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    Valor Siren Ventures

    Chicago, Illinois, United StatesFounded 2019
    www.valorep.com/valor-siren-ventures-vsv
    Food & AgricultureConsumerE-Commerce & MarketplaceSaaS

    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 (57% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $11.0M (across 26 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    27

    Fund Size

    $595M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    AY

    Anni Ylagan

    Operating Partner

    BS

    Bradley Sheftel

    Partner

    CC

    Christopher Cavoli

    Partner

    CM

    Christopher Murphy

    Partner

    DH

    David Heskett

    Operating Partner

    JA

    Jason Appelbaum

    Operating Partner

    Jonathan Shulkin

    Jonathan Shulkin

    Partner and Co-President

    JS

    Juan Sabater

    Partner and Co-President

    MP

    Manuel Pantelias Garces

    Operating Partner

    PE

    Philippe El Khazen

    Operating Partner

    TW

    Timothy Watkins

    Operating Partner

    VK

    Vivek K. Pattipati

    Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    30 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Bokksu logoBokksuSeries A$22MJan 2024
    Sway logoSwaySeed$5MJan 2024
    Cove logoCoveSeries A—Oct 2023
    Forum3 logoForum3Seed$10MDec 2022
    Blue Ocean Barns logoBlue Ocean BarnsSeries A$20MJul 2022
    Logiwa logoLogiwaSeries B$16.4MJun 2022
    Sifter logoSifterSeed$5MMay 2022
    Bokksu logoBokksuSeries A$22MJan 2022
    Forum3 logoForum3Seed$10MJan 2022
    SSCiFi FoodsSeries A$22MNov 2021
    Opopop logoOpopopSeries A$5MJun 2021
    Logiwa logoLogiwaSeries A$8.5MJan 2021
    The Yay Company logoThe Yay CompanySeries A$12MJan 2021
    Yay Lunch logoYay LunchSeries A$12MJan 2021
    Lunch logoLunchSeries A$12MJan 2021
    Sway logoSwayUnknown$2.5MJan 2021
    Climax Foods logoClimax FoodsSeed$7.5MSep 2020
    Climax Foods logoClimax FoodsSeed$7.5MSep 2020
    TOCK logoTOCKSeries A$10MMay 2020
    RRyffSeed$5MDec 2019
    Joy logoJoySeed$4.5MNov 2016
    Diferente logoDiferenteSeed$3M—
    Songfinch logoSongfinchSeries A$17M—
    RIND SNACKS logoRIND SNACKSSeries A$6.1M—
    The Desire Company logoThe Desire CompanySeries B——
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    Top Co-Investors

    Valor Atreides AI Fund12 shared
    Valor Equity Partners5 shared
    Prelude Ventures4 shared
    TMV3 shared
    ANIMO Ventures3 shared
    Pritzker Group Venture Capital3 shared
    Reach Capital3 shared
    BoxGroup3 shared
    Titanium Ventures2 shared
    Bloccelerate2 shared
    Stonks2 shared
    Liberty City Ventures2 shared
    Polygon Ventures2 shared
    Gaingels2 shared
    LAUNCH2 shared
    Alpaca2 shared
    S2G Ventures2 shared
    Luminous Ventures2 shared
    Index Ventures2 shared
    Global Founders Capital2 shared

    Last updated: 20 October 2026