# Lever VC: portfolio, investments and team

> Lever VC is a vc firm based in United States. 25 investments on record, 8 in the last 12 months, latest Jul 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/lever-vc (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Lever VC

Last cheque observed Jul 2026; 25 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $13M, Jan 2026 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Mrna Cytometry Omics

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**80%** of best year **8** **cheques in 12 months**, 25 on record

Since the last cheque **122** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$6.1M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $5.0M** Rounds led **1 of 25** Sole investor **5 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 58%**

Pitch Lever VC

## Lever VC highlights

- 01 8 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A and Venture: 63% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 5 rounds, median $1.9M

## What they do

> Lever VC backs the entrepreneurs creating the future of food and agriculture. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $100K – $5.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Mrna Cytometry Omics
- **Based in:** New York City, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **25 appearances**

- **2026** 7 rounds
- **Jul** **[Melt&Marble](https://millionrounds.com/company/melt-and-marble)** Grant **$3.2M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[TurtleTree](https://millionrounds.com/company/turtletree)** Venture · SG **$30M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[ns/tx industries](https://millionrounds.com/company/ns-tx-industries)** Series A · CA · Verdex Capital **$11M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Omni](https://millionrounds.com/company/omni)** Series A · US **$15M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Bond Pet Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/bond-pet-foods)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Mezcla](https://millionrounds.com/company/mezcla)** Series B · US **$9.5M** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Mooji Meats](https://millionrounds.com/company/mooji-meats)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **2025** 6 rounds
- **Nov** **[Clever Carnivore](https://millionrounds.com/company/clever-carnivore)** Seed · US **$2.4M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[The Better Meat Co.](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-better-meat-co)** Series A · US **$31M** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[Good Food Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/good-food-technologies)** Venture · HK **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[HerdDogg](https://millionrounds.com/company/herddogg)** Venture · US **$1.3M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[NuCicer](https://millionrounds.com/company/nucicer)** Series A · US **$12M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[XOXO Soda](https://millionrounds.com/company/xoxo-soda)** Venture · GB **$5.2M** With 1 other
- **2024** 5 rounds
- **Dec** **[50CUT](https://millionrounds.com/company/50cut)** Seed · US **$3.0M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[New School Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/new-school-foods)** Seed · CA **$5.9M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Boston Bioprocess](https://millionrounds.com/company/boston-bioprocess)** Seed · US **$6.3M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Blackbird Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/blackbird-foods)** Crowdfunding · US **$126K** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[THIS](https://millionrounds.com/company/this)** Series C · GB **$25M** With 4 others
- **2023** 3 rounds
- **Jun** **[Bluu Seafood](https://millionrounds.com/company/bluu-seafood)** Series A · DE **$18M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[CellX](https://millionrounds.com/company/cellx)** Series A · US **$6.5M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Good PLANeT Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/good-planet-foods)** Series B · US **$5.2M** With 2 others
- **2022** 1 round
- **Jun** **[Avant Meats](https://millionrounds.com/company/avant-meats)** Series A · HK **$11M** With 3 others
- **2021** 2 rounds
- **Aug** **[NoMoo Plant-Based](https://millionrounds.com/company/nomoo-plant-based)** Series A · BR **$1.9M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Welldone](https://millionrounds.com/company/well-done)** Series A · RU **$1.5M** Sole investor
- **2019** 1 round
- **Dec** **[Bond Pet Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/bond-pet-foods)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$1.2M** *Led*

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 **5 named**

CL **Chu Lawrence Sheng Yu** Director i Filing they signed

LS **Lawrence Sheng Yu Chu** Director i Filing they signed

NC **Nicholas Cooney** Director i Filing they signed

UY **Ulric Yuk Lun Leung** Director i Filing they signed

XJ **Xiao Jia Huang** Director i Filing they signed

We also hold **12** 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

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Lever VC Fund II Technical Advisors LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 324666

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**16** of 40 we have independently watched raise

[Avantmeats](https://millionrounds.com/company/avant-meats)[Blackbirdfoods](https://millionrounds.com/company/blackbird-foods)[Cellx](https://millionrounds.com/company/cellx)[Flox](https://millionrounds.com/company/flox)[Goodplanetfoods](https://millionrounds.com/company/good-planet-foods)[HerdDogg](https://millionrounds.com/company/herddogg)[Heurafoods](https://millionrounds.com/company/heura-foods)[Missionbarns](https://millionrounds.com/company/mission-barns)[Moojimeats](https://millionrounds.com/company/mooji-meats)[Mush-foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/mush-foods)[Nucicer](https://millionrounds.com/company/nucicer)[Omni](https://millionrounds.com/company/omni)[Oobli](https://millionrounds.com/company/oobli)[Tibatempeh](https://millionrounds.com/company/tiba-tempeh)[Turtletree](https://millionrounds.com/company/turtletree)[fill out this form](https://millionrounds.com/company/airtable) Adozencousins Bettermeat Birdmanlife Bluu Bondpets Drinkxoxo Eatmezcla Gavan Grounded Harkensweets Heynude Incapto Lyro Marvelousfoods Med-food-lab Meltandmarble Mozzafoods Nocow Nomoo Smashkitchen Thenewfoods This Welldone Worldfoodinnovations

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

**$13M**

raised in Jan 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$6.1M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.9M**

Led 1 of 25 rounds **4%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $5.0M
- **Sole investor:** 5 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Jul 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *9*
- Venture *6*
- Seed said *5*
- Series B said *2*
- Grant *1*
- Crowdfunding *1*
- Pre-seed said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Artesian VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/artesian) 2
- [Blue Horizon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blue-horizon) 2
- [Brinc](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brinc) 2
- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Lever VC. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Artesian VC** Asset manager **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/artesian)[**Blue Horizon** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blue-horizon)[**Brinc** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brinc)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Lever VC put money into.

[**TurtleTree** $30M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/turtletree)[**ns/tx industries** $11M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/ns-tx-industries)[**Omni** $15M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/omni)[**Mezcla** $9.5M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/mezcla)[**Mooji Meats** Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/mooji-meats)[**Clever Carnivore** $2.4M · Nov 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/clever-carnivore)

## Quick answers about Lever VC

### What does Lever VC invest in?

Lever VC invests most often at Series A and Venture (63% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Mrna, Cytometry and Omics.

### How active is Lever VC?

25 investments on record, 8 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Jul 2026.

### What has Lever VC invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Melt&Marble (Grant, Jul 2026), TurtleTree (Venture, Jul 2026) and ns/tx industries (Series A, Jun 2026).

### How big are Lever VC's cheques?

The median round it joins is $6.1M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $5.0M.

### Does Lever VC lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 25 investments on record (4%).

### Where does Lever VC invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (58%), Canada (8%) and Hong Kong SAR China (8%).

### Is Lever VC investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 8 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Lever VC invest alongside?

Most often Artesian VC (2 rounds together), Blue Horizon (2 rounds together) and Brinc (2 rounds together).

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