Fork & Spoon Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($100K–$2.0M Checks)
Fork & Spoon Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Food / AgTech, Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $100K–$2.0M checks and has 11 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $100K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 11 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Food / AgTech, Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools, Consumer
- HQ
- New York, NY
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-08-10
Pre-Seed, Seed
$100K – $2.0M
11+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Fork & Spoon Ventures invests in innovative companies leveraging AI to transform the restaurant and food service industries.
How Fork & Spoon Ventures invests
Fork & Spoon Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Food / AgTech, Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools, Consumer. It does not invest in Biotech, Consumer hardware.
Fork & Spoon Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$2.0M per investment.
Fork & Spoon Ventures has backed 11 companies in our records, including ChefBot, MenuMaster, NEO.
Partners & Team
Michael Russo
Managing Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (11)
Other
ChefBot
MenuMaster
NEO
A public blockchain / smart contract platform.
ONTOLOGY
Blockchain / identity / data infrastructure network.
DFINITY
The Internet Computer, a platform for decentralized computing.
OTUM
[Limited public info] — appears in their venture portfolio.
Keyring Network
A network or infrastructure project in Web3 (identity, wallets, etc.).
Proof Collective NFTs
An NFT collection / project.
Gritti
A project/investment listed in their portfolio. Public details are limited.
Upside DAO
A decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) project.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Food / AgTech, Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $2.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Michael Russo, Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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