Valor Siren Ventures
Valor Siren Ventures (VSV) is a venture capital fund created by Starbucks and Valor Equity Partners, focused on early-stage food, retail, technology, and sustainability startups. Anchor investors include Starbucks, Nestlé, and other Fortune 500 companies.
Their most common stage is series-a (62% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $11.5M (across 21 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
23
Fund Size
$595M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
Anni Ylagan
Operating Partner
Bradley Sheftel
Partner
Christopher Cavoli
Partner
Christopher Murphy
Partner
David Heskett
Operating Partner
Jason Appelbaum
Operating Partner
Jonathan Shulkin
Partner and Co-President
Juan Sabater
Partner and Co-President
Manuel Pantelias Garces
Operating Partner
Philippe El Khazen
Operating Partner
Timothy Watkins
Operating Partner
Vivek K. Pattipati
Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
Portfolio
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBokksu | Series A | $22M | Jan 2024 |
 Sway | Seed | $5M | Jan 2024 |
 Cove | Series A | — | Oct 2023 |
 Blue Ocean Barns | Series A | $20M | Jul 2022 |
 Logiwa | Series B | $16.4M | Jun 2022 |
 Sifter | Seed | $5M | May 2022 |
 Forum3 | Seed | $10M | Jan 2022 |
 Opopop | Series A | $5M | Jun 2021 |
| Logiwa | Series A | $8.5M | Jan 2021 |
 The Yay Company | Series A | $12M | Jan 2021 |
 Yay Lunch | Series A | $12M | Jan 2021 |
 Lunch | Series A | $12M | Jan 2021 |
 Climax Foods | Seed | $7.5M | Sep 2020 |
 TOCK | Series A | $10M | May 2020 |
 Diferente | Seed | $3M | — |
 Songfinch | Series A | $17M | — |
 RIND SNACKS | Series A | $6.1M | — |
 The Desire Company | Series B | — | — |
 Climate Vault | Series A | $9.4M | — |
 PATHSPOT | Series A | — | — |
 Tomorrow Farms | Seed | $8.5M | — |
 Cumulus | Growth | $8M | — |
| SSCiFi Foods | Series A | $22M | — |
| AArtemys Foods | Series A | $22M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Last updated: 8 September 2026