<p>Our Social Media Pages, follow us and engage with the Pill-grim community!</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/venturepill/?next=%2F"><u>Instagram</u></a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/VenturePill"><u>Twitter</u></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtpJyMMsM-CV8r6ko_UBZdQ/"><u>YouTube</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@venturepill"><u>TikTok</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/venturepill/"><u>LinkedIn</u></a> </p><p>And now for this week’s prescription:</p><p>On this week’s dose, we start (1:59) with Alma, an AI-powered nutrition app using natural language processing to simplify meal tracking, fresh off a $2.9M pre-seed round led by Menlo Ventures’ Anthology Fund in partnership with Anthropic. Next (14:27), we pop open a deep dive on Olipop, the gut-friendly soda brand shaking up the functional beverage space, following a $50M Series C that brings its valuation to a bubbly $1.85 billion. Finally (24:01), we slice into Via 313 Pizzeria, the fast-growing Detroit-style pizza chain that just secured $32.5M in growth capital to fuel expansion across the U.S.Sources:</p><p><a href="https://www.alma.food/"><u>https://www.alma.food/</u></a> </p><p><a href="https://menlovc.com/anthology-fund/"><u>https://menlovc.com/anthology-fund/</u></a> </p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/05/former-whoop-execs-new-app-alma-uses-ai-for-all-things-nutrition/"><u>https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/05/former-whoop-execs-new-app-alma-uses-ai-for-all-things-nutrition/</u></a> </p><p><a href="https://drinkolipop.com/"><u>https://drinkolipop.com/</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/4771906/functional-beverage-market-share-analysis?utm_source=chatgpt.com"><u>https://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/4771906/functional-beverage-market-share-analysis?utm_source=chatgpt.com</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/27693-olipop-valued-at-185-billion-following-latest-funding-round"><u>https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/27693-olipop-valued-at-185-billion-following-latest-funding-round</u></a></p><p><a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/olipop-valued-1-85bn-following-125054362.html"><u>https://finance.yahoo.com/news/olipop-valued-1-85bn-following-125054362.html</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-12/olipop-valued-at-1-85-billion-in-50-million-funding-round?embedded-checkout=true"><u>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-12/olipop-valued-at-1-85-billion-in-50-million-funding-round?embedded-checkout=true</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.via313.com/"><u>https://www.via313.com/</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.utahbusiness.com/press-releases/2025/02/05/via-313-raises-32-million-double-footprint/"><u>https://www.utahbusiness.com/press-releases/2025/02/05/via-313-raises-32-million-double-footprint/</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nrn.com/restaurant-finance/via-313-pizzeria-raises-32-5m-in-growth-capital"><u>https://www.nrn.com/restaurant-finance/via-313-pizzeria-raises-32-5m-in-growth-capital</u></a></p><p>Music Credit: Chapter One by Cole Bauer and Dean Keeton</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/deankeeton/?hl=en"><u>https://www.instagram.com/deankeeton/?hl=en</u></a><br></p>

Venture Pill

Sam Gordon

E148: AI Nutrition App, Functional Beverage Beast, and Detroit Style Pizza

APR 17, 202531 MIN
Venture Pill

E148: AI Nutrition App, Functional Beverage Beast, and Detroit Style Pizza

APR 17, 202531 MIN

Description

<p>Our Social Media Pages, follow us and engage with the Pill-grim community!</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/venturepill/?next=%2F"><u>Instagram</u></a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/VenturePill"><u>Twitter</u></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtpJyMMsM-CV8r6ko_UBZdQ/"><u>YouTube</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@venturepill"><u>TikTok</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/venturepill/"><u>LinkedIn</u></a> </p><p>And now for this week’s prescription:</p><p>On this week’s dose, we start (1:59) with Alma, an AI-powered nutrition app using natural language processing to simplify meal tracking, fresh off a $2.9M pre-seed round led by Menlo Ventures’ Anthology Fund in partnership with Anthropic. Next (14:27), we pop open a deep dive on Olipop, the gut-friendly soda brand shaking up the functional beverage space, following a $50M Series C that brings its valuation to a bubbly $1.85 billion. Finally (24:01), we slice into Via 313 Pizzeria, the fast-growing Detroit-style pizza chain that just secured $32.5M in growth capital to fuel expansion across the U.S.Sources:</p><p><a href="https://www.alma.food/"><u>https://www.alma.food/</u></a> </p><p><a href="https://menlovc.com/anthology-fund/"><u>https://menlovc.com/anthology-fund/</u></a> </p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/05/former-whoop-execs-new-app-alma-uses-ai-for-all-things-nutrition/"><u>https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/05/former-whoop-execs-new-app-alma-uses-ai-for-all-things-nutrition/</u></a> </p><p><a href="https://drinkolipop.com/"><u>https://drinkolipop.com/</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/4771906/functional-beverage-market-share-analysis?utm_source=chatgpt.com"><u>https://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/4771906/functional-beverage-market-share-analysis?utm_source=chatgpt.com</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/27693-olipop-valued-at-185-billion-following-latest-funding-round"><u>https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/27693-olipop-valued-at-185-billion-following-latest-funding-round</u></a></p><p><a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/olipop-valued-1-85bn-following-125054362.html"><u>https://finance.yahoo.com/news/olipop-valued-1-85bn-following-125054362.html</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-12/olipop-valued-at-1-85-billion-in-50-million-funding-round?embedded-checkout=true"><u>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-12/olipop-valued-at-1-85-billion-in-50-million-funding-round?embedded-checkout=true</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.via313.com/"><u>https://www.via313.com/</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.utahbusiness.com/press-releases/2025/02/05/via-313-raises-32-million-double-footprint/"><u>https://www.utahbusiness.com/press-releases/2025/02/05/via-313-raises-32-million-double-footprint/</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nrn.com/restaurant-finance/via-313-pizzeria-raises-32-5m-in-growth-capital"><u>https://www.nrn.com/restaurant-finance/via-313-pizzeria-raises-32-5m-in-growth-capital</u></a></p><p>Music Credit: Chapter One by Cole Bauer and Dean Keeton</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/deankeeton/?hl=en"><u>https://www.instagram.com/deankeeton/?hl=en</u></a><br></p>