Active: new fund May 2026 Verified 4 Nov 2026
Barrel Ventures
Midwest seed fund investing in food, beverage, ingredient technology, supply chain and vertical AI companies tied to the food system. Based in Evanston, IL.
- Type
- VC firm
- Location
- Evanston, Illinois, United States
- Stages
- Seed
- Backs
- Consumer products, B2B software, Fintech
- Sectors
- Food, Logistics, Fintech, AI, Agritech, Consumer
- Fund size / AUM
- $30M Barrel Ventures III (Form D offering, 2026)
- Latest fund or filing
- 15 May 2026
- Portfolio mix
- Consumer products 41%; B2B software 22%; Fintech 19%; Marketplaces 4%; Tech-enabled services 4%; Biotech and pharma 4%; Deep tech 4%; Climate and energy 4% (n=27)
- Website
- www.barrelvc.com
Fund filings (SEC Form D)
- Latest fund on file
- Barrel Ventures III
- Filed
- 15 May 2026 (new notice)
- Fund size
- $30M (total offering)
- Fund vehicles filed in the last 12 months
- 1 (includes feeder and parallel vehicles)
See this fund's filings on SEC EDGAR
Contacts on file
For Barrel Ventures, the paid file holds: 5 named decision-makers with roles.
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Notable investments
OlipopPod FoodsHelainaSoonaPartake
Sources
- www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2135368/000213536826000001/
- adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/330756
- www.barrelvc.com/
- www.barrelvc.com/companies
- www.barrelvc.com/team
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