LDR Ventures
Venture capitalLos Angeles · Pre-Seed–Series A · 5 people tracked
Investment thesis
LDR Ventures focuses on the healthy, better-for-you, and functional food and beverage space, backing early-stage and emerging consumer packaged goods brands. As a female-led firm, it places particular emphasis on supporting female and underserved founders. Beyond capital, the firm offers consulting services to help early-stage CPG companies grow.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 5 people
from the firm's website
Drew Koven is Co-Managing Director of LDR Ventures, with over twenty years of experience operating and investing in food, restaurant, fashion, and consumer lifestyle omni-channel brands. He has held leadership roles including CEO of The Beach People, VP of E-commerce & Omnichannel Retail at Guess?, President of E-commerce at Steve Madden, CMO of Melissa & Doug, and EVP/CMO of Fresh Direct. He invests at Seed and Series A stages in companies within the omni-channel food economy and restaurant ecosystem, and holds a BS in Finance, Marketing & Economics from Syracuse University's Whitman School of Management.
Jim Scharpf is a finance leader focused on consumer brands, e-commerce, retail, and fashion and lifestyle businesses. He works to align a company's financial activities with the goals set by its entrepreneurs and management, and assesses the feasibility, risks, and opportunities of those goals. He has held executive leadership roles at large global brands as well as angel-funded startups.
What they invest in
from 6 of 24 portfolio companiesConsumer ×3Direct to Consumer ×2FoodTech ×2Impact & Social Good ×2AgTech ×1B2B Marketplaces ×1Cleantech ×1E-commerce ×1
HQs:United States×4
Investments · 24 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathParachute Home is a direct-to-consumer home goods company that offers bedding, linens, and home essentials produced by artisan craftspeople, with a focus on quality materials and sustainable production.
ConsumerDirect to Consumer
Thrive Market is an online grocery delivery service offering non-GMO and clean label food products at discounted prices through a membership model.
Direct to ConsumerE-commerceFoodTechCulver City, US
Gunnar Lovelace(Executive Officer, Director)Nicholas Green(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardDana Settle(Director)
TO THE MARKET guides consumers to make purchasing decisions aligned with ethical and sustainable sourcing values, based on principles from its founder's best-selling book on conscious consumption.
B2B MarketplacesCleantechConsumerImpact & Social GoodNew York City, US
Jane Mosbacher Morris(Founder & CEO)
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does LDR Ventures invest at?
- LDR Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does LDR Ventures focus on?
- LDR Ventures focuses on Consumer, Direct to Consumer, E-commerce, FoodTech, Impact & Social Good, Marketplaces, Wellness & Fitness.
- Where is LDR Ventures located?
- LDR Ventures is headquartered in Los Angeles, US.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamHow I Raised My First Dollar with Maxine Kozler | LDR Ventures - YouTube
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