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    Cleveland Avenue

    Chicago, Illinois, United StatesFounded 2015

    Cleveland Avenue is a venture capital firm that invests in lifestyle consumer brands and technology companies, focusing on those that disrupt large and growing markets. The firm's strategy involves providing both financial resources and strategic support to seed, early-stage, and growth-stage companies across sectors such as food and beverage, AgTech, consumer goods, and health and wellness.

    42% of their portfolio is in Food & Agriculture. Their most common stage is series-a (53% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $29.8M (across 18 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    19

    Fund Size

    $765M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    19 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    SparkCharge logoSparkChargeSeries A$15.5MMay 2025
    Hero Bread logoHero BreadSeries C$21MJun 2024
    Aigen logoAigenSeries A$12MNov 2023
    Hero Bread logoHero BreadSeries BMay 2023
    BBeliever EntertainmentSeries A$55MMar 2023
    Believer logoBelieverSeries A$55MMar 2023
    ZeroCater logoZeroCaterSeries C$15MFeb 2023
    NeuReality logoNeuRealitySeries A$35MDec 2022
    PreciTaste logoPreciTasteSeries A$24MAug 2022
    86 Repairs logo86 RepairsSeries A$15.2MJul 2022
    FFive to NineSeed$4.3MJun 2022
    Bear Robotics logoBear RoboticsSeries B$81MMar 2022
    Soul Machines logoSoul MachinesSeries B$70MFeb 2022
    IIntelligent Growth Solutions (IGS)Series B$42.2MNov 2021
    BBright CellarsSeries B$11.2MSep 2021
    86 Repairs logo86 RepairsSeries A$7.3MJul 2021
    ZeroCater logoZeroCaterSeries A$12MMay 2018
    SparkCharge logoSparkChargeSeries A$30.5M
    Farmer’s Fridge logoFarmer’s FridgeSeries C$30M

    Top Co-Investors

    DNS Capital3 shared
    Riot Games2 shared
    Elemental Impact2 shared
    Revolution Growth2 shared
    OurCrowd1 shared
    SK hynix1 shared
    Varana1 shared
    Korea Investment Partners1 shared
    Stonebridge1 shared
    Sterling Road1 shared
    Concrete Rose1 shared
    Lightbank1 shared
    DC Thomson1 shared
    MarcyPen1 shared

    Last updated: 13 March 2026