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Meaningful Partners (II)

Geography
United States
Stage
Series A
Fund size
$150M
Focus
E-Commerce and Food & Beverage
Signals
Published
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N°01 / About

About Meaningful Partners (II)

Meaningful Partners (II) is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Series A stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in E-Commerce, Food Beverage, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States
Funding StageSeries A
Industry Focus
E-Commerce
Food & Beverage

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Purpose-driven consumer founder scaling culture, heritage, self-reliance

consumer
profitable-scaling
purpose-driven
community-led
franchise-tech
pet-services
cultural-heritage
self-reliant-entrepreneurship

Bullish Signals

8th annual gathering — long-standing communityexternal
Strong LP + expert community ecosystemexternal
Active deal flow, portfolio exec networkexternal
Pierre Guo doing live deals mid-eventlinkedin
Growing team: 4 new members identifiedlinkedin
Crunch Fitness portfolio co. acquisition deallinkedin
Gen Z fitness-as-community tailwind recognizedlinkedin
Skiptown: franchisee conversion model strong tractionlinkedin
Portfolio co achieves 5-unit franchise expansionlinkedin
Technology-enabled franchise platform resonating market-widelinkedin
Skiptown Colorado five-unit agreement from memberlinkedin
Customer-to-franchisee conversion validates brand loyaltylinkedin
Pet services fastest-growing consumer category tailwindlinkedin
Mission: self-reliant, entrepreneurial entities for futurewebsite
Strategic mentoring + early-stage capital approachwebsite
Steward cultural excellence across portfoliowebsite

Contrarian Signals

Consumer-only — narrow sector focusexternal
Community-gated access modelexternal
Twitter heavily AI/SaaS/policy — off-brandtwitter

Founder Do's

Scale with purpose AND profitability
Engage with expert community
Show authenticity and curiosity
Build enduring businesses with strong culture
Focus on unit-level economics + experience
Leverage customer-to-franchisee conversion + member experience
Perpetuate knowledge, mastery, heritage transfer

Founder Don'ts

Avoid purely growth-at-all-costs pitch
Don't skip community engagement
No non-consumer sectors

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$150M
Saves0
People

Key People

Jake Capps, Amin Maredia

Jake CappsPartner
Amin MarediaPartner
Samar ChandPartner
Jonathan LarkenPartner
Pierre GuoPartner
Autumn WarnockTeam
Kevin YuTeam
Sebastian M.Team
Chelsey NelsonTeam
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