Gastro Ventures

Gastro Ventures is a food-technology innovation hub founded in 2018, based in Sant Cugat del Valles, Catalonia, Spain, near Barcelona. The firm operates at the intersection of food science, culinary arts, and technology, and was built around a commitment to innovation, disruption, and sustainability in the food industry. Gastro Ventures runs two investment vehicles: Koete Food Venture Fund I, which invests in international foodtech early-stage opportunities, and Koete Food Venture Builder I, which backs spin-off companies it creates internally. The firm maintains its own food technology R&D laboratories and develops proprietary companies alongside its external investment activity. Internally developed ventures include Alacarte (an alcohol and spirits brand), 1933 Signature Cocktails, Carrot (a culinary partner for high-end hotels), and Gastronomy Solutions. Gastro Ventures is the co-organizer and principal sponsor of the Science and Cooking Public Lectures at Harvard University in Boston and the Science and Cooking World Congress, positioning the firm at the leading edge of food science research and applied culinary innovation globally. Gastro Ventures functions more as a food-technology innovation studio and venture builder than as a traditional venture capital fund. The firm invests at the pre-seed and seed stages, focused primarily on European food technology opportunities. Limited public information is available on external portfolio investments, specific fund size, or individual team members beyond the firm's own described ventures.