20 VC firms investing in food & beverage and security & cybersecurity at the Seed stage.
F4 Fund tracks 20 VC firms that actively invest in food & beverage + security & cybersecurity at the Seed stage, with check sizes ranging from $20K – $50M (median: $2.8M – $2.8M). As of August 2026, and 90% lead or co-lead rounds. Rankings are based on F4's proprietary analysis of 1,644+ researched VC firms, scored by data completeness, portfolio depth, investment recency, and stage alignment.
| # | Firm | Check Size | Portfolio | Leads? | Activity | Decision | Intro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ▶ Cleveland Avenue Global venture capital firm investing in lifestyle consumer brands and technology companies that positively disrupt large and growing markets. Great investments require deep industry expertise, hands-on operational support, and access to strategic partners. Chicago | $1M – $50M | 68 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 2 | ▶ GFR Fund GFR Fund invests in pre-seed to Series A companies building emerging digitally-native communities in gaming, entertainment, and consumer tech. They seek founders who deeply understand community-building, whether they have a product with an existing community or are in early stages of building one. Strong focus on execution, founder-market fit, and capital efficiency. | $250K – $500K | 69 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 3 | ▶ Seventure Partners Seventure Partners identifies and backs innovative European companies in Life Sciences and Digital Technologies at all stages from seed to pre-IPO, serving as the lead investor and active board-level partner. The firm is a global pioneer in microbiome investing and has built a 25+ year track record of 150+ exits and 30 IPOs. Institutional backing from Natixis Investment Managers/Groupe BPCE provides unique co-investment and network access. Paris | $500K – $10M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 4 | ▶ EPIC Ventures EPIC Ventures backs early-stage technology companies building in the information economy, with a focus on enterprise SaaS, healthcare technology, cybersecurity, and future of work. The firm believes the best way to build lasting companies is through genuine partnership with founders — providing capital, strategic guidance, operational expertise, and deep network access. Founded in 1994, EPIC helped build the Utah tech ecosystem and continues to be the foundational VC of the Mountain West. Salt Lake City, UT | $500K – $5M | 71 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 5 | ▶ Privilège Ventures We back bold, ambitious, and resilient founders driving breakthrough innovations in HealthTech, CleanTech, and AgriFoodTech. Female-led and gender-mixed teams deliver superior returns and drive meaningful impact. Over five decades of combined experience navigating financial cycles enables us to partner authentically with founders, providing not just capital but strategic guidance and operational support. Switzerland | $100K – $1M | 25 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 6 | ▶ Manta Ray Back mission-driven founders addressing significant global challenges through leading-edge technology. Provide flexible and patient capital, leveraging our time, resources, and networks to support portfolio company success. Focus on founders with authentic social and environmental missions alongside commercial viability. London | $250K – $3M | 55 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 7 | ▶ Impact46 Theme-specific venture capital and private equity across the seed-to-mature spectrum, backing Saudi technology-driven businesses aligned with Vision 2030 economic diversification, plus a parallel credit advisory practice spanning sukuk and private credit for mid-market corporates. Riyadh | $500K – $10M | 50 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 8 | ▶ BoxOne Ventures Back passionate, emerging talent solving deep technology challenges. Support founders from napkin-stage through IPO with patient, flexible evergreen capital. Focus on biotechnology, frontier software, food innovation, longevity, and AI that maximize impact and potential. Montreal | $100K – $5M | 17 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 9 | ▶ Reign Ventures Early-stage consumer technology and software fund focused on diverse founders building transformative companies. Hands-on partnership approach providing capital, business development support, and Series A fundraising assistance. Mission-driven investing in founders ready to challenge status quo. Miami | $3M – $15M | 17 | Both | Slowing | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 10 | ▶ 11 Tribes Ventures Founder-first early-stage investing that combines capital with founder resilience, operating support, and capital-efficient company building for durable, profitable outcomes. Chicago | $1M – $1.5M | 29 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 11 | ▶ Zigg Capital Real estate has been stagnant for 50 years despite massive innovation in other industries. Shifting demographics, transportation changes, and evolving preferences are forcing modernization. We back visionary entrepreneurs building solutions across construction, property management, residential finance, and retail that will improve quality of life, work, and community. New York | $500K – $10M | 28 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 12 | ▶ White Star Capital Technology companies are becoming intertwined with the global economy more so than ever before. The most compelling founders build businesses through a broader world view. White Star Capital backs globally ambitious entrepreneurs at Series A, B, and Seed stages across North America, Europe, and Asia, helping them scale internationally through deep local presence on three continents. London | $1M – $25M | 45 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 13 | ▶ RTP Global RTP Global is a self-funded, early-stage venture firm that recycles proceeds from prior wins (Datadog, Delivery Hero, Yandex, EPAM) to back technical, ambitious founders in AI, fintech, SaaS, developer tools, cybersecurity, e-commerce, and healthtech, with unusually flexible, long-duration capital and hands-on operator support. New York | $1M – $15M | 24 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 14 | ▶ Spero Ventures Tomorrow's most valuable companies will be the ones tackling today's most meaningful challenges. Spero backs mission-driven founders across a healthy future, a sustainable future, and a fulfilling future, and partners with them long-term rather than transactionally. Redwood City, CA | $2M – $10M | 28 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 15 | ▶ LOI Venture Back the brightest early-stage founders under 30. We provide capital, mentorship, and network access to accelerate ambitious young entrepreneurs who graduate from our League of Innovators program or demonstrate exceptional founder quality. Vancouver | $100K – $1M | 35 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 16 | ▶ Kaszek Partner with extraordinary founders building the next generation of iconic Latin American technology companies. Invest in any tech-enabled sector where innovation can drive significant disruption. Bring not just capital but deep operational expertise as former MercadoLibre executives and entrepreneurs. Buenos Aires | $500K – $50M | 61 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 17 | ▶ LDV Capital A majority of the data our brains analyze is visual. Therefore, the majority of the data AI will analyze will also be visual, spanning the light and electromagnetic spectrums across all sectors. We thrive on collaborating with deep technical teams who leverage computer vision, machine learning and artificial intelligence to analyze visual data. New York | $500K – $1.5M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 18 | ▶ Elevate Ventures Elevate Ventures partners with innovation-driven founders to provide strategic capital, mentorship, and ecosystem access. Founded by a former founder (Governor Mitch Daniels), the firm believes the best founders exhibit grit, creativity, and coachability. They invest across all sectors and geographies but maintain primary focus on Indiana and Great Lakes Region entrepreneurs building cross-sector innovations. Indianapolis | $20K – $2M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 19 | ▶ Sequel Sequel is a digital family office for elite athletes, artists, and entrepreneurs. They back founders who 'bend reality' and believe impossible is an opinion, co-investing alongside top-tier VCs in companies that advance humanity. Beyond capital, Sequel provides storytelling, network access, media attention, and go-to-market support from their community of world champions and culture shapers. Focus areas include healthcare, climate, education, sports tech, and financial inclusion. Miami | $100K – $3M | 8 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 20 | ▶ Levante Capital Invest in the most promising Southern European (primarily Italian) deep-technology companies across Advanced Manufacturing, Life Science, and Energy & Environment, and actively support their expansion into Asian markets (China, South Korea, Japan, South-East Asia). The fund uses a proprietary evaluation framework and a 'pull model' — companies must demonstrate genuine Asian market interest before investment. Milan, Italy | $500K – $3M | 8 | N/A | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
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F4 Fund tracks 20 VC firms that actively invest in food & beverage + security & cybersecurity at the Seed stage. These firms are ranked using a composite score that weighs data completeness (30%), portfolio depth (30%), investment recency (25%), and stage alignment (15%).
Based on F4's analysis, the median check size for seed food & beverage + security & cybersecurity investors is $2.8M – $2.8M, with a full range from $20K – $50M. The distribution breaks down as: 1 firms in the <$500K range, 2 firms in the $500K-$1M range, 6 firms in the $1M-$2M range, 2 firms in the $2M-$5M range, 6 firms in the $5M-$10M range, 3 firms in the $10M+ range.
Among the 20 firms tracked, 90% lead or co-lead rounds, and 5% typically follow. Founders seeking a lead investor should filter for firms marked "Leads" or "Both" in the rankings table above. Lead investors typically set deal terms and anchor the round.
The best seed food & beverage + security & cybersecurity investors combine domain expertise with an active portfolio in the space. Among these firms, 24% prefer warm introductions, and the average firm has 37 portfolio companies. Look for firms whose check size matches your raise, whose stage preference aligns with yours, and who have a track record of supporting companies in your sector through multiple growth phases.
Firm profiles are continuously updated through F4's research pipeline, which combines LLM-powered web research, portfolio analysis, and transcript extraction. The ranking data refreshes every 12 hours. Editorial analysis is reviewed weekly. Individual firm profiles are re-researched on a 30-day cycle or when new information surfaces.