# Cleveland Avenue: portfolio, investments and team > Cleveland Avenue is a vc firm based in United States. 54 investments on record, 4 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/cleveland-avenue (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Cleveland Avenue Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 54 cheques on record. Email Deploying now New fund $73M, Mar 2021 VC firm Growth Pre-seed Seed Consumer Brands Technology Food & Beverage Follow Cleveland Avenue and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fcleveland-avenue) Deploying now **40%** of best year **4** **cheques in 12 months**, 54 on record Since the last cheque **60** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$4.5M** Rounds led **0 of 54** Sole investor **18 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 90%** Pitch Cleveland Avenue ## Cleveland Avenue highlights - 01 4 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Venture and Series A: 60% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 18 rounds, median $3.2M ## What they do > Cleveland Avenue is a global venture capital firm that invests in lifestyle consumer brands and technology companies From their own website - **Type:** VC firm - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Growth Pre-seed Seed Series A - **Sectors:** Consumer Brands Technology Food & Beverage - **Based in:** Chicago, United States - **Cold pitches:** Accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **54 appearances** - **2026** 4 rounds - **Sept** **[Verinomics](https://millionrounds.com/company/verinomics)** Venture · US **$2.7M** With 1 other - **Jul** **[Red Bay Coffee](https://millionrounds.com/company/red-bay-coffee)** Venture · US **$1.7M** Sole investor - **Jul** **[PreciTaste AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/precitaste-ai)** Debt · US **$24M** Sole investor - **Mar** **[Sustainable Beverage Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/sustainable-beverage-technologies)** Venture · US **$1.2M** Sole investor - **2025** 7 rounds - **Oct** **[Every Body Eat](https://millionrounds.com/company/every-body-eat)** Venture · US **$237K** With 1 other - **Oct** **[bemyfriends](https://millionrounds.com/company/bemyfriends)** Venture · KR **$15M** With 1 other - **Aug** **[Aigen](https://millionrounds.com/company/aigen)** Venture · US **$4.7M** With 7 others - **May** **[SparkCharge](https://millionrounds.com/company/sparkcharge)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$31M** With 6 others - **May** **[The Desire Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-desire-company)** Venture · US **$3.3M** With 2 others - **May** **[SparkCharge](https://millionrounds.com/company/sparkcharge)** Series A · US **$16M** With 4 others - **Jan** **[CH4 Global](https://millionrounds.com/company/ch4-global)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **2024** 9 rounds - **Aug** **[Eventnoire](https://millionrounds.com/company/eventnoire)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others - **Aug** **[CancerIQ](https://millionrounds.com/company/canceriq)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **Jul** **[CurlMix](https://millionrounds.com/company/curlmix)** Crowdfunding · US **$5.7M** With 3 others - **Jun** **[Hero Bread](https://millionrounds.com/company/hero-bread)** Series B · US **$21M** With 3 others - **Jun** **[TackleAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/tackleai)** Grant · US **$150K** With 1 other - **Mar** **[Bear Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/bear-robotics)** Series C · US **$60M** With 3 others - **Mar** **NeuReality** Series A · IL **$20M** With 2 others - **Jan** **[Intelligent Growth Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/intelligent-growth-solutions)** Series C · GB **$29M** With 3 others - **Jan** **[Verinomics](https://millionrounds.com/company/verinomics)** Grant · US **$250K** With 1 other - **2023** 15 rounds - **Dec** **[Dom's Kitchen & Market](https://millionrounds.com/company/dom-s-kitchen-and-market)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others - **Oct** **[Footprint](https://millionrounds.com/company/footprint)** Venture · US **$830M** With 1 other - **Sept** **[Every Body Eat](https://millionrounds.com/company/every-body-eat)** Grant · US **$50K** Sole investor - **Sept** **[Ten To One Rum](https://millionrounds.com/company/ten-to-one-rum)** Venture · US **$1.0M** Sole investor - **Aug** **[Retail Aware](https://millionrounds.com/company/retail-aware)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others - **Aug** **[Iya Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/iya-foods)** Seed · US **$1.0M** Sole investor - **Jul** **[Innovare](https://millionrounds.com/company/innovare)** Grant · US **$150K** With 3 others - **Jul** **[Bartesian](https://millionrounds.com/company/bartesian)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others - **Jun** **[PartnerSlate](https://millionrounds.com/company/partnerslate)** Seed · US **$4.0M** Sole investor - **May** **[Bonfire Women](https://millionrounds.com/company/bonfire-women)** Seed · US **$3.1M** Sole investor - **Mar** **[SomruS](https://millionrounds.com/company/somrus)** Series C · US **$10M** Sole investor - **Feb** **[Zerocater](https://millionrounds.com/company/zerocater)** Series C · US **$15M** With 3 others - **Jan** **[Good PLANeT Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/good-planet-foods)** Series B · US **$5.2M** With 2 others - **Jan** **[Cooks Venture](https://millionrounds.com/company/cooks-venture)** Venture · US **$48M** With 2 others - **Jan** **Evigence Sensors** Series B · IL **$18M** Sole investor - **2022** 13 rounds - **Dec** **[Open Water](https://millionrounds.com/company/openwater)** Venture · US **$2.0M** With 1 other - **Dec** **[AYO Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/ayo-foods)** Seed · US **$1.4M** Sole investor - **Dec** **[SupplyHive](https://millionrounds.com/company/supplyhive)** US **$10K** With 2 others - **Nov** **[Bright Cellars](https://millionrounds.com/company/bright-cellars)** Series B · US **$10M** With 2 others - **Nov** **[Gray Matter Analytics](https://millionrounds.com/company/gray-matter-analytics)** Seed · US **$5.0M** Sole investor 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 registration **1 named** DT **Donald Thompson** Executive Officer i Filing they signed We also hold **4** 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 **$1.4B** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026 **Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds - **Legal name:** Cleveland Avenue Advisers, LLC - **SEC number:** CRD 318250 ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **34** of 60 we have independently watched raise [86repairs](https://millionrounds.com/company/86-repairs)[Aigen](https://millionrounds.com/company/aigen)[Babyquip](https://millionrounds.com/company/babyquip)[Bartesian](https://millionrounds.com/company/bartesian)[Bearrobotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/bear-robotics)[Bemyfriends](https://millionrounds.com/company/bemyfriends)[Beyondmeat](https://millionrounds.com/company/beyond-meat)[Canceriq](https://millionrounds.com/company/canceriq)[Ch4global](https://millionrounds.com/company/ch4-global)[Eliyan](https://millionrounds.com/company/eliyan)[Eventnoire](https://millionrounds.com/company/eventnoire)[Farmersfridge](https://millionrounds.com/company/farmer-s-fridge)[Fivetonine](https://millionrounds.com/company/five-to-nine)[Foodboss](https://millionrounds.com/company/foodboss)[Goodplanetfoods](https://millionrounds.com/company/good-planet-foods)[Graymatteranalytics](https://millionrounds.com/company/gray-matter-analytics)[Intelligentgrowthsolutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/intelligent-growth-solutions)[Notco](https://millionrounds.com/company/notco)[Nuritas](https://millionrounds.com/company/nuritas)[Partakefoods](https://millionrounds.com/company/partake-foods)[Partnerslate](https://millionrounds.com/company/partnerslate)[Presto](https://millionrounds.com/company/presto)[Redbaycoffee](https://millionrounds.com/company/red-bay-coffee)[Rheaply](https://millionrounds.com/company/rheaply)[Somrus](https://millionrounds.com/company/somrus)[Soulmachines](https://millionrounds.com/company/soul-machines)[Sparkcharge](https://millionrounds.com/company/sparkcharge)[Supplyhive](https://millionrounds.com/company/supplyhive)[Tackleai](https://millionrounds.com/company/tackleai)[Tentoonerum](https://millionrounds.com/company/ten-to-one-rum)[Thedesirecompany](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-desire-company)[Verinomics](https://millionrounds.com/company/verinomics)[Zenbusiness](https://millionrounds.com/company/zenbusiness)[Zerocater](https://millionrounds.com/company/zerocater) Americanbackhoellc Beatclub Believer Brewvo Bydreandsnoop Ceekvr Craftable Drinkbhakti Drinkopenwater Everybodyeating Evigence Exploreapologue Firebolt-group Flippers Footprintus Fullglass Getclara Hero Innovaresip Joinpaladin Kurvballwhiskey Liftupchicago Neureality Pgh Precitaste Shinsegaefood and 5 more 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. New fund on file **$73M** raised in Mar 2021 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Growth Pre-seed Seed Median round joined **$4.5M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$3.2M** Led 0 of 54 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** 18 rounds - **Last cheque:** Sept 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Venture *17* - Series A said *7* - Seed said *7* - Series B *5* - Series C *4* - Growth said *-* - Pre-seed said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Nov 2023 Oct 2026 Often in the room with - [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 3 - [GreatPoint Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greatpoint-ventures) 3 - [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) 3 - [AgFunder](https://millionrounds.com/fund/agfunder) 2 - [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) 2 - [Elemental Impact](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elemental-impact) 2 **Pitching Cleveland Avenue?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Cleveland Avenue. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**GreatPoint Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greatpoint-ventures)[**Techstars** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars)[**AgFunder** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/agfunder)[**DCVC** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective)[**Elemental Impact** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elemental-impact)[**Google for Startups** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-for-startups)[**Lightbank** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightbank)[**Revolution** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/revolution)[**S2G Investments** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/s2g-investments)[**US Department of Energy** Government **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-department-of-energy)[**Valor Siren Ventures** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-siren-ventures) ## Recently backed The latest companies Cleveland Avenue put money into. [**Verinomics** $2.7M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/verinomics)[**Red Bay Coffee** $1.7M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/red-bay-coffee)[**PreciTaste AI** $24M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/precitaste-ai)[**Sustainable Beverage Technologies** $1.2M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/sustainable-beverage-technologies)[**Every Body Eat** $237K · Oct 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/every-body-eat)[**bemyfriends** $15M · Oct 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/bemyfriends) ## Quick answers about Cleveland Avenue ### What does Cleveland Avenue invest in? Cleveland Avenue invests most often at Venture and Series A (60% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Consumer Brands, Technology and Food & Beverage. ### How active is Cleveland Avenue? 54 investments on record, 4 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2026. ### What has Cleveland Avenue invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Verinomics (Venture, Sept 2026), Red Bay Coffee (Venture, Jul 2026) and PreciTaste AI (Debt, Jul 2026). ### How big are Cleveland Avenue's cheques? The median round it joins is $4.5M. ### Does Cleveland Avenue lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 54 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Cleveland Avenue invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (90%) and Israel (5%). ### Is Cleveland Avenue investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 4 investments in the last 12 months. ### Who does Cleveland Avenue invest alongside? Most often Alumni Ventures (3 rounds together), GreatPoint Ventures (3 rounds together) and Techstars (3 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. 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