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Almanac Insights

Founders Brian Halweil David Barber Elly Truesdell Valerie Christy

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Total investments 19
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$18M
Portfolio companies 16
Rounds per year 3.80
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.11
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Food and Beverage
  • Food Processing
  • Organic Food
  • E-Commerce
  • Restaurants
Summary

Almanac Insights appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2018. The main office of represented VC is situated in the New York. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Bowery Farming, Foodstirs, BlueCart. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Agriculture, Organic Food. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States.

The fund was created by Brian Halweil, David Barber, Elly Truesdell, Valerie Christy.

The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The high activity for fund was in 2018.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Almanac Insights, startups are often financed by BlueRun Ventures, RiverPark Ventures, Prolog Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Greycroft, 301 INC, VMG Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Richard Kramlich, Temasek Holdings, SWAT Equity Partners.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Scout Canning

Food and Beverage
$4M19 Oct 2022 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Foxtrot

Delivery
E-Commerce
Wine And Spirits
$100M11 Jan 2022 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Smallhold

Agriculture
Cultivation
Farming
Food and Beverage
Other Agriculture
$25M13 Oct 2021 New York, New York, United States

Kingdom Supercultures

Biotechnology
Food and Beverage
Life Science
Manufacturing
$25M30 Nov 2020 New York, New York, United States

Scout Canning

Food and Beverage
$795K25 Sep 2020 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Meati Foods

Consumer Goods
Food and Beverage
Food Processing
$28M21 Aug 2020 Boulder, Colorado, United States

Cooking
Food and Beverage
Seafood
$32M15 Jan 2020 Reilly Township, Pennsylvania, United States

Agriculture
Farming
Food and Beverage
Machine Learning
Organic Food
$90M13 Dec 2018 New York, New York, United States

BlueCart

E-Commerce
Hospitality
Marketplace
Mobile
Restaurants
SaaS
Wholesale
$5M13 Apr 2018 Sunnyvale, California, United States
News
Foxtrot Market Closes $42 Million In Series B Investment Round

– Foxtrot Market received a $42m Series B investment round led by David Barber’s Almanac Insights and Monogram Capital Partners.
– The round was also backed by David Chang, Nicolas Jammet, and Walter Robb.
– Foxtrot Market plans to double its store count by the end of 2021.
– Foxtrot will also expand its line of private label packaged goods and gift offerings, and continue to invest in nationwide shipping.
– Foxtrot has made three new appointments to its executive team: Sumi Ghosh, COO; Scott Holloway, SVP, Delivery; and Caroline Barry, VP, Strategy.

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Total investments 19
Average round size 18M
Rounds per year 3.80
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.11
Group Appearance index 0.74

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Scout Canning

Food and Beverage
$4M19 Oct 2022 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Foxtrot

Delivery
E-Commerce
Wine And Spirits
$100M11 Jan 2022 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Smallhold

Agriculture
Cultivation
Farming
Food and Beverage
Other Agriculture
$25M13 Oct 2021 New York, New York, United States

Kingdom Supercultures

Biotechnology
Food and Beverage
Life Science
Manufacturing
$25M30 Nov 2020 New York, New York, United States

Scout Canning

Food and Beverage
$795K25 Sep 2020 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Meati Foods

Consumer Goods
Food and Beverage
Food Processing
$28M21 Aug 2020 Boulder, Colorado, United States

Cooking
Food and Beverage
Seafood
$32M15 Jan 2020 Reilly Township, Pennsylvania, United States

Agriculture
Farming
Food and Beverage
Machine Learning
Organic Food
$90M13 Dec 2018 New York, New York, United States

BlueCart

E-Commerce
Hospitality
Marketplace
Mobile
Restaurants
SaaS
Wholesale
$5M13 Apr 2018 Sunnyvale, California, United States
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