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Fork & Spoon Ventures

VC
New York, NYWebsite

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.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $2.0M

Portfolio

11+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

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.

Meet the Team

MR

Michael Russo

Managing Partner

RestaurantTech
AI

Industry Focus

Invests In

Food / AgTech
Other
AI / ML
Developer Tools
Consumer

Does Not Invest In

Biotech
Consumer hardware

Portfolio Companies (11)

Other

CH

ChefBot

AI
ME

MenuMaster

RestaurantTech
NE

NEO

Blockchain / Web3 infrastructure·Early-stage / private / network token stake

A public blockchain / smart contract platform.

ON

ONTOLOGY

Blockchain infrastructure / identity / governance·Private / early-stage / possibly incubated by Fork

Blockchain / identity / data infrastructure network.

DF

DFINITY

Web3 / decentralized computing / blockchain·Early-stage / private token / network investment

The Internet Computer, a platform for decentralized computing.

OT

OTUM

Web3 / possibly infrastructure·Early/private stage

[Limited public info] — appears in their venture portfolio.

KE

Keyring Network

Web3 infrastructure / wallets / identity tools·Early - likely private round or incubated by Fork

A network or infrastructure project in Web3 (identity, wallets, etc.).

PR

Proof Collective NFTs

NFTs / digital collectibles / art / Web3 culture·Likely token-based / early participation/private theses

An NFT collection / project.

GR

Gritti

Web3 / digital assets / likely community / protocol based·Early stage; private investment / token or equity - unclear

A project/investment listed in their portfolio. Public details are limited.

UP

Upside DAO

Web3 / governance / token / community project·Early / private / token / possibly incubated

A decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) project.

How to pitch Fork & Spoon Ventures
  • •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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