Barrel Ventures

Ready to make your mark in the #FoodTech realm? 🧑🌾🎯 🌾 From ingredients to 📦 packaging to 🚚  supply chain, our 2024 #FoodTech Innovation Lab Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Nathan Cooper at Barrel Ventures, explains the magic behind our Lab. Join us on an immersive 4-week journey where we’re uniting food experts with tech leaders & partners to explore current trends and solve challenges to transform the future of our global food system. 🌎 In partnership with Levy Restaurants, EX3 Labs, & World Business Chicago.  Reminder 📌 Apps close 6.24. https://lnkd.in/ggwc8Vw2 #Foodtech #Innovation #Lab #EIR #Techleader

We are so excited to welcome Jennifer Schnadig to Barrel Ventures as our Summer MBA Associate. Jennifer is getting her MBA from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, previously worked at Deloitte, Dover, and YETI Capital. She is hitting the ground running. If you are building something in the Future of Food, feel free to reach out to either one of us!

6 years ago at Barrel Ventures we thought we were backing a crazy idea for a soda company. Little did we know OLIPOP PBC would grow up to become one of Time100 Most Influential Companies. So proud of David Lester Ben Goodwin 🥤Steven Vigilante and the entire team. We just getting started. https://lnkd.in/gsiGSdkG

https://lnkd.in/gPUpdyZj Great Wrap X Aryna Sabalenka Barrel Ventures Platinum Mile Ventures Thomas Foods International

One of my favorite portfolio brands GoNanas is looking for a Director of Operations here in Chicago. An incredible opportunity to be part of one of the fastest growing CPG startups! In this role you will not only optimize the product journey from end to end, but also get to see the impact of your work each and every day! If you’re a detail-oriented problem-solver with a passion for efficiency, we want to hear from you! Apply with the link below! https://lnkd.in/gHpDmuAb #CPGJOBS #Hiring #CPG

https://lnkd.in/gAJkF5gw The price of coca has been dramatically rising- and nearing all-time-highs. Making your favorite chocolate bars pricier by the day. This is why we invested in Celleste Bio Ltd. - the future of cocoa sustainability. Michal Beressi Golomb Richie Gray

One of Barrel Ventures' most exciting portfolio companies, Silkline, is hiring a #FoundingEngineer. Join Isaac Chambers and Brent Shulman to help build the modern OS for B2B procurement using the latest AI. We’re looking for an ambitious, full-stack engineer who wants a fun, impactful role with a TON of product ownership. (3+ years of experience). Apply here, or DM if interested https://lnkd.in/gWDfBxv9

Proud of our portfolio founders Adam Ahmad of kea and Annie Slabotsky & Morgan Lerner of GoNanas for being selected to Forbes #30Under30 #Food&Drink https://lnkd.in/gpujPwcU

Thanks to Daniel Kline from TheStreet for interviewing our CEO Will Glaser on the challenges retailers face from growing retail shrink, especially at self-checkout, and how checkout-free technology provides retailers with a powerful tool to fight back. Check out the full article below! https://rb.gy/kqiu6l #CheckoutFree #Grabango #RetailInnovation

CNBC #MakeitMonday highlighting the 'Mad Soda Scientists' behind OLIPOP PBC https://lnkd.in/gnQde_-S David Lester Ben Goodwin