# Top 50 Organic Food Angel Investors in United States in May 2026

## Kyle Vogt
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Food and Beverage

Kyle Vogt is the CEO of Cruise and former cofounder of Twitch

## Shamin Walsh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Software

Shamin Walsh has over 13+ years as an active angel investor who gained experience in the consumer space through her early investments in companies such as Sweetgreen, Flexport, and Sir Kensington’s.Prior to joining BAM Ventures as a managing director, she was a consumer-focused partner at an early-stage generalist firm with tangible assets in3PL/fulfillment, cold storage/co-packing, and manufacturing, giving her a holistic perspective through which to evaluate emerging consumer businesses. She managed the investment portfolio and served on several boards, such as Alchemy 43. She also leveraged her experience as a transactional attorney to assist in contract negotiations, fund formation, and fund construction.

## Jonathan Keidan
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care

Jonathan is the Founder of Torch Capital. A long time entrepreneur and investor, he has spent his career at the intersection of the media, technology and entertainment industries. He is the Co-Founder of digital media company InsideHook and has spent a decade as an active early stage investor and advisor to a number of New York and LA's topstart-ups.

## Sean Rad
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Apps, Consumer Goods

Sean Rad is the Founder of Tinder, the world's largest dating platform. Founded in 2012, Tinder is the highest grossing app on Apple's app store since 2017 and was valued at over $40 Billion dollars in 2021. Rad served as Tinder's CEO and Chairman at various times from the company's inception until 2017. Rad also foundedCardify in 2012, Adly in 2009, and Orgoo in 2004.In 2020, Forbes included Rad on their list of the decade's top 10 tech entrepreneurs. In May 2016, he was awarded an honoree diploma from the University of Southern California while delivering their undergraduate commencement.

## Gary Hirshberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Londonderry, New Hampshire, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Organic Food

Gary R. Hirshberg, Ph.D., Co-Founded Spiffly, Inc. in 2014. Gary Hirshberg serves as a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. He serves as an Advisor at Renewable2 Management Company and Renewal2 Investment Fund. Gary Hirshberg co-founded Stonyfield Farm, Inc. (Stonyfield Farm Yogurt) in September 1983 and served as its Chief Executive Officer,since September 1983 until January 2012, President, since 1989. He oversaw Stonyfield's phenomenal growth, from its infancy as a seven-cow organic farming school to its $330 million in annual sales. In 2001, Stonyfield Farm entered into a partnership with Groupe Danone and in 2005, he was named Managing Director of Stonyfield Europe. He served as Director of the Rural Education Center at Stonyfield. Gary Hirshberg was a Managing Director at Stonyfield Europe. Previously, he served as an Executive Director at The New Alchemy Institute. He has extensive experience as an environmental activist, including terms as the Founding President of the Cape and Island Self Reliance Corporation and as the Founding President of the Cape Cod Environmental Alliance. Prior positions include serving as a Water-Pumping Windmill Specialist and an Environmental Education Director at the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Gary Hirshberg served as an Advisor at Renewal Partners LLC, Solera Capital, the Heinz Center Leadership Summit and the Corporate Ecoforum. Gary Hirshberg is Co-Founder and Chairman of O'Naturals. He served as the Chairman of Stonyfield Farm, Inc. He served as the Chairman of The Social Venture Network. Gary Hirshberg serves on several corporate and non-profit Boards including Applegate Farms, the Dannon Company, Honest Tea, Peak Organic Brewing Company, The Full Yield, Climate Counts, Stonyfield Europe, Ltd, Glenisk, Ltd, Solera Capital and Sambazon. He serves as Member of Advisory Board at Spiffly, Inc. He has been a Director at Blue Apron, Inc. and since February 27, 2017 Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. since October 2016. Gary Hirshberg serves as Director of Sweetgreen, Inc., Danone Communities and Quantum Designs, LLC. He serves as a Director of Ramp Sports LLC and The Full Yield, Inc. He served as a Director of Stonyfield Farm, Inc. Gary Hirshberg served as a Director of Monogram Energy, Inc. since June 1995. He served as a Trustee of Leadership New Hampshire, Inc. He serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of Simon Equity, LLC. He serves as Member of Social Advisory Board at Commons Capital Management LLC. Gary Hirshberg served as a Director of the New Hampshire Audobon Society and the Association for the Preservation of Cape Cod. Gary Hirshberg is the Author of the book Stirring It Up: How to Make Money and Save the World. He is a frequent speaker on topics including sustainability, climate change, the profitability of green and socially responsible business, organic agriculture and sustainable economic development. Gary Hirshberg has won numerous awards for corporate and environmental leadership, including Global Green USA's "1999 Green Cross Millennium Award for Corporate Environmental Leadership." He was named "Business Leader of the Year" by Business NH Magazine and "New Hampshire's 1998 Small Business Person of the Year" by the U.S. Small Business Administration. More recently, 2009 was a year of big wins as Gary Hirshberg was named one of "America's Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs" by Business Week magazine, Stonyfield was chosen "Business of the Year - Manufacturing" by Business NH magazine and Stonyfield won an EPA Clean Air Excellence award. He also is featured in 2009's most successful documentary, "Food, Inc." Gary Hirshberg served on the Advisory Panel for Newsweek magazine's Global Environmental Leadership Conference. He has received eight honorary doctorates and was named a Gordon Grand Fellow at Yale University. Gary Hirshberg holds an honorary Doctor of Science from New Hampshire College, an Honorary Doctor of Law from Notre Dame College in Manchester, New Hampshire and a B.A. from Hampshire College.

## Timothy Ferriss
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Finance

Timothy Ferriss is a start-up angel investor Twitter, Posterous, RescueTime and others, blogger and entrepreneur. Tim's best-known written work is The 4-Hour Workweek, which had been sold into 35 languages and reached #1 on The New York Times, BusinessWeek and The Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. On May 3, 2009, it celebrated its 2ndstraight year on The New York Times business bestseller list since its publication on April 27, 2007. Tim is a Guest Lecturer in High-Tech Entrepreneurship and Electrical Engineering at Princeton University since 2003. Other education-related interests includes social media-based fundraising experiments, such as LitLiberation, which outraised television host Stephen Colbert 3-to-1 with no fixed costs. Most recently, Tim used Twitter as a distributed tool for gathering data on post-campaign donations (see Tweet to Beat). Tim is on the advisory board of DonorsChoose.org, Evernote, StumbleUpon, Trippy, about.me, TaskRabbit and Uber. Tim has been invited to speak at some of the world’s most innovative organizations, including Google, MIT, Harvard Business School, Nike, PayPal, Facebook, The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Microsoft, Ask.com, Nielsen, Princeton University, the Wharton School and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Tim has also been invited to speak and keynote at world-renowned technology summits including EG, FOO Camp, E-Tech, Supernova, LeWeb, and the Web 2.0 Exposition, where he shared the stage with figures like Eric Schmidt, Chairman of the Board of Google, and Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon. Tim received his B.A. degree from Princeton University in 2000, where he studied in the Neuroscience and East Asian Studies departments.

## Clark Landry
- Type: Angel
- Location: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Internet, Advertising

Clark Landry is the Managing Partner of Clover Leaf Ventures.Most recently, Clark was co-founder and COO at CESPPA, a cybersecurity company. Formerly, Clark was co-founder and COO at Maple Media (raised $30 million from private equity investors), co-founder and executive chairman at SHIFT (acquired by Brand Networks), co-founder and CEO at TopLevel Domain Holdings (now Minds + Machines - publicly-traded on the London Stock Exchange's AIM), co-founder and CMO at TagWorld (acquired by Viacom). Clark was a founding investor of Gradient X, a mobile DSP (acquired by SingTel), Traffic Marketplace, an advertising network (acquired by Vivendi), Adconion Media Group, a provider of digital media advertising solutions (acquired by Amobee), Conversion Logic, an advertising attribution company, and CREXi, a commercial real estate marketplace.Clark holds a bachelor of arts degree in economics from Yale University.

## Matt Mullenweg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Houston, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Apps

Matt Mullenweg is the CEO at Automattic Inc. Matt Mullenweg attended the University of Houston.

## Madeline Darcy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Wellness, Consumer Goods

Madeline Darcy is the Founder and Managing Partner at Kaya Ventures. Madeline Darcy attended Harvard Business School.

## Gary Vaynerchuk
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Internet

Gary Vaynerchuk is the Chairman of VaynerX, a modern-day media and communications holding company, and the active CEO of VaynerMedia, a full-service advertising agency servicing Fortune 100 clients across the company’s 4 locations.
In the late 90s, after identifying “the internet” as a land-grab opportunity, Gary transitioned his father’s localliquor store into one of the first wine e-commerce platforms resulting in growing the family business from $3-60MM in sales during a 5-year period.During his time in the family business, Vaynerchuk also started one of the first long-form episodic video shows on YouTube in 2006 called WineLibraryTV, filming 1,000 episodes over a 5-year window. Gary’s wine knowledge, charisma, and uncanny ability to engage with his community landed him appearances on national television with Ellen Degeneres and Conan O’Brien, as well as establishing him as one of the most followed people on social media during its nascent years.Not only did Gary leverage content creation and the rise of social media for his personal brand, but it was the seed which would become the pillar to his now 9-year old advertising agency VaynerMedia, servicing brands with an ever-expanding variety of offerings.Outside of being the Chairman and CEO of his own companies, Gary is a highly sought after public speaker, a 5-time New York Times bestselling author, as well as a prolific angel investor with early investments in companies such as Facebook,Twitter, Tumblr, Venmo, and Uber.Gary is currently the subject of DailyVee, an online documentary series highlighting what it’s like to be a CEO and public figure in today’s digital world, as well the host of The GaryVee Audio Experience, a top 50 global podcast, and host of #AskGaryVee, a business and advice Q&A show which can be found on both YouTube and Facebook.Gary also appeared as judge in Apple’s first original series “Planet of the Apps” alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Alba and Will.i.am onIn addition to VaynerMedia, VaynerX also houses The Gallery, a new publishing company started after acquiring leading women’s lifestyle property PureWow in January 2017. In addition to running VaynerMedia, Gary also serves as a partner in the athlete representation agency VaynerSports and restaurant reservations app Resy.Gary is a board/advisory member of Ad Council and Pencils of Promise, and is a longtime Well Member of Charity:Water.

## Bill Gates
- Type: Angel
- Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series C, Series B
- Focus: Energy, Biotechnology, Manufacturing

Bill Gates is the founder, technology advisor, and board member of Microsoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in software, services, and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. He served as chairman of the board until Feb. 4, 2014.On June 27, 2008, Gates transitioned out of a day-to-day role in the company tospend more time on his global health and education work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He shares his thoughts about the foundation and other topics on Gates Notes, a website launched in January 2010. Gates continues to serve on Microsoft’s Board of Directors and as an advisor on key development projects. He is also the Founder of Breakthrough Energy.Born on Oct. 28, 1955, Gates grew up in Seattle with his two sisters. Their father, William H. Gates II, is a Seattle attorney. Their late mother, Mary Gates, was a schoolteacher, University of Washington regent, and chairwoman of United Way International.Gates attended public elementary school and the private Lakeside School. There, he discovered his interest in software and began programming computers at age 13.In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer. While at Harvard, Gates developed a version of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer – the MITS Altair.In his junior year, Gates left Harvard to devote his energies to Microsoft, a company he had begun in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Guided by a belief that the computer would be a valuable tool on every office desktop and in every home, they began developing software for personal computers. Gates’ foresight and his vision for personal computing have been central to the success of Microsoft and the software industry.Under Gates’ leadership, Microsoft’s mission has been to continually advance and improve software technology, and to make it easier, more cost-effective, and more enjoyable for people to use computers. The company is committed to a long-term view, reflected in its industry-leading investment in research and development each year.In 1999, Gates wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought, a book that shows how computer technology can solve business problems in fundamentally new ways. The book was published in 25 languages and is available in more than 60 countries. Business @ the Speed of Thought has received wide critical acclaim and was listed on the best-seller lists of the New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and Amazon.com. Gates’ previous book, The Road Ahead, published in 1995, was at the top of the New York Times bestseller list for seven weeks.Gates has donated the proceeds of both books to non-profit organizations that support the use of technology in education and skills development.In addition to his love of computers and software, Gates founded Corbis, which is developing one of the world’s largest resources of visual information – a comprehensive digital archive of art and photography from public and private collections around the globe. He is also a member of the board of directors of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., which invests in companies engaged in diverse business activities.Philanthropy is very important to Gates. He and his wife, Melinda, started a foundation in 2000 to help reduce inequities in the United States and around the world. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation supports philanthropic initiatives in the areas of global health and learning, with the hope that in the 21st century, advances in these critical areas will be available for all people. To learn more about the foundation, visit www.gatesfoundation.orgGates was married on Jan. 1, 1994, to Melinda French Gates. They have three children. Gates is an avid reader and enjoys playing golf, tennis, and bridge.

## Walter Robb
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Organic

Walter Robb is the co-founder and co-CEO of Whole Foods Market.

## Kimbal Musk
- Type: Angel
- Location: Denver, Colorado, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Software, News

Kimbal Musk is the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Big Green.

## Bryan Rosenblatt
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Retail

Bryan Rosenblatt (born July 4, 1989 in New York, New York, United States) is an American Venture Capitalist and entrepreneur. He is a Partner at Craft Ventures, a venture firm with over $2 billion AUM started by David Sacks. He is also a founder of Riverside Ventures, which he started in 2017, and a former executive at Reddit and Twitter. Hepreviously worked at Reddit as the Head of Sales. Bryan Rosenblatt attended the University of Connecticut School of Business and Charles University.

## Mark Cuban
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dallas, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Blockchain, Software, E-Commerce

Mark Cuban is the founder of Fireside, Chairman and Founding partner of AXS TV, and the Owner of Dallas Mavericks. Prior to that, he was the Co-Founder of Broadcast.com. Mrk attended the Indiana University Bloomington.

## Patrick Schwarzenegger
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Food and Beverage, Manufacturing

Patrick Schwarzenegger

## Steve Sacks
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Software, Audio

Steve Sacks is Chairman at Sonnant. He attended Australian Institute of Company Directors.

## Nate Redmond
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Video Games, Digital Media

Nate Redmond is the Managing Partner of Alpha Edison. he is also the Managing Partner of Basepoint Ventures. He attended Harvard Business School and the University of Michigan College of Engineering.

## Shally Shanker
- Type: Angel
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Organic, Organic Food, Food Processing

Shally Shanker is the Founder and Managing Partner of AiiM Partners. Focus on portfolio strategy, investment thesis, diligence & management. Formerly of The Schmidt Family Foundation, Hillspire, and the Stanford School of Medicine.

## Lori Greiner
- Type: Angel
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Retail, Pet

Lori Greiner - Owner @ For Your Ease Only

## Youcef Oudjidane
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Organic Food

Youcef Oudjidane is the founder of Byld Ventures and co-founder of Bloom (YC W22)

## Beyoncé Knowles
- Type: Angel
- Location: Houston, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Retail, Apps

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is an American singer, actress, songwriter, record producer, director, model, dancer, fashion designer and businesswoman. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Beyoncé performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child.

## Alan S. Knitowski
- Type: Angel
- Location: Austin, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Cooking, Delivery, E-Commerce

Alan is a successful serial entrepreneur with multiple exits over a 15 year period to companies including Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), Level 3 Communications (NASDAQ: LVLT) and Internet Security Systems (now NYSE: IBM). He is a 2014 Finalist for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award for Central Texas and has been a Founder, Executive,Angel Investor and Fund Manager throughout his career in the private sector after serving in the United States Army as an Airborne, Air Assault and Ranger qualified Captain in the Corps of Engineers. He has also created and managed companies that have won both regional and national awards for growth, including the # 36 ranking on the 2014 Forbes list of America’s Most Promising Companies, the # 1 ranking on the ABJ Fast50 list of the 50 Fastest Growing Companies in Central Texas, the # 40 ranking on the 2013 Inc. list of the 500 Fastest Growing Companies in the United States, the # 4 ranking on the 2013 Inc. list of the 500 Fastest Growing Software Companies in the United States, the # 2 ranking on the 2008 Deloitte list of the Technology Fast 50 in Orange County and the # 21 ranking on the 2008 Deloitte list of the Technology Fast 500 in North America. As a mobile and multiscreen industry expert, Alan is frequently quoted in trade publications, serves as a panelist at industry events and writes for the Wall Street Journal’s Accelerators Blog.Previously, Alan was President of Alternative Investments for Curo Capital LLC and Managing Director for Trymetris Capital Management LLC. In the past, he was a Co-Founder and Director of Telverse Communications, a next-generation advanced services ASP focused on wholesale communications services for carriers and service providers, which was acquired in July 2003 by Level 3 Communications. Before this time, Alan was Director of Marketing for the Voice Technology Group at Cisco Systems and was responsible for business, market and community development, including business planning and strategy for Cisco’s global packet communications initiatives. In November 2000, Alan joined Cisco as part of the Vovida Networks acquisition, where he served as Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer and led the company from idea conception through its eventual acquisition by Cisco. Alan holds an MSIE degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, an MBA degree from the University of California at Berkeley and a BSIE degree from The U. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife Kelly and their four children and serves on the President’s Council at the University of Miami (FL).

## Ted Robb
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Nutrition, Organic Food, Food and Beverage

Ted Robb - Co-Founder @ New Barn

## Simon Lancaster
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Hardware, Wireless

Ex-Apple, ex-Google, ex-BlackBerry product hardware veteran turned parallel-entrepreneur. Currently President and Founder at Omni Venture Labs. #hardware #deeptech #industry4.0 #frontiertech. Prolific inventor with over 50 patents, experienced product and innovation architect. Lover of advanced composites. I am driven to make impossible productspossible, functional and elegant.
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## Benjamin Ling
- Type: Angel
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile

Ben Ling is a founder and partner at Bling Capital. Previously he was an Investment Partner at Khosla Ventures, where he is focused on mobile and Internet, marketplace, consumer health and data businesses. He is an accomplished executive and angel investor, with senior operating roles at Google, YouTube, Facebook, and Badoo. His personalinvestments include Square, Palantir, Quora, and PracticeFusion, Fab, DogVacay, and he holds advisory roles at Pinterest and Pulse.Ben currently serves on the board of Wattpad, Tapingo, Academia.edu, TheHunt, Quantopian, and Pymetrics.At Google, he was Google’s Senior Director of Search Products and Local Business Products, including overseeing Images, Videos, Books, News and Finance. At YouTube, he was Senior Director of Partnerships and Platform, responsible for Music, Movies, Sports, News, as well as Mobile, TV, and API partnerships. In his first role at Google, Ben was the founder and GM of Google’s Commerce group, including Google Wallet and Shopping.At Facebook, Ben was Director of Facebook Platform overseeing the Facebook developer ecosystem, and led product, marketing, developer operations, partner solutions, and helped build Facebook Connect, which has helped Facebook grow across the web.Ben holds a Ph.D. and Master’s in Computer Science from Stanford University and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering / Computer Science with a minor in Business Administration from UC Berkeley.Ben is a Department of Defense Fellow and recipient of UC Berkeley’s Bechtel Achievement Award (Top graduating senior in College of Engineering).

## Vera Baker
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, B2B, AgTech

Vera Baker is an Angel Investor for Atomico, and an Investment Advisor to The Jua Fund, an early-stage, Pan-African, Venture Capital Fund that invests the first check into exceptional founders at the pre-seed and seed stage. Additionally, she works directly with budding startups as a Director at the Founders Institute Paris Chapter and a mentor tounderrepresented founders at the Colors Accelerator in Paris and the Unconventional Accelerator in the Nordics.

## Seth Rodsky
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Private Equity, Series B
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Organic Food, Health Care

Seth Rodsky is the founder and managing partner at Strand Equity. He is also the founder of Hello Sunshine Official, Draper James, and Spotlight Brands. Seth is a former chairman at Strategic Group.

## John M. Foraker
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berkeley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Retail, E-Commerce

John Foraker is the Co- Founder & CEO at Once Upon a Farm .

## Peter Hsieh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Altos, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet of Things

Dr. Peter Hsieh is a General Partner of Acorn Pacific Ventures, based in Silicon Valley.He did Venture Capital from 1997-2004 in Silicon Valley, then 2004-2013 in Beijing.Dr. Hsieh received his master's and Ph.D. degrees in engineering from Stanford University and his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from NationalTaiwan University.

## Howard Lindzon
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Diego, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services

Howard Lindzon - Founder & General Partner @ Social Leverage

## Ashok Vasudevan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Farming, Nutrition

Ashok Vasudevan is the Co-Founder at CSAW. He attended Harvard Business School.

## James Freeman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oakland, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Baby, Catering

James Freeman - Founder & CEO @ Blue Bottle Coffee

## Bakht Niyazov
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Marketing, E-Commerce, Marketplace

Bakht Niyazov

## Dave Gilboa
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Software

Dave Gilboa is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Warby Parker. He attended the Wharton School.

## Meera Vasudevan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Nutrition, Health Care

Meera Vasudevan

## Nikita Fahrenholz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Internet, Software

Nikita Fahrenholz is the CEO and Founder at Actio.

## Andrew Abraham
- Type: Angel
- Location: Irvine, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Organic, Agriculture, Organic Food

Andrew Abraham is the CEO and Founder at Orgain, Inc.

## Sage Kotsenburg
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Snack Food, Organic Food, Food and Beverage

Sage Kotsenburg is an American snowboarder. He won the first-ever Olympic gold medal in men's snowboard slopestyle

## Vincent Youci Tan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Video, Retail, Nutrition

Vincent Youci Tan

## Cem Garih
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Financial Services, FinTech

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## Emmy Rossum
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Internet, Software

Emmy Rossum

## Natalie Massenet
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, FinTech

Natalie Massenet is co-founder and partner of Imaginary Ventures, a venture fund investing in early-stage opportunities at the intersection of retail and technology, as well as the non-executive co-chairwoman of Farfetch, a global e-commerce platform for luxury fashion. Massenet is best known for founding the luxury fashion online retailerNet-A-Porter, in 2000. In the year before she stepped down from her role following its merger with YOOX, the Net-A-Porter-Group recorded net revenues of almost $1 billion. Massenet began her career as a journalist and fashion editor, working at WWD and Tatler before setting up Net-A-Porter. In 2009, she was awarded an MBE, and in 2016 she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, both in recognition of her contributions to the U.K. fashion and retail industry. Massenet was chairman of the British Fashion Council between 2013 and 2017.

## Jinisha Sharma
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Organic, Organic Food

Jinisha Sharma

## Justin Gold
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boulder, Colorado, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Wellness, Fruit

Justin Gold is the founder of Justin’s, a natural foods company that produces organic and all-natural nut butters and peanut butter cups. From humble beginnings at local Farmers’ Markets to launching a national brand, Justin’s is now one of the country’s fastest growing natural foods companies, with Gold serving as an innovator and thought-leaderin the space. Gold is a passionate entrepreneur who encourages others to follow their passion and never stop asking questions along the way. He lives in Boulder with his wife and children, finding his work/life balance by enjoying an active lifestyle there as an avid trail runner, mountain biker, skier and backpacker.

## David J. Namdar
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Juan, NA - Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, FinTech, Financial Services

David J. Namdar is the Co-Founder of NFT.com. Attended at University of Southern California.

## Takuya Noguchi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Organic, Software, Nutrition

Takuya Noguchi founded and was appointed as CEO of BULK HOMME.

## Ashley Graham
- Type: Angel
- Location: Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Retail, Fashion, Women's

Ashley Graham is an American model and television presenter.

## David Hoffmann
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Lending, Ethereum, Organic Food

David Hoffmann

## Laurie Benenson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Snack Food, Organic Food, Food and Beverage

Laurie Benenson founded Movieline Magazine, serving as its editor-in-chief for six years. She went on to write for the New York Times Arts and Leisure Section for five years as a West Coast correspondent on film and television.

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