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Enlightened Hospitality Investments — Seed & Series A VC Firm

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Enlightened Hospitality Investments is a Seed, Series A, Series B venture capital firm investing in Other, Food / AgTech, Security. The firm has 18 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
18 companies on record
AUM
$500M
Stage
Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors
Other, Food / AgTech, Security, AI / ML, Consumer
Check size
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-14

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Series A, Series B

AUM

$500M

Portfolio

18+ companies

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Dedicated hospitality investment platform backing companies in food, restaurants, and hospitality. Excellent thematic fit for restaurant access, loyalty, and dining subscription businesses.

How Enlightened Hospitality Investments invests

Enlightened Hospitality Investments is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages, with a focus on Other, Food / AgTech, Security, AI / ML, Consumer.

Enlightened Hospitality Investments manages approximately $500M in assets. Our records include 3 funds raised by the firm.

Enlightened Hospitality Investments has backed 18 companies in our records, including CLEAR, 7shifts, ECP / Restaurant Technologies.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Food / AgTech
Security
AI / ML
Consumer

Funds

Fund III

$250M2023
actively investing

Fund II

$150M2021
actively investing

Fund I

$100M2019
fully deployed

Portfolio Companies (18)

Other

CL

CLEAR

Security / identity tech·Latest funding round in 2021; stage not stated

Identity verification and secure access platform

7S

7shifts

Hospitality tech / workforce software·Series B

Restaurant labor management and scheduling software

EC

ECP / Restaurant Technologies

Restaurant services / sustainability·Additional investment; stage not stated

Sustainable kitchen grease management and waste solutions for restaurants

BE

BentoBox

Not specified·Not specified

Not specified

MA

Madison Reed

Not specified·Not specified

Not specified

QU

Qu

Restaurant tech / commerce software·Investment / growth equity; exact stage not stated

Unified commerce platform for restaurants

CH

Chip City Cookies

Restaurant / consumer·Series B

Gourmet cookie bakery chain

SE

SevenRooms

Hospitality tech / software·Investment round; stage not stated

Guest experience and retention platform for hospitality businesses

JO

Joe Coffee

Not specified·Not specified

Not specified

SA

Salt & Straw

Not specified·Not specified

Not specified

How to pitch Enlightened Hospitality Investments
  • •Raising at Seed, Series A, Series B? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, Food / AgTech, Security — the sectors they actively back.
  • •warm intro preferred
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