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Melitas Ventures — Seed VC Firm

VC
New York, NYWebsite

Melitas Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Other, Food / AgTech, Consumer. The firm has 15 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
15 companies on record
Partners
2 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Other, Food / AgTech, Consumer, Healthcare, Enterprise, SaaS
HQ
New York, NY
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-18

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Portfolio

15+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Consumer specialist investing in the next wave of food, beverage, wellness, and commerce brands.

How Melitas Ventures invests

Melitas Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, Food / AgTech, Consumer, Healthcare, Enterprise.

Melitas Ventures has backed 15 companies in our records, including Verb Energy, MUD\WTR, Elements.

Partners & Team

JA

Jacques Antebi

Partner

AM

Alex Malamatinas

Managing Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Food / AgTech
Consumer
Healthcare
Enterprise
SaaS

Portfolio Companies (15)

Other

VE

Verb Energy

Food & beverage; functional energy·Series A, 2021; Melitas participated

Makes energy bars and drink mixes positioned as food-based alternatives to conventional energy products.

MU

MUD\WTR

Not specified·Not specified

Previously led round by Melitas Ventures

EL

Elements

Not specified·Not specified

Previously led round by Melitas Ventures

BE

Beekeeper’s Naturals

Not specified·Not specified

Previously led round by Melitas Ventures

RI

RIND

Food & beverage; snacks·Seed, 2020; Melitas led the round; Series A, 2021, follow-on investment

Makes whole-fruit, “skin-on” dehydrated snacks designed to retain nutrients and reduce food waste.

VE

Veracity

Health and wellness; supplements·Series A, 2025; round co-led by Melitas and Maveron

Develops science-backed supplements and metabolic-health products focused on root causes of metabolic dysfunction.

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Melitas MS Holdings, LLC (CIK 0001814179)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Melitas Ventures

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Melitas PT Holdings, LLC (CIK 0001901160)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Melitas Ventures

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Melitas A Holdings, LLC (CIK 0002002297)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Melitas Ventures

AB

Abbot’s Butcher

Food & beverage; plant-based food·Series A, 2021; Melitas led the round

Makes premium plant-based meat alternatives for retail and food service.

How to pitch Melitas Ventures
  • •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, Food / AgTech, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jacques Antebi, Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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