# Kettle & Fire funding: rounds and investors

> Kettle & Fire has raised $51M across 2 rounds since 2018. Investors include CAVU Venture Partners. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/kettle-and-fire (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Kettle & Fire*

2 rounds we have observed, with the one investor named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

E-commerce Foodtech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$51M** raised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources

**$8.0M** Series A **$43M** Secondary

- **Latest round:** Secondary, $43M Mar 2025
- **Step-up i:** 5.4×
- **Investors:** 1

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## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

**$8.0M** Series A

**$43M** Secondary

- **First round:** Series A, $8.0M
- **Biggest round:** $43M
- **Between rounds:** 6.5 years

## The rounds

- **Mar 2025** Secondary **$43M** No investor was named in the report. Source recorded
- **Aug 2018** Series A **$8.0M** *1 new* [CAVU Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cavu-venture-partners) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $8.0M sold, first sale Aug 2018

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

- **Justin Mares** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Nick Mares** Executive Officer, Director i

## Everyone who backed them

[CAVU Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cavu-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 4 firms list Kettle & Fire as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Hedgewood](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hedgewood) Family office Per its own site

[The Pritzker Organization](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-pritzker-organization) Family office Per its own site

[Rocana Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rocana-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[Wild Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wild-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Kettle & Fire

### Who invested in Kettle & Fire?

Kettle & Fire's investors include CAVU Venture Partners.

### How much has Kettle & Fire raised?

Kettle & Fire has raised $51M across 2 rounds since 2018.

### When did Kettle & Fire last raise?

Kettle & Fire's most recent round was a Secondary of $43M in Mar 2025.

### What was Kettle & Fire's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $43M in Mar 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Kettle & Fire first?

Kettle & Fire's first round on record, in Aug 2018, was backed by CAVU Venture Partners.

### What stage is Kettle & Fire at?

Kettle & Fire's latest named round is a Secondary, in Mar 2025.

### Where is Kettle & Fire based?

Kettle & Fire is based in the United States.

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