Redstick Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingSt. Louis · Pre-Seed–Seed · 6 people tracked
Investment thesis
Redstick backs early-stage founders reshaping the future of the food system. It concentrates on pre-seed and seed companies in North America that enhance production efficiency, optimize supply chains, and reimagine labor across the food lifecycle — from farm to fork. The firm invests across a broad range of food-related innovation, from robotic harvesting to AI-powered food service solutions, and pairs capital with hands-on support drawn from a network of industry experts and operators. Redstick emphasizes diverse teams and backgrounds, aiming to help emerging food tech ventures navigate inception, expansion, and long-term success.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 6 people
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What they invest in
from 21 of 29 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×9FoodTech ×7AgTech ×6SaaS ×6Robotics ×4Advanced Manufacturing ×3Biotech ×3Hardware ×3
HQs:United States×10Canada×3
Investments · 29 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 52024 · 16 dated
Autolane develops a curb management platform with sensor hardware and cloud software to coordinate autonomous vehicle operations for delivery, pickup, and mobility services.
HardwareIoTMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsDraper AssociatesHyperplane Venture CapitalIron Prairie
Avol operates a drone delivery network for hospitals, flying time-critical medical payloads such as blood, organs, tissue, stem cells, and diagnostics between facilities in temperature-validated, cold-chain containers compatible with UN3373 and OPTN standards.
HealthtechLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsSt. Louis, US
Co-investorsDraper AssociatesCultivation Capital
Co-investorsVU Venture Partners
Office meal platform delivering food from 50+ local restaurants via a single daily workplace delivery, simplifying employee meals, catering, and office food programs.
Co-investorsCo.LabsEmend Vision Fund
Decile Hub is a fund management platform for venture capital firms, providing tools for LP onboarding and capital calls, deal making and deal memos, fund administration and accounting, real-time reporting, an LP portal, and an AI co-pilot for legal, tax, and operational questions.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Co-investorsDash VCHallstone VenturesPrana Tech VenturesRoadster CapitalRymdkapitalshuckerVC+2 more
DeepSight offers an AI platform that captures field experts' knowledge via video and augmented reality, then turns it into interactive, multilingual training procedures, dashboards, and live remote assistance for industrial and manufacturing teams.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningFuture of Work
Dispension develops self-service kiosk technology with identity and age verification features, offering products such as ID.ME.PLS, Palm+, OpnServ, Dispension ERP, and Intoxivision.
HardwareIoTRetail Tech
Earthodic develops bio-based coatings for the paper industry that can be applied using existing equipment, helping companies transition to circular production models.
Circular EconomyCleantechNew MaterialsGeebung, US
Kate Lusvardi(Chief Technology Officer)Anthony Musumeci(Executive Officer, Director)Albert Tietz(Director)
BoardJenn Burka(Director)inSarah Nolet(Director)in
Co-investorsCirculate CapitalFTW VenturesInvestible Climate Tech FundSignificant VenturesTenacious VenturesClosed Loop Partners
Green Wave Robotics builds custom robots and data-logging systems to automate the farming of bivalve shellfish such as oysters, scallops, and clams.
AgTechFoodTechRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Mountain View, US
Davide Sosso(Founder)
Co-investorsDoon CapitalFTW VenturesMythos Ventures Management, LlcSVG Ventures | THRIVEWaterpoint LaneDeep Checks
Digitized test and crop intelligence platform for greenhouse vegetable management.
IPM Scoutek provides integrated pest management (IPM) software for greenhouse growers, offering real-time scouting updates, action threshold alerts, pest movement mapping, and tracking of spray and biological treatments.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningSaaS
Co-investorsWaterloo Accelerator Centre
Izote is a fermentation technology company developing an anaerobic process for industrial biomanufacturing.
BiotechDeep TechNew Materials
Co-investorsBee PartnersFREEFLOWFTW VenturesJuniperCourtyard VenturesEmbark Ventures+1 more
Juicer is a margin management platform for restaurants that connects to a restaurant's POS to track costs, competitor pricing, sales, and delivery commissions.
FoodTechRetail TechSaaS
Co-investorsBranded Strategic HospitalityMudita VentureAugment VenturesKitchen FundYork IE
Koidra builds an AI-powered automation platform using physics-informed AI for autonomous industrial control, with products including DataPilot for operational data analytics and KoPilot for autonomous control.
Advanced ManufacturingAgTechAI & Machine LearningSeattle, US
Kenneth Tran(Founder)
Co-investorsAmritam HoldingsCavallo VenturesFoothill VenturesOspraie Ag Science
Co-investorsTenOneTen Ventures
AI-powered insights platform turning restaurant operations data into daily actionable intelligence.
Mirsee Robotics develops Canadian-built humanoid robots, currently its third-generation MH3, that combine AI autonomy with teleoperation to perform physically demanding, hazardous, and hard-to-staff tasks.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRobotics
Co-investorsArchangel Network of Funds
Oscar AI is an operations automation platform that ingests franchise and multi-unit business data to detect anomalies in sales, labor, voids/discounts, fraud, compliance, and product availability, then routes alerts and action plans to managers.
AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSaaSRockville, US
Quratul-Ann Malik(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardBrett Brohl(Director)in
Co-investorsNew Stack VenturesService Provider CapitalThe CouncilUrban InnovationBread And Butter Ventures, Llc
Science On Call provides IT support and managed services for restaurants, leveraging AI-powered automations to help resolve technology challenges and reduce operational costs.
Enterprise SoftwareFoodTechSaaSOak Park, US
Andy Freivogel(Co-Founder & CEO)Luisa Castellanos(Co-Founder & COO)Ken Tsang(Co-Founder & CTO)
Co-investorsBread And Butter Ventures, LlcChicago Early Growth Ventures (CEGV)Connetic VenturesGROOVE CAPITALLofty VenturesLongJump Ventures+4 more
SpectacularLabs makes SpectacularOne, a "lab-in-a-box" system for on-site rapid molecular pathogen testing that screens food and environmental samples for pathogens such as Salmonella, E. coli O157, Listeria, and Campylobacter, delivering certified results and a Certificate of Analysis the same day.
BiotechFoodTechHardware
Co-investorsAstanor VenturesXplorer CapitalPeakBridge VC
Thombar offers an AI CFO ("Thomas") that monitors finances, tracks cash flow, and provides market intelligence on input costs and USDA shipping point prices for US specialty crop growers.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningFintech
Co-investorsCavallo VenturesFTW Ventures
Tric Robotics builds autonomous, tractor-scale farm equipment that uses ultraviolet light and an electric bug vacuum for chemical-free pest and disease control, primarily for strawberry farmers.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningRobotics
Co-investorsSoundboard Venture FundSpacecadet VenturesUndeterred CapitalEmbark VenturesGarage CapitalLucas Venture Group+2 more
Upstream Biotechnology develops RNA-based seed traits that regulate crop immune defenses at the gene-expression level, activating disease and stress responses only in the affected tissue to limit yield drag.
AgTechBiotechClimate TechDurham, US
George H. Greene(Executive Officer, Director)Xiao-fang Wang(Director)Xinnian Dong(Director)
BoardKaren LeVert(Director)
Co-investorsAg Ventures AllianceAgLaunch AcceleratorLeVert VenturesMiddleland Capital
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesJuicer · finsmes.com · Aug 13, 2026
Avol Aerospace · forclimatetech.org · Jul 30, 2026
Izote · beepartners.vc · Apr 20, 2026
Science On Call · trysignalbase.com · Mar 24, 2026
Thombar · thepacker.com · Mar 20, 2026
TRIC Robotics · globalaginvesting.com · Aug 14, 2025
Koidra · redstickvc.com · Jun 12, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Redstick Ventures made?
- Redstick Ventures has 28 tracked investments, including 4 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Redstick Ventures invest at?
- Redstick Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Redstick Ventures's typical check size?
- Redstick Ventures typically writes checks of $350K – $700K.
- What sectors does Redstick Ventures focus on?
- Redstick Ventures focuses on AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, FoodTech, Future of Work, Robotics.
- Where is Redstick Ventures located?
- Redstick Ventures is headquartered in St. Louis, US.
- Does Redstick Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Redstick Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does Redstick Ventures co-invest with?
- Redstick Ventures most often shares deals with FTW Ventures, Cavallo Ventures, Co.Labs, among 56 tracked co-investors.
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