8 Food and Beverage Investors Based in Menlo Park

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 Menlo Park-based founders connect with food and beverage-based investors that write checks into Food and Beverage companies. Here are 8 investors that match that criteria.

1) Antoine Moyroud

  • Fund: Lightspeed Venture Partners
  • Title: Partner
  • Location: Menlo Park, CA
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: AR/VR, AI, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Cloud, Communications, 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, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Chemicals, Media, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, Professional or Technical Services, Proptech, Food Services, Sales Tech, Transportation, Travel

2) Jay Drain Jr.

  • Fund: Andreessen Horowitz
  • Title: Partner, Crypto
  • Location: Menlo Park, CA
  • Stages: Seed, Series A
  • Sectors: AR/VR, Marketing, AI, Cosmetics, Internet of Things, Fashion, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, E-Commerce, EdTech, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Logistics, Marketplaces, Media, Consumer

3) Jourdain Bell

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

4) Keith Bender

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

5) Mikiko (Shimada) Clanton

  • Fund: MS&AD Ventures
  • Title: Senior Associate
  • Location: Menlo Park, CA
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Agriculture Tech, Digital Health and Wellness, Food and Beverage, Internet of Things, Robotics, Transportation

6) Naren Ramaswamy

  • Fund: Alumni Ventures
  • Title: Investor
  • Location: Menlo Park, CA
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: AI, Agriculture Tech, AR/VR, Art, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Cloud, Communications, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Electronics, Food and Beverage, Fintech, eSports, Government Tech, Recruiting, Hospitality, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Enterprise, Other Tech, Consumer, Proptech, Quantum Computing, Robotics, Space, Transportation, Social Impact, Sales Tech

7) Natalie Curnes

  • Fund: TCV
  • Title: Investor
  • Location: Menlo Park, CA
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Cosmetics, Food and Beverage, Consumer

8) Neha Dalal

  • Fund: Jasper Ridge Partners, L.P.
  • Title: Vice President Philanthropic & Impact Advisory
  • Location: Menlo Park, CA
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Sectors: Agriculture Tech, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, EdTech, Fintech, Food and Beverage, Government Tech, Food Services, Social Impact, Transportation

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