Private Equity Funded Food and Beverage Startups
Among the 12 most recent private equity rounds in Food and Beverage, disclosed amounts cluster in the $100K–$50M band, but one outlier stands out: Jocko Fu…
Among the 12 most recent private equity rounds in Food and Beverage, disclosed amounts cluster in the $100K–$50M band, but one outlier stands out: Jocko Fuel’s $30M (2022-03-14) is the only large-disclosed figure outside the $25M mark (Hawaiian Bros Island Grill at $25M on 2022-02-03), while all other disclosed rounds are $300K, $2M, or $100K. Most entries are also concentrated geographically in the United States and the United Kingdom/Europe split is limited to a handful of cities (Dallas; San Rafael; Philadelphia; London; Liverpool; Milan; Hamburg; Barcelona; Pendleton; Carrollton; Farmington; Kansas City).
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Frequently asked
Which disclosed round is largest, and how does it compare to the next-highest disclosed amounts in this Food and Beverage private equity set?
The largest disclosed amount is Jocko Fuel’s $30M (2022-03-14). The next-highest disclosed figure is Hawaiian Bros Island Grill at $25M (2022-02-03), with the remaining disclosed amounts at $2M (92 Degrees, 2022-06-29) and $300K/$100K (Soom Foods 2022-01-24; Little Moons 2022-03-09; Prestige Labs 2022-01-11; Pizzium 2021-09-13; plus the $100K rounds).
How many of these 12 entries are undisclosed versus disclosed, and what does that imply for comparing “size” across companies?
8 of 12 entries show “undisclosed” amounts (LaLa Land Kind Cafe 2025-10-29; Chef Sam 2022-09-12; 101 2022-09-07; STADTSALAT 2022-08-11). That means only four entries allow precise comparisons of disclosed dollar size, making any “largest-to-smallest” assessment partial.
Is there a temporal cluster, or are the rounds spread evenly across the period shown?
The disclosed rounds span from 2021-09-13 (Pizzium, $100K) through 2022-06-29 (92 Degrees, $2M), while the most recent row overall is LaLa Land Kind Cafe on 2025-10-29 (undisclosed). Several undisclosed rounds also cluster in late summer 2022 (2022-08-11 through 2022-09-12), but the 12-row sample overall covers 2021-09-13 to 2025-10-29.
Do any cities or countries appear more than once, or is this list largely single-location per company?
Across the 12 entries, each company is tied to a single city (e.g., Dallas for LaLa Land Kind Cafe; San Rafael for SafetyChain Software; London for Little Moons), with no repeated city names. The United States appears most often (Dallas, Pendleton, Philadelphia, Carrollton, San Rafael, Farmington, Kansas City), while the remaining entries are in the UK and mainland Europe (e.g., Liverpool, London, Milan, Hamburg, Barcelona).
Are there clear outliers on the low end of disclosed amounts?
Yes: the smallest disclosed amount is $100K, appearing for multiple companies—Little Moons (2022-03-09), Prestige Labs (2022-01-11), and Pizzium (2021-09-13). Those $100K rounds sit well below the next step up at $300K (Soom Foods, 2022-01-24) and far below the $2M–$25M range (92 Degrees at $2M on 2022-06-29; Hawaiian Bros Island Grill at $25M on 2022-02-03; Jocko Fuel at $30M on 2022-03-14).
What share of this list is from Food and Beverage private equity outside the United States?
6 of 12 entries are outside the United States: Chef Sam (Barcelona, Spain), STADTSALAT (Hamburg, Germany), 92 Degrees (Liverpool, UK), Little Moons (London, UK), Pizzium (Milan, Italy), and Jocko Fuel’s listed location is in the US (so it doesn’t count). In other words, roughly half the sample is non-U.S.-based in the specific cities shown (and the other half is U.S.-based: Dallas, Pendleton, Philadelphia, Carrollton, San Rafael, Farmington, Kansas City).
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