About Lever VC
Lever VC is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. It is primarily based out of New York City, United States. As of Mar 2026, Lever VC is an active investor, having invested in 39 companies, with 2 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Food and Agriculture Tech to High Tech and Retail. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series B round of Eat Mezcla Overall, Lever VC portfolio has seen 2 acquisitions, namely Blackbird Foods and A Dozen Cousins. A lot of funds co-invest with Lever VC, with names like Good Startup sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Lever VC has team of 21 people including 5 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 2 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
Deals in last 12 months
Lever VC's List of Top Investments
Lever VC has a portfolio of 39 companies. Their most notable investments are in TurtleTree and Melt&Marble.Their portfolio spans across United States, United Kingdom, Brazil and 9 more locations. They have invested in Food and Agriculture Tech, High Tech, Retail and 9 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by Lever VC:Provider of plant-based protein and meat products. It offers different products such as pork alternative, chicken alternative, and a beef alternative.
Key facts about The Better Meat Co
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Sacramento (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $41.1M
- Employee Count: 31 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Evolution VC Partners, Defense.gov and 15 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Aug 19, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Heura
Key facts about Heura
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Barcelona (Spain)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $90.5M
- Employee Count: 143 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Green Monday, Unovis Asset Management and 22 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Venture Debt, May 12, 2025, $*****
3. Melt&Marble
Platform offering plant-based meat alternative products. The company uses precision fermentation to create animal fats. It uses synthetic biology and metabolic engineering allowing to build of proprietary yeast strains. Its microbial metabolism can dictate the structure and properties of the fats that the microbes are producing, allowing to mimic the fat structure.
Key facts about Melt&Marble
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Gothenburg (Sweden)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $14.6M
- Employee Count: 12 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Industrifonden, Beiersdorf and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Dec 08, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Cultivated meat company creating sustainable, animal-free pork products. They offer real meat without harming animals, using cellular agriculture to grow pork fat combined with plant protein. This innovative approach delivers flavor-full, guilt-free meat alternatives. Their product line includes cultivated bacon, meatballs, pepperoni, chorizo, and sausage. These products are animal-friendly, low in cholesterol, and not genetically modified. They are focused on creating a more sustainable food system through cultivated meat. This is a B2C company with a focus on social impact.
Key facts about Mission Barns
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Berkeley (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $28M
- Employee Count: 19 as on Dec 31, 2021
- Investors: Humboldt Fund, Green Monday and 22 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Apr 07, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. TurtleTree
Producer of cell-based sustainable food and dairy product alternatives. The company uses cell-based technology to extract cell samples from cattle that are further grown in a proliferate growth medium into muscle fiber and dairy ingredients and are used for the production of cultivated meat and dairy products.
Key facts about TurtleTree
Lever VC's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Lever VC has invested in 39 companies over the last 7 years, with an average of 5 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 2 investments, while as of Mar 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Eat Mezcla and most recent follow-on round was in NuCicer.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2022 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
2021 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
2020 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lever VC's Investments by Stage
Lever VC has made 17 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $3.92M, 10 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $11M, 2 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $13.8M and 1 investment in Unattributed stage.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 17 |
Series A | 10 |
Series B | 2 |
Unattributed | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Lever VC's Investments by Sector
Lever VC has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Tech, High Tech, Consumer Goods and Sustainability Tech. Notably, it has invested in 18 Tech companies, 12 Consumer (B2C) companies, 7 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 2 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Food and Agriculture | 18 |
Food and Agriculture Tech | 15 |
High Tech | 15 |
Consumer Goods | 13 |
Sustainability Tech | 13 |
Others | 12 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Lever VC's Investments by Geography
Lever VC has made most investments in United States (13), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 4 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 13 |
United Kingdom | 4 |
Brazil | 3 |
China | 3 |
Canada | 1 |
Others | 6 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Lever VC's recent investments
Lever VC has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - Eat Mezcla.Here are the most recent investments by Lever VC:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Mar 04, 2026 | United States | Series B | 5706 | [+5] | |
Apr 25, 2025 | United Kingdom | Series A | 6140 | ||
Feb 14, 2025 | United States | Series B | 7828 | [+4] | |
Dec 10, 2024 | Israel | Series A | 1781 | [+2] | |
Dec 13, 2023 | United States | Unattributed | 6830 | - |
Acquired companies in Lever VC's Portfolio
2 companies from Lever VC's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition were A Dozen Cousins in May 2025 by Verde Valle Foods.Here are Lever VC's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 15, 2025 | - | - | 7194 | |
Feb 17, 2025 | Feb 22, 2021 | Seed | 1165 |
Team profile of Lever VC
Lever VC has a team of 21 members including 5 Partners, 5 Venture Partners and 3 Principals located in China, United States and 4 more locations. Lever VC's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Lever VC:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Hong Kong | - | ||
Partner | Hong Kong | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - | - | |
Venture Partner | Tel Aviv | - | ||
Venture Partner | Parana | - | ||
Venture Partner | Doha | - | ||
Venture Partner | Hong Kong | - | ||
Venture Partner | Philadelphia | - | ||
Principal | Hong Kong | - |
Co-investors of Lever VC
Over the past 7 years, 207 investors have co-invested in Lever VC's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Lever VC: Purple Orange Ventures, FoodBytes and 37 others have invested in rounds before Lever VC. There are 2 companies where Purple Orange Ventures has invested before Lever VC and 1 company where FoodBytes has invested before Lever VC.
- Top Co-investors of Lever VC: 102 investors entered a company along with Lever VC. These include investors like Good Startup (3 companies).
- Invested after Lever VC: A total of 66 investors have invested in Lever VC's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Newtree Impact (2 companies), Thia Ventures (2 companies) and BIRD Foundation (1 company).
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