Starshot Ventures

Selva Ventures was founded in 2019 with an ambitious mission: to invest in brands that make their consumers’ lives better. We believe that health and wellness is one of the most important pillars of the consumer economy. Healthier people are happier, more productive, live longer and cost less to our healthcare system. For many people, living healthier lives is complicated, confusing, expensive and inconvenient; we hope to play a part in changing that. To us, making consumers’ lives better means better ingredients, better function and better emotional connection with the consumer. It means nutrition, personal care and technology with high quality inputs that the consumer can trust; it means products that deliver on their promises with real efficacy; and it means experiences that the consumer can truly engage with, making their wellness journey fulfilling rather than a chore. We know one thing for sure: when healthy habits are engaging, rewarding and fun they are far more likely to stick and therefore have a lasting impact. We see a golden age of consumer products on the horizon, driven by our society’s continuous learning about what we need to live healthier lives. We view entrepreneurship as the answer to solving the problems we know about and the problems we will soon discover. We are proud to partner with these amazing founders to give them capital, strategic resources, network, advice and moral support, and in doing so we hope to play a role in making consumers’ lives better.

We are committed to opening doors and creating partnerships. With a deep network, nimble capital, and passion for the consumer experience, we deliver high-impact partnerships for exceptional founders. When G9 partners with you, we are on your team.

We embrace the unique perspective and energy that startups bring to the world. We complement those elements with our deep food industry experience to help emerging companies reach their goals faster. Areas of FocusFunctional: Better-for-you alternatives and nutritional powerhouses Sustainable: Takes care of people and planet Experiential: Next level indulgence, immersion, and engagement Value Add: How We Can HelpSales & Product Strategy: Support on channel & category strategy, portfolio planning, trade & marketing design to scale your brand. Supply Chain & Operations: Guidance on the product journey, from sourcing to manufacturing and distribution, to achieve efficient growth. Insights & Thought Leadership: Market analysis and corporate function advice leveraging Grupo Bimbo's global resources.

Our mission is to bring the Danone Manifesto to life by partnering with a tribe of disruptive entrepreneurs. We are a corporate venture group located in New York City and Paris that is part of a global food and beverage company with a unique manifesto and world-class expertise and resources. Together with our portfolio companies, we aim to create a healthy and sustainable future of food.

We are a long-term strategic partner, with a desire to support pioneer innovations unlocking the potential of nature. We help the companies we invest in to accelerate the development of their projects and boost growth. Founded in 2015, we are part of the Roquette group, but we are led by a different Board of Directors and we operate independently. Roquette is a global leader in plant-based ingredients, a pioneer of plant proteins and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients. Its experience and knowledge are a key differentiating factor versus other venture capital funds. We investin inspiring, passionate and forward looking teams in projects that develop the best plant-based innovations for Food, Nutrition & Health markets, anywhere in the value chain in innovative companies with a strong growth potential throughout the world Our main focusPlant based-ingredients offering nutritional and functional benefits for Food, Nutrition and Health markets. Natural-based excipients for Pharma and Nutraceuticals markets. High performing plant-based specialties offering sensory and technological advantages for Cosmetics markets. Breakthrough Technologies that improve manufacturing processes. Rethinking business models for bringing plant-based innovations to the market.

Red Sea Ventures is a leading NY-based, pre-seed and seed stage venture firm investing in tech-enabled, user-centric consumer and B2B startups. In our first fund, we invested in category leading companies across sectors including Allbirds, Convoy, Nest, Eargo, Prose, Genies, Joor, and Sweetgreen. We are looking to partner with mission driven founders seeking to transform the economy and the lives of their teams and users. We are an entrepreneurial firm that values friendliness, humility, camaraderie, collaboration, determination, independence, and hustle with a commitment to performance. We are building RSV as a platform for community; bringing together our visionary founders, LPs, and relationships at large to support the companies we choose to partner with.