A  Food Retail Ventures

https://foodretailventures.com/





     Office Locations:

Cohasset, MA 02025
MA

 

Stages:

  • Early


 

Industries:

  • Food & Agriculture
  • Retail & Restaurant

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    Description:

    Food Retail Ventures is the investment vehicle for James McCann, a long time grocery store CEO. McCann served as CEO of Carrefour's EURO 42B French business, one of the largest superstore chains in the world. He also served as chief commercial officer for Ahold in the Netherlands before taking the helm at Ahold USA. As CEO of the $24 billion U.S. food retail business, McCann led it through a major transformation and subsequent merger with Delhaize. McCann is now an active investor in some of the most exciting early stage companies in grocery and food tech as well as consumer goods. He is also the author of the popular book, Startups and the Tech Revolution: An Essential Guide. McCann is also currently the CEO of McCann Investments & Advisory, LLC, which has invested in startups in the grocery tech, food tech, and consumer goods areas.



    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    James E. McCann Founder and CEO

     

    Portfolio companies include:


      Afresh Technologies
        web link


      Bluedot


      Bowery Farming


      Deliv


      Evigence


      Fillogic
        web link


      Flashfood


      FoodMaven


      Halla


      Mori


      Takeoff Technologies


     

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