Sparkfood is the ingredient innovation and corporate venture arm of Sonae, based in Maia, Portugal. It invests in B2B start-ups producing innovative ingredients and enabling technologies across food tech, agtech, and personal care, with first checks of $500K–$3M.
45% of their portfolio is in Food & Agriculture. Average disclosed round size is $25.7M (across 5 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
11
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
AV
Anouk Veber
Partner
CG
Cristina Guzmán Hurtado
Investment Principal
VD
Victoire Dumas
Investment Principal
JS
Joana Sousa
Senior Associate
RB
Ricardo Bras
Venture Capital
RL
Raul Leitão Barbosa
VC
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
11 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Sequential | Seed | $3.5M | Mar 2026 |
 Verley | Series A | — | Feb 2026 |
 Verley | Series A | — | Feb 2026 |
 Micropep | Series B | $40M | Sep 2024 |
| MMicropep Technologies | Series B | $29M | Sep 2024 |
 Micropep | Series B | $40M | Sep 2024 |
 Bon Vivant | Seed | $15.9M | Oct 2023 |
 Bluu | Series A | — | Jun 2023 |
 Bluu Seafood | Series A | — | Jan 2023 |
| BBon Vivant | Unknown | — | — |
 La Vie | Unknown | — | — |
Top Co-Investors
Sofinnova Partners6 shared
Founders Future3 shared
Bpifrance3 shared
Corteva3 shared
Norrsken VC2 shared
LBBW VC2 shared
Delivery Hero Ventures2 shared
Manta Ray Ventures2 shared
Picus Capital2 shared
Alven2 shared
Blast2 shared
Blast.Club2 shared
French Tech Seed Fund2 shared
SevenX Ventures1 shared
SE Ventures1 shared
Kima Ventures1 shared
SOSV1 shared
Dermazone Holdings1 shared
Innovate UK1 shared
Corundum Systems Biology1 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026