GroundForce Capital (formerly PowerPlant Partners) is a founder-led growth equity firm investing in emerging consumer food, beverage, food-tech, and sustainable CPG brands that are better for people and the planet.
46% of their portfolio is in Food & Agriculture. Average disclosed round size is $41.0M (across 20 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
19
Fund Size
$330M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
DG
Daniel Gluck
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
DG
Daniel Gluck
Managing Partner
ED
Eric Desai
Partner
GB
George Birman
Principal
AK
Alice Kim
Sr. Associate
JH
Julianne Hummelberg
Investment Associate
PM
Parker Murphy
Associate
CM
Cessna Mac
Venture/early stage growth investor
SH
Stephanie Hepp
Investment Role
SF
Summer Farren
Consumer Investor
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
24 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Liquid Death | Series C | $75M | Mar 2024 |
| AApeel Science | Series F | $250M | Jan 2022 |
 Miyoko’s Kitchen | Series C | — | Aug 2021 |
 Rae Wellness | Series A | $9.5M | Jun 2021 |
 Thistle | Series B | $10.3M | Jan 2021 |
 Apeel Sciences | Growth | $250M | May 2020 |
 The Coconut Collaborative | Series A | $7M | Apr 2020 |
 OWYN | Growth | — | Jan 2020 |
| NNutriati | Series C | $12.7M | Jan 2019 |
 Flying Embers | Series B | $25M | Jan 2019 |
 Vive Organic | Series A | $7M | Nov 2018 |
 Garten | Seed | $20M | Oct 2018 |
 Rebbl | Growth | $20M | May 2018 |
| RREBBL | Unknown | $20M | Jan 2018 |
| Apeel Sciences | Series B | $33M | Jan 2016 |
| Vive Organic | Seed | — | Jan 2016 |
 Veggie Grill | Unknown | $20M | — |
| The Coconut Collaborative | Series B | — | — |
| NNutriati | Series A | $8M | — |
| ZZero Egg | Series A | $5M | — |
 Garten | Seed | $20M | — |
| Thistle | Series A | $5.7M | — |
 Partake Brewing | Series B | $16.5M | — |
| YYour Super | Series A | $5M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Upfront Ventures3 shared
Talis Capital2 shared
ZhenFund2 shared
Backed VC2 shared
Initialized Capital2 shared
S2G Ventures2 shared
Tao Capital Partners2 shared
Viking Global Investors2 shared
Alumni Ventures2 shared
Andreessen Horowitz2 shared
DBL Partners2 shared
Manna Tree Partners2 shared
Clearlake Capital Group1 shared
Scale Venture Partners1 shared
Big Pi Ventures1 shared
VU Venture Partners1 shared
MS&AD Ventures1 shared
Live Nation1 shared
Science1 shared
Access Venture Partners1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026