# Food & Beverage lead investors (2026 list) > 130 food & Beverage lead investors, 84% active in the last 12 months. Led by Accel, Tengxun Touzi, Bain Capital Ventures. Ranked by what they funded. Source: https://millionrounds.com/lists/food-beverage-lead-investors (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) [Investor Lists](https://millionrounds.com/lists) # Food & Beverage lead investors Updated 7 November 2026 Firms we have watched lead a round raised by a food & Beverage company in the last two years. Leading is rarer than taking part, and it is the role a founder most needs filled. [See all 130 *→*](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&next=%2Fapp%2Finvestor-lists%2Ffood-beverage-lead-investors)The top 25 **130** investors on the list *+7* this week **1,140** cheques in 12 months *+11%* against the market **$10M** median round they joined *+25%* against the market median **84%** wrote a cheque in 12 months **100%** have led a round ## The Top 25 Ordered by cheques observed, never by anything anyone paid for Deploying now (25) - 1 [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **1,341** **$32M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen - 2 [Tengxun Touzi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tengxun-touzi) *Deploying now* VC firm · China **553** **$50M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen - 3 [Bain Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **524** **$27M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen - 4 [B Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **495** **$14M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen - 5 [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **438** **$10M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen - 6 [ARCH Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arch-venture-partners) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **337** **$74M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen - 7 [Headline](https://millionrounds.com/fund/headline) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **307** **$15M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen - 8 [IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **287** **$100M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen - 9 [General Atlantic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-atlantic) *Deploying now* Private equity · United States **273** **$127M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen - 10 [Valor Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-equity-partners) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **261** **$50M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen - 11 [RTP Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rtp-global) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **183** **$10M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen - 12 [Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · New Zealand **179** **$2.4M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen - 13 [HV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hv-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Germany **166** **$20M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen - 14 [Greenoaks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greenoaks) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **121** **$115M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen - 15 [Left Lane Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/left-lane-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **102** **$25M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen - 16 [S2G Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/s2g-investments) *Deploying now* Growth equity · United States **102** **$16M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen - 17 [Singular](https://millionrounds.com/fund/singular) *Deploying now* VC firm · France **97** **$11M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen - 18 [Notable Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/notable-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **96** **$25M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen - 19 [HTGF High-Tech Gründerfonds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/high-tech-grunderfonds-htgf) *Deploying now* VC firm · Germany **94** **$7M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen - 20 [Surge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peak-xv-partners) *Deploying now* Accelerator · Singapore **91** **$5.1M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen - 21 [Main Sequence Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/main-sequence) *Deploying now* VC firm · Australia **84** **$13M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen - 22 [Next Coast Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/next-coast-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **73** **$5.2M** median round **Feb 2026** last seen - 23 [JamJar Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jamjar-investments) *Deploying now* VC firm · United Kingdom **72** **$9M** median round **Jul 2026** last seen - 24 [Prosus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prosus-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · Netherlands **72** **$18M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen - 25 [KurmaPartners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kurmapartners) *Deploying now* VC firm · France **69** **$22M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen **105 more on this list** All 130 are in the app, with filters for stage, sector and market. 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[See the whole list *→*](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&next=%2Fapp%2Finvestor-lists%2Ffood-beverage-lead-investors) ## The Newest Cheques Rounds this list's investors joined most recently - **6** Nov **[Banesco Banco Múltiple](https://millionrounds.com/company/banesco-banco-multiple)** Debt · $25M *Led by* [PROPARCO](https://millionrounds.com/fund/proparco) - **6** Nov **[Thinking Machines Lab](https://millionrounds.com/company/thinking-machines-lab)** Other · $5B *Led by* [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) - **5** Nov **[T-Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/t-therapeutics)** Series B · $133M *With* [Tengxun Touzi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tengxun-touzi) - **5** Nov **[Quint Computing](https://millionrounds.com/company/quint-computing)** Series A · $10M *With* [Vanagon Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vanagon) - **5** Nov **[VÆRIDION](https://millionrounds.com/company/v-ridion)** Series A · $34M *Led by* [Invest-NL](https://millionrounds.com/fund/invest-nl) - **5** Nov **[Zipline](https://millionrounds.com/company/zipline)** Growth · $1.5B *With* [Valor Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-equity-partners) ## Stages This Year 1,030 rounds - Series A **19%** - Seed **17%** - Series B **13%** - Venture **11%** - Other **8%** - Other **31%** ## What They Backed Sectors, last 12 months - AI **455** - Fintech **89** - Healthcare **80** - Food & Beverage **72** - Biotech **72** - Cybersecurity **50** ## Cheques by Quarter Led Joined 225 Q1 25 264 Q2 25 327 Q3 25 300 Q4 25 344 Q1 26 273 Q2 26 260 Q3 26 126 Q4 26 The last bar is the quarter still running. ## Lists Like This - [AI lead investors 1,723](https://millionrounds.com/lists/ai-lead-investors) - [Lead investors in United States 1,370](https://millionrounds.com/lists/lead-investors-in-united-states) - [Seed lead investors 1,091](https://millionrounds.com/lists/seed-lead-investors) - [Series A lead investors 920](https://millionrounds.com/lists/series-a-lead-investors) - [Fintech lead investors 763](https://millionrounds.com/lists/fintech-lead-investors) - [Series B lead investors 579](https://millionrounds.com/lists/series-b-lead-investors) - [Growth lead investors 555](https://millionrounds.com/lists/growth-lead-investors) - [Robotics lead investors 397](https://millionrounds.com/lists/robotics-lead-investors) - [Pre-seed lead investors 396](https://millionrounds.com/lists/pre-seed-lead-investors) [All investor lists *→*](https://millionrounds.com/lists) ## Quick answers about food & Beverage lead investors ### Who are the most active food & Beverage lead investors? By cheques observed, the most active are Accel, Tengxun Touzi, Bain Capital Ventures, B Capital and Slow Ventures. ### How many food & Beverage lead investors are there? 130 are on record. 84% made an investment in the last 12 months and 100% have led a round. ### Which stages do food & Beverage lead investors back? Of the rounds with a named stage in the last 12 months, mostly Series A (25%) and Seed (22%). ### How big are the rounds food & Beverage lead investors join? The typical (median) round among the leading investors here is $18M. ### Which sectors do food & Beverage lead investors back most? In the last 12 months, mostly AI, Fintech and Healthcare. ### Which food & Beverage lead investors lead the most rounds? Accel (103 led), General Atlantic (32 led) and Bain Capital Ventures (31 led). ### Where are food & Beverage lead investors based? Among the most active, most are based in the United States (15), Germany (2) and France (2). ### What have food & Beverage lead investors invested in recently? Recent rounds include Banesco Banco Múltiple (Debt, Nov 2026, with PROPARCO), Thinking Machines Lab (Other, Nov 2026, with Accel) and T-Therapeutics (Series B, Nov 2026, with Tengxun Touzi). Built from the rounds we watched, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections)