Fork Equity — Series A & Series B VC Firm ($2.0M–$8.0M Checks)
Fork Equity is a Series A, Series B venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Food / AgTech, Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $2.0M–$8.0M checks and has 27 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $2.0M–$8.0M
- Portfolio
- 27 companies on record
- Partners
- 3 listed
- Stage
- Series A, Series B
- Sectors
- Food / AgTech, Other, AI / ML, Consumer
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-05-23
Series A, Series B
$2.0M – $8.0M
27+ companies
3 partners
Investment Thesis
Invests in high-growth food brands and retail concepts targeting premium urban markets.
How Fork Equity invests
Fork Equity is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Series A, Series B stages, with a focus on Food / AgTech, Other, AI / ML, Consumer. It does not invest in Tech.
Fork Equity typically writes checks of $2.0M–$8.0M per investment.
Fork Equity has backed 27 companies in our records, including Portillo's, Mendo Farms, BookThatApp.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (27)
Other
Portillo's
Mendo Farms
BookThatApp
Fera
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Fomo
Cross Sell
Lobiloo
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- •Raising at Series A, Series B? 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 $2.0M – $8.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ryan Kulp, Co-Founder.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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