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Compass Digital Ventures

About

Our goal is to transform food retail by connecting visionary founders with the world's largest foodservice market. Beyond investment, we're partners - offering startups direct access to Compass Group's global network.

Transforming foodservice

Empowering tech entrepreneurs to transform foodservice. We bring deep expertise across the entire food ecosystem - from purchasing to customer experience. Our vision: sustainable, transparent, convenient and personalized food experiences.

Our Approach

We bridge corporate foodservice with the startup ecosystem, implementing innovative solutions into our $28B share of the $300B industry. Our pilot program gives founders direct access to expertise, technologies, customers, and investment - accelerating growth through our ecosystem.

What we look for

The Builders.

The Problem Solvers.


The Determined.

  • Next-Gen Food Retail: Transforming how consumers discover, purchase, and experience food products.

  • Foodservice operations: Boosting growth, profitability, and efficiency for foodservice operations.

  • Climate and Sustainability: Reducing our environmental impact: waste, energy consumption, and emissions.

  • Group Purchasing Operations: Connecting GPOs, suppliers, restaurants, and distributors to run seamlessly.

  • Enterprise Operations: Streamlining corporate workflows, data management, and decision-making

What we offer

  • Compass Access: Direct industry connections.

  • Expertise: Decades in food & hospitality.

  • Pilots: Test with Compass customers.

  • Investment: Strategic capital (Series A and later).

  • Founder Support: Navigate Compass with ease.

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