Barrel Ventures Management, LLC
Emerging managerSEC exempt reporting adviser (venture capital exemption).
- Website
- https://www.barrelvc.com/
- HQ
- IL
Barrel Ventures Management invests in early-stage food companies. Its focus covers better-for-you and disruptive consumer brands, food and ingredient technology, supply chain and innovation, and vertical AI for CPG and food. Portfolio examples include Olipop, a healthier soda brand, Helaina, which makes animal-free lactoferrin, and Pod Foods, a grocery supply chain company. Joel Warady serves as a strategic advisor to the firm.
01 · Says / Does
| Tag | Says | Does |
|---|---|---|
| Stages | Seed | Not enough dated deals |
| Sectors | AI applications, Consumer, Foodtech, Logistics | Not enough dated deals |
| Regions | Global | Not enough dated deals |
Says: what the firm's funds state. Does: from 0 dated deals in the last 24 months.
02 · Fund history
| Fund | Year | Size | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrel Ventures III LP Barrel Ventures invests in early-stage food companies, including better-for-you and disruptive consumer brands, food and ingredient technology, supply chain and innovation, and vertical AI for CPG and food. As a seed fund, it backs category-defining food companies. Inferred from the firm's website | approx. 2026 | $30M (Form D) | Raising |
| Barrel Ventures II-A LP Barrel Ventures invests in early-stage food companies, including better-for-you and disruptive consumer brands, food and ingredient technology, supply chain and innovation, and vertical AI for CPG and food. As a seed fund, it backs category-defining food companies. Inferred from the firm's website | approx. 2022 | $15M (Form D) | Open, writing first checks |
| Barrel Ventures II LP Barrel Ventures invests in early-stage food companies, including better-for-you and disruptive consumer brands, food and ingredient technology, supply chain and innovation, and vertical AI for CPG and food. As a seed fund, it backs category-defining food companies. Inferred from the firm's website | 2022 | $17.59M to $20M (Form D) | Late investment period |
03 · People across funds
- Nate Cooper, Managing Director of the General Partner of the Issuer
Barrel Ventures III LP (Named on Form D)
- Nathan Cooper, Managing Director of the General Partner of the Issuer
Barrel Ventures II-A LP (Named on Form D); Barrel Ventures II LP (Named on Form D)
- Joel Warady, Strategic Advisor
Barrel Ventures III LP (Team); Barrel Ventures II-A LP (Team); Barrel Ventures II LP (Team)
04 · Recent deals
No dated deals found yet.
05 · Latest from the firm
No news from the firm's website yet.
06 · Sources
- https://www.barrelvc.com/
- https://www.barrelvc.com/contact
- https://www.barrelvc.com/press-2
- https://www.barrelvc.com/team
Fund dates and sizes are from SEC Form D filings.
Last verified: Oct 28, 2026