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Nourish Ventures — Seed VC Firm

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Chicago, ILWebsite

Nourish Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Food / AgTech, Other, Consumer. The firm has 9 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
9 companies on record
Partners
2 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Food / AgTech, Other, Consumer, AI / ML
HQ
Chicago, IL
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-09-24

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed

Portfolio

9+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Investing in transformative Food Tech companies that are solving food supply chain issues efficiently.

How Nourish Ventures invests

Nourish Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Food / AgTech, Other, Consumer, AI / ML.

Nourish Ventures has backed 9 companies in our records, including Infusd Nutrition, Multus Biotechnology, Plantible Foods.

Partners & Team

SB

Simon Burton

Managing Director

LD

Lara Davis

GP

Supply Chain
Food Tech

Industry Focus

Invests In

Food / AgTech
Other
Consumer
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (9)

Other

IN

Infusd Nutrition

Food tech / ingredients·Seed

Clean-label ingredient technology for foods, beverages, and supplements

MU

Multus Biotechnology

Food tech / cultivated protein supply chain / biotech·Not specified

Cell-culture media platform using robotic automation and AI

PL

Plantible Foods

Alternative protein / food ingredients·Not specified

Produces functional, nutritious, sustainable protein ingredients

SH

Shiru

Food ingredients / biotech·Not specified

Develops novel ingredients for food and consumer products using AI, bioinformatics, and precision biology

MY

MycoTechnology

Food ingredients / fermentation·Series E

Fermentation-based ingredient company using fungi to create better-tasting, more sustainable ingredients

LI

LiveKindly Collective

Plant-based foods·Not specified

Plant-based food company assembling a portfolio of plant-based brands

BL

BlueNalu

Cellular aquaculture / alt protein·Not specified

Cellular aquaculture company making seafood from fish cells

KU

Kuli Kuli

Better-for-you foods / plant-based nutrition·Not specified

Plant-based nutrition company focused on moringa and other nutrient-rich plants

UP

Upcycled Foods, Inc. (UP, Inc.)

Upcycled food / ingredients·Not specified

Upcycled ingredient company that turns overlooked food supply streams into ingredients

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

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