sample sizes and actionable data to optimize yield targets and improve profitability.
Funding: $8.8M
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Bowery CapitalTFX Capital
Bowery CapitalTFX Capital
Funding: $8.8M
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Gainful offers personalized sports nutrition through a subscription model that provides customized protein and hydration products tailored to individual dietary needs and fitness goals. By utilizing a quiz-based recommendation system and expert guidance from registered dietitians, Gainful addresses the challenge of finding effective, clean supplements that enhance performance without artificial additives.
Funding: $7.6M
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Funding: $7.6M
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Great Wrap produces compostable cling wrap using biopolymers derived from potato waste, providing an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional plastic wraps. This product addresses the growing issue of plastic pollution by offering a sustainable packaging solution for both home and business use.
Funding: $22.9M
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Funding: $22.9M
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Helaina utilizes a proprietary technology platform to replicate human lactoferrin, a bioactive protein that enhances iron utilization, supports immune health, and maintains gut function. By making this functional ingredient accessible, Helaina addresses the need for advanced nutritional solutions that promote overall health and vitality.
Funding: $83.0M
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Avidity Partners
Avidity Partners
Funding: $83.0M
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Hetal Retail uses in-store shopper video and Computer Vision AI to audit shelf compliance and identify merchandising issues with visual proof. This data allows brands to optimize field execution by prioritizing high-ROI store visits and deploying budgets effectively. By integrating shelf insights with sales data, companies can accurately measure sales lift from merchandising changes and improve category management decisions.
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100+Approximate amount of employees
Iris Finance provides an AI-powered platform specifically designed for Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) for consumer brands. The system automates financial modeling, reporting, and data warehousing by integrating across the tech stack, including e-commerce, accounting, and supply chain data. This enables CPG leaders to gain real-time financial visibility, optimize inventory planning, and accelerate profitable growth decisions.
SID Venture Partners
Jumbotail runs a technology‑driven B2B marketplace that connects independent grocery retailers across India with food, personal care, and home care brands and staple producers. The platform provides a wide product catalog, a proprietary end‑to‑end supply chain, and integrated fintech services—including payments and working‑capital credit—while its Golden Eye Retail Operating System offers cloud‑based POS, inventory, CRM, and analytics to help small stores run modern convenience outlets.
Funding: $120.0M
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SC Ventures
SC Ventures
Funding: $120.0M
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kea provides a voice AI solution that automates phone orders and customer inquiries for restaurants, integrating seamlessly with existing systems like Olo. This technology reduces call handling time, enhances customer experience by personalizing interactions, and increases revenue through consistent upselling opportunities.
Funding: $17.6M
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Marbruck
Marbruck
Funding: $17.6M
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NutJobs transforms nutshell waste by-products into biodegradable alternatives to conventional plastics through specialized biomaterials processing techniques. This process provides sustainable product options that mitigate the environmental impact of plastic pollution.
Funding: $9.1M
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Funding: $9.1M
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Paloma provides an automated platform for ecommerce businesses to conduct sales directly through Instagram's messaging channels, utilizing real-time claim tracking and secure checkout processes. This solution addresses the inefficiencies of traditional online sales by enabling instant transactions and streamlined order fulfillment, resulting in increased sales and improved customer engagement.
Funding: $5.1M
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Laconia
Laconia
Funding: $5.1M
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Pod Foods operates a logistics and technology-enabled B2B marketplace that connects food brands directly with retailers through a streamlined order fulfillment system. This platform addresses inefficiencies in the grocery supply chain by providing real-time data insights and fast access to a diverse catalog of products, enabling brands to reach retailers nationwide with reduced lead times.
Funding: $17.4M
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Industrious Ventures
Industrious Ventures
Funding: $17.4M
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Retextion offers Stay AI, a Shopify‑native subscription platform that turns recurring orders into a growth channel. It provides AI‑optimized cancellation flows, automated win‑back campaigns, no‑code A/B testing of bundles and promotions, and predictive cohort analytics, helping merchants reduce churn and increase lifetime value without developer effort.
Funding: $4.0M
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Funding: $4.0M
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Silkline is a supplier orchestration platform for advanced manufacturers that unifies procurement workflows across email, Slack, ERP, MES, and PLM systems. It lets engineers submit part requirements, automatically generate RFQs, collect and compare quotes, and convert them to purchase orders with configurable approval routing, all while providing real‑time order tracking and compliance documentation for regulated industries.
Funding: $4.0M
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+ 4 Other investorsOrigin Ventures
+ 4 Other investorsOrigin Ventures
Funding: $4.0M
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SimpleHedge is a financial software platform that enables farmers to monitor their crop positions and analyze options contracts in real-time, providing insights into price risk and profit potential without manual data entry. By streamlining the crop hedging process, farmers using SimpleHedge have reported an average increase of $86,000 in profits year-to-date in 2024 compared to their peers.
Founded 2023
Soona is a cloud platform that lets ecommerce brands plan, execute, and edit product photo and video shoots entirely online, offering live virtual collaboration, rapid turnaround, and AI‑enhanced asset generation. The service includes a marketplace of models and stylists, integrated Shopify and Amazon tools, and performance analytics to help brands produce high‑quality, brand‑ready media at scale while reducing production costs.
Funding: $2.6M
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Funding: $2.6M
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The startup operates a direct-to-consumer brand scale platform that provides financial support and expertise in marketing and eCommerce technology. This enables startups to enhance their operational efficiency and customer engagement across multiple sales channels.
Funding: $192.5M
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Orangewood Partners
Orangewood Partners
Funding: $192.5M
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