Relish Works is the innovation and investment arm of Gordon Food Service, based in Chicago. It invests in early-stage companies disrupting the food and foodservice value chain and operates the Food Foundry accelerator program.
43% of their portfolio is in Food & Agriculture. Their most common stage is seed (43% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $19.2M (across 6 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
7
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
MT
Mandy Tahvonen
Managing Director
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
7 investments
Top Co-Investors
Spark Capital2 shared
Primary Venture Partners2 shared
CF Private Equity2 shared
Avidity Partners2 shared
Ingeborg Investments2 shared
Moment Ventures1 shared
M121 shared
XFactor Ventures1 shared
Graphene Ventures1 shared
K2 Global1 shared
Industrious Ventures1 shared
Arc Labs1 shared
Unshackled Ventures1 shared
RRE Ventures1 shared
Maersk Growth1 shared
Struck Capital1 shared
Craft Ventures1 shared
InnovaHealth Partners1 shared
Singularity Capital1 shared
Trestle Partners1 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026