# Powerplant Ventures: portfolio, investments and team > Powerplant Ventures is a vc firm based in United Kingdom. 5 investments on record, latest Mar 2021. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/powerplant-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Powerplant Ventures Last cheque observed Mar 2021. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Quiet New fund $186M, Jul 2021 VC firm Series A Series B Agriculture CPG Food Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 5 on record Since the last cheque **2060** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$24M** Rounds led **2 of 5** Pitch Powerplant Ventures ## Powerplant Ventures highlights - 01 5 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series A and Series B: 100% of its rounds - 03 Led 2 rounds ## What they do - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Sectors:** Agriculture CPG Food - **Based in:** United Kingdom - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **5 appearances** - **2021** 1 round - **Mar** **Zero Egg** Series A · IL · Firms' own news pages **$5.0M** *Led* - **2019** 1 round - **Nov** **[Fermented Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/fermented-sciences)** Series B · US · Prnewswire **$25M** *Led* - **2016** 2 rounds - **Oct** **[Veggie Grill](https://millionrounds.com/company/veggie-grill)** US · FinSMEs **$22M** With 1 other - **Jan** **[Thrive Market](https://millionrounds.com/company/thrive-market)** **$111M** With 38 others - **2015** 1 round - **Jul** **[Thrive Market](https://millionrounds.com/company/thrive-market)** Series A · US **$30M** With 12 others 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 **9 named** AD **Ashish Dodia** Manager of the Issuer's Managing Member i Filing they signed DB **Dan Beldy** A Managing Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed DG **Daniel Gluck** A Managing Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed JF **Jody Flaws** Manager of the Issuer's Managing Member i Filing they signed KB **Kevin Boylan** A Managing Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed MR **Mark Rampolla** A Managing Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed RR **Richard Ruffer** Manager of the Issuer's Managing Member i Filing they signed TP **T.K. Pillan** A Managing Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed TP **TK Pillan** A Managing Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed We also hold **3** 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. New fund on file **$186M** raised in Jul 2021 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Series A Series B Median round joined **$24M** the round, not its cheque Led 2 of 5 rounds **40%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Mar 2021 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series A *2* - Series B *1* Cheques by year Led Joined 2015 2021 Often in the room with - [Cross Culture Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cross-culture-ventures) 2 - [Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft) 2 - [Inevitable Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inevitable-ventures) 2 - [Scripps Networks Interactive](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scripps-networks-interactive) 2 - [e.ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/e-ventures) 2 **Pitching Powerplant Ventures?** 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 Powerplant Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Cross Culture Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cross-culture-ventures)[**Greycroft** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft)[**Inevitable Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inevitable-ventures)[**Scripps Networks Interactive** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scripps-networks-interactive)[**e.ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/e-ventures) ## Recently backed The latest companies Powerplant Ventures put money into. [**Veggie Grill** $22M · Oct 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/veggie-grill)[**Thrive Market** $111M · Jan 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/thrive-market) ## Books by the people here One book written by people at Powerplant Ventures: [Mark Rampolla](https://millionrounds.com/person/mark-rampolla). - High-Hanging Fruit: Build Something Great by Going Where No One Else Will [Mark Rampolla](https://millionrounds.com/person/mark-rampolla) · 2016 4.02 from 170 ratings on Goodreads About the book Grabbing the low-hanging fruit is no longer acceptable. ZICO Coconut Water founder Mark Rampolla argues that when you choose to reach higher, you can build an incredible business, be profitable, and maybe even change the world. In 2004, Mark Rampolla was successful by most… On AmazonListen on Audible - Find the books for what you are building, or how you invest. [Open the Reading List](https://millionrounds.com/reading-list) As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. ## Quick answers about Powerplant Ventures ### What does Powerplant Ventures invest in? Powerplant Ventures invests most often at Series A and Series B (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Agriculture, CPG and Food. ### How active is Powerplant Ventures? 5 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Mar 2021. ### What has Powerplant Ventures invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Zero Egg (Series A, Mar 2021), Fermented Sciences (Series B, Nov 2019) and Veggie Grill (Undisclosed round, Oct 2016). ### How big are Powerplant Ventures's cheques? The median round it joins is $24M. ### Does Powerplant Ventures lead rounds? Yes: it led 2 of its 5 investments on record (40%). ### Is Powerplant Ventures investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Mar 2021. ### Who does Powerplant Ventures invest alongside? Most often Cross Culture Ventures (2 rounds together), Greycroft (2 rounds together) and Inevitable Ventures (2 rounds together). ### What kind of investor is Powerplant Ventures? Powerplant Ventures is a VC firm based in United Kingdom. ## 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. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=powerplant-ventures) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=powerplant-ventures)