ChowNow Ventures
ChowNow Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, CA investing in Other, Marketplace, Food / AgTech. The firm typically writes $100K–$250K checks and has 21 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $100K–$250K
- Portfolio
- 21 companies on record
- Partners
- 2 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Marketplace, Food / AgTech, Consumer
- HQ
- Los Angeles, CA
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-05-18
Pre-Seed, Seed
$100K – $250K
21+ companies
2 partners
Investment Thesis
Funds food-tech and restaurant marketplace startups helping small businesses connect with consumers.
How ChowNow Ventures invests
ChowNow Ventures is a vc firm based in Los Angeles, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Marketplace, Food / AgTech, Consumer.
ChowNow Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$250K per investment.
ChowNow Ventures has backed 21 companies in our records, including OrderUp, ChowNow, Emporium Thai.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (21)
Other
OrderUp
ChowNow
A restaurant ordering and marketing platform
Emporium Thai
Rendezvous
Ollie’s
Renegade Burrito
Sushi-Zen
Ingrained
4Top Hospitality
Daher Capital
Investment firm
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Marketplace, Food / AgTech — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $250K check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Christopher Webb, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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