8 Food and Beverage Investors Based in Washington

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 Washington-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) Alger Torres

  • Fund: Village Capital
  • Title: Senior Investment Analyst
  • Location: Washington, DC
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Sectors: Agriculture Tech, Clean Tech, Digital Health and Wellness, E-Commerce, EdTech, Fintech, Food and Beverage, Social Impact

2) Amit Puri

  • Fund: Pure Play Ventures
  • Title: General Partner
  • Location: Washington, DC
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Sectors: Agriculture Tech, AI, AR/VR, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Cloud, Web3, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, EdTech, Electronics, Fintech, Food and Beverage, Government Tech, Recruiting, Hospitality, DEI, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Chemicals, Enterprise, Other Tech, Parenting, Professional or Technical Services, Proptech, Quantum Computing, Robotics, Social Impact, Space, Transportation, Other

3) Ayush Jain

  • Fund: Revolution
  • Title: Senior Associate
  • Location: Washington, DC
  • Stages: Seed, Series A
  • Sectors: Agriculture Tech, AI, AR/VR, Clean Tech, Communications, Web3, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, EdTech, E-Commerce, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Recruiting, Hospitality, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Media, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, Proptech, Quantum Computing, Food Services, Sales Tech, Space, Transportation, Travel, Other

4) Camille Accad

  • Fund: FINCA Impact Finance
  • Title: Capital Markets Associate
  • Location: Washington, DC
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Agriculture Tech, Clean Tech, Communications, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, Fintech, Food and Beverage, Consumer, Enterprise, Transportation

5) Dan Eidell

  • Fund: SaaS Ventures
  • Title: Principal
  • Location: Washington, DC
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Sectors: AI, Clean Tech, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, E-Commerce, EdTech, Fintech, Food and Beverage, Government Tech, DEI, Recruiting, Hospitality, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Logistics, Marketplaces, Enterprise, Parenting, Professional or Technical Services, Proptech, Food Services, Sales Tech, Space, Transportation, Travel

6) Rachel Wang

  • Fund: Avenue Growth Partners
  • Title: Vice President
  • Location: Washington, DC
  • Stages: Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AR/VR, AI, Art, Cosmetics, Internet of Things, 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, Recruiting, Hospitality, DEI, 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, Travel, Other

7) Solomon Ephraim

  • Fund: Avenue Growth Partners
  • Title: Investor
  • Location: Washington, DC
  • Stages: Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Agriculture Tech, Developer Tools, EdTech, E-Commerce, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Recruiting, Hospitality, Insurtech, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Chemicals, Travel, Sales Tech, Food Services, Proptech, Professional or Technical Services, Consumer, Other Tech, Government Tech, Clean Tech, Communications

8) Tracy Chadwell

  • Fund: 1843 Capital
  • Title: Founding Partner
  • Location: Washington, DC
  • Stages: Pre-Seed
  • 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

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