7 Food Services Investors Based in Santa Monica

Your odds of raising from local investors are better than trying to raise capital from outside your city. We put together this list to help Santa Monica-based founders connect with food services-based investors that write checks into Food Services companies. Here are 7 investors that match that criteria.

1) Brian Ames

  • Fund: Anthos Capital
  • Title: Managing Director
  • Location: Santa Monica, CA
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Agriculture Tech, AI, AR/VR, Cosmetics, Internet of Things, Cannabis, Clean Tech, Fashion, Communications, Web3, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, E-Commerce, EdTech, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Recruiting, DEI, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Marketplaces, Consumer, Enterprise, Food Services, Robotics, Sales Tech, Transportation

2) Eugene Yi

  • Fund: Mucker Capital
  • Title: Investor
  • Location: Santa Monica, CA
  • Stages: Seed, Series A
  • Sectors: Cosmetics, Fashion, Digital Health and Wellness, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Consumer, Food Services

3) Fredel Romano

  • Fund: Live Nation Entertainment
  • Title: Investor, New Ventures
  • Location: Santa Monica, CA
  • Stages: Seed, Series A
  • Sectors: Agriculture Tech, Cosmetics, Digital Health and Wellness, Food and Beverage, Hospitality, Food Services

4) Joshua Schlisserman

  • Fund: Series
  • Title: Chief Of Staff
  • Location: Santa Monica, CA
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Sectors: AR/VR, Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Art, Cosmetics, Internet of Things, Cannabis, Clean Tech, Fashion, Cloud, Communications, Web3, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Electronics, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Government Tech, DEI, Recruiting, Hospitality, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Chemicals, Media, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, Parenting, Professional or Technical Services, Proptech, Quantum Computing, Food Services, Robotics, Sales Tech, Sex, Social Impact, Space, Transportation

5) Kate Armstrong

  • Fund: Cobalt Capital
  • Title: Investor
  • Location: Santa Monica, CA
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Marketing, AI, Art, Cosmetics, Clean Tech, Fashion, Cloud, Communications, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Entertainment, Fintech, eSports, DEI, Recruiting, Hospitality, Marketplaces, Media, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, Parenting, Food Services, Sales Tech, Sex, Social Impact, Travel

6) Lucas Pino

  • Fund: March Capital
  • Title: Venture Capital Associate
  • Location: Santa Monica, CA
  • Stages: Series B, Series A
  • Sectors: Marketing, AI, Clean Tech, Cloud, Communications, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, E-Commerce, Fintech, Insurtech, DEI, Internet of Things, Logistics, Legal, Marketplaces, Media, Enterprise, Proptech, Food Services, Sales Tech, Cannabis, Entertainment, Recruiting, Government Tech

7) Madeline Walsh

  • Fund: Anthos Capital
  • Title: Investor
  • Location: Santa Monica, CA
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: AI, Art, Cosmetics, Cannabis, Fashion, Cloud, Communications, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Internet of Things, Logistics, Marketplaces, Food Services, Sex

Hopefully this list helps you find more local investors that invest in companies in your sector. If you’re looking to pitch these investors + the rest of the Confluence.VC investor network, make sure to check out Commonapp.VC