FO

Fork Equity

VC
Chicago, ILWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Series A, Series B

Check Size

$2.0M – $8.0M

Portfolio

27+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in high-growth food brands and retail concepts targeting premium urban markets.

Meet the Team

PH

Paul Hines

Managing Director

Restaurants
Franchise
Retail
RK

Ryan Kulp

Co-Founder

small SaaS businesses
product growth
micro private equity
HT

Hideko Tachibana

Co-Founder & Partner

small SaaS businesses
buy, grow, and sell
private equity / PE-style acquisitions

Industry Focus

Invests In

Food / AgTech
Other
AI / ML
Consumer

Does Not Invest In

Tech

Portfolio Companies (27)

Other

PO

Portillo's

Fast-Casual Dining
ME

Mendo Farms

Restaurants
BO

BookThatApp

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

FE

Fera

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

GE

Get Reviews

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

ME

Merge Freeze

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

FO

Fomo

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

CR

Cross Sell

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

LO

Lobiloo

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

BU

Built With Shopify

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

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