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Lever VC (II)

Geography: United States
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: $50M
Focus: AI/ML, Climate & Sustainability and SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Lever VC (II)

Lever VC (II) is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, Climate & Sustainability, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

Climate & Sustainability

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Alt protein/agritech founder, 100%+ YoY growth, premium retail/enterprise

food tech

alternative proteins

sustainable ingredients

consumer health

pet nutrition

agritech

livestock monitoring

farm infrastructure

water management

B Corp

category leadership

Bullish Signals

Portfolio co Oobli expanding into LatAmexternal

Active in $100B+ sugar disruption spaceexternal

Backs biotech + legacy industry partnershipslinkedin

Sweet proteins vs traditional sweeteners thesislinkedin

Scalable biotech + industrial partnership modellinkedin

Health mandates driving portfolio tailwindslinkedin

Omni Pet: £13M ARR, 10x YoY growthlinkedin

Pet nutrition market expansion + US entrylinkedin

Leading Series A, retail supermarket distributionlinkedin

Omni Pet £11M Series A co-led by Leverexternal

Omni vet access + allergen-free positioningexternal

LeanPaws weight-loss supplement launch plannedexternal

UK supermarket rollout + US market entryexternal

300K+ dogs served, B Corp certifiedexternal

Tiba Tempeh +144% YoY, fastest-growing meat altlinkedin

Tiba added £2.6m category growth YoYlinkedin

Tiba Protein Bites in Sainsbury's/Waitrose/Ocadolinkedin

Tiba NPD momentum, distribution expanding Septlinkedin

Lever backs data-validated category leaderslinkedin

Ranchbot Series B A$22M, 12K+ customersexternal

Ranchbot manages 25M+ cattle + sheep globallyexternal

Ranchbot now manages 10M cattle, 15M sheeplinkedin

Ranchbot expanding US/Australia, water + infrastructureexternal

Ranchbot integrating water management + farm infrastructurelinkedin

Agritech thesis: integrated farm monitoring/infrastructureexternal

Lever pursuing complete integrated farm solutionslinkedin

Contrarian Signals

No contrarian signals recorded.

Founder Do's

Show 10x revenue growth trajectory

Back claims with third-party category data

Drive NPD (new product development) velocity

Secure premium retail listings (Sainsbury's/Waitrose tier)

Pair product with health/wellness access

Target regulated health/safety concerns

Plan B2B expansion (retail/supermarkets)

Build defensible supply chain

Embed vet/health professional partnerships

Launch complementary health products (supplements)

Demonstrate enterprise SaaS traction at scale

Integrate water + infrastructure management solutions

Founder Don'ts

Ignore regulatory/allergen compliance rigor

Assume direct-to-consumer only scales

Skip geographic expansion validation first

Launch NPD without distribution readiness

Overlook operational/infrastructure integration needs

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$50M

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Website

People

Key People

Nick Ney

Lever VCLead/Co-Investor

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