Barrel Ventures

Barrel Ventures is a seed-stage fund based in the heart of the midwest. The world is riding the early waves of a massive shift in consumer behavior and how businesses effectively reach these consumers. We leverage our decades of experience of operating, scaling, and investing in companies to help early-stage entrepreneurs propel their ideas forward.

Nate Cooper

Founder and Partner

7 past transactions

Partake Brewing

Series B in 2022
Partake Brewing is the craft non-alcoholic beer brand that focuses on flavor, health, socializing, and inclusivity for people who choose not to drink alcohol whether as a need or increasingly as a lifestyle choice.

Helaina

Series A in 2021
Helaina is a biotechnology company that produces milk-equivalent baby formula to offer breast milk alternatives. It produces bioactive proteins through fermentation to offer a new category of functional food products with immune benefits and nutritional options closest to breast milk. Its technology platform replicates functional proteins found in the human body, making them available as new nutrients.

ChannelApe

Series A in 2021
ChannelApe's enterprise fulfillment SaaS scales direct-to-consumer brands by separating supply chain software from physical operations.

Gainful

Series A in 2021
Gainful is a personalized sports nutrition company that offers subscriptions to its Hydration line of electrolyte drink mixes.

kea

Series A in 2020
kea empowers restaurants to operate more intelligently and own their relationship with customers. Its product, kea Voice, takes orders over the phone at a high level of efficiency and consistency so that restaurants can focus on making delicious food. Launched in 2018, kea is one of the fastest-growing companies on a course to change the way restaurants operate. kea was originally HQ'd in Mountain View and now supports a fully remote working environment.

Partake Brewing

Series A in 2020
Partake Brewing is the craft non-alcoholic beer brand that focuses on flavor, health, socializing, and inclusivity for people who choose not to drink alcohol whether as a need or increasingly as a lifestyle choice.

Olipop

Seed Round in 2019
Olipop is the clinically backed consumer beverage that meets consumer’s real-world taste preferences in a delicious tonic that benefits the microbiome, digestive function and metabolic health.
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