Franchise Foundry Capital
Franchise Foundry Capital is a Series A venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Other, Food / AgTech. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$8.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $1.0M–$8.0M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Series A
- Sectors
- Other, Food / AgTech
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-05-28
Series A
$1.0M – $8.0M
2+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Focused exclusively on multi-unit franchise restaurant businesses in growth stages.
How Franchise Foundry Capital invests
Franchise Foundry Capital is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Series A stage, with a focus on Other, Food / AgTech. It does not invest in Tech.
Franchise Foundry Capital typically writes checks of $1.0M–$8.0M per investment.
Franchise Foundry Capital has backed 2 companies in our records, including Burger Base, Smoothie World.
Partners & Team
Claire Nguyen
Managing Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
Burger Base
Smoothie World
- •Raising at Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Food / AgTech — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $8.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Claire Nguyen, Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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