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What does Barrel Ventures invest in?
Barrel Ventures invests most often at Series B (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Food, Beverage and Health And Wellness.
Barrel Ventures highlights
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1 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series B: 100% of its rounds
What they do
We're a seed fund in the heart of the midwest, investing in companies solving global food issues.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries B
- Sectors
- FoodBeverageHealth And Wellness
- Based in
- Chicago, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first1 appearances
- 2026
1 round
- Sept
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration3 named
CFCarey Floyd CooperManaging MemberiForm ADV
NCNate CooperManaging DirectoriFiling they signed
NRNathan Richard CooperManaging DirectoriFiling they signed
We also hold 5 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$41Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Barrel Ventures Management, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 330756
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
22 of 36 we have independently watched raise
Channel ApeCloveConfidoFruitScoutGEMGainfulGoNanasGreat WrapHelainaIrisJumbotailKimbaMokuNowadaysOlipopPalomaPod FoodsSilklineSimpleHedgeSoonaUltrakeaAllMade MaterialsBloxSnacksCelleste BioCommanderDocunlockHetalLove CornPartakeRetextionThermaUnwindWaystationWinbakr
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.