An operator-led consumer fund.

Believe early.
Build
alongside.

Most funds arrive after the hard part.
That’s where we begin.

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We see and believe before there is proof.

Consumer health. Better-for-you.
Performance.

Belief is the beginning.
The work comes alongside.

We see and believe before there is proof.

02 Thesis

Alongside
from the start.

Alongside Ventures is an operator-led venture capital firm based in New York City.

We back pre-seed and seed founders in consumer health, better-for-you food, and human performance, working alongside them on the product, the first customers, and the path from an idea to a business.

Friends & familySeed
Pre-launchPre-revenue

Our focus

Four categories.
One belief.

01Consumer Health.

Outcomes we measure.

Brands built on outcomes founders can prove. Supplements, recovery, hormones, sleep, the stack a high-performer actually keeps.

02BFY Food.

Real ingredients.

Real-ingredient brands solving a specific physiological problem. Functional first. Lifestyle as a result, not a positioning.

03Performance.

What compounds.

Gear, brands, and platforms that earn shelf space in an operator’s life. What compounds daily is what we back.

04Opportunistic.

Great upside, adjacent thesis.

Category-defining opportunities that sit adjacent to our core focus. If the upside is real and the founder is an operator, we lean in.

03 Fund I / Portfolio

The Founders’
Edition.

Early conviction.
In the cards.

Meet the companies we’re building alongside.

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First collection / 2026

Sourmilk

The Founders’ Edition

Sourmilk blue Greek yogurt tubs with berries

Greek yogurt

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The people behind Sourmilk

Sourmilk co-founders Kiki Couchman and Elan Halpern

Kiki Couchman
Elan Halpern

Two Stanford friends, bringing gut-focused nutrition into a daily ritual.

Why we’re alongside

Real ingredients. An everyday habit.
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Gut health, by the spoonful.

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What they’re building

A daily ritual with something more inside.

Sourmilk makes high-protein, probiotic Greek-style yogurt with milk sourced in New York. Co-founders Kiki Couchman and Elan Halpern met at Stanford and built the company around a simple idea: bring gut-focused nutrition into a food people already love.

The thesis connection

Functional ingredients in a familiar daily ritual, bringing better-for-you food into the everyday grocery basket.

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Product
Probiotic Greek-style yogurt
Focus
Food & gut health
Founders
Kiki Couchman & Elan Halpern
  1. 01

    Food comes first

    A creamy, protein-rich yogurt built around live probiotic cultures.

  2. 02

    Made with local milk

    Uses rBST-free milk sourced in New York.

  3. 03

    A simple daily serving

    The plain single-serve yogurt contains 15g of protein and no added sugar.

Sourmilk co-founders Kiki Couchman and Elan Halpern
Kiki Couchman and Elan Halpern, co-founders.
Company information & photography: sourmilk.com

Fort

The Founders’ Edition

Fort gold screenless wearable with a cream strap

Strength wearable

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The people behind Fort

The three-person Fort founding team

Miranda Nover
Zac Valles & Paul Schneider

Three former Tesla engineers, brought together by a love of strength training.

Why we’re alongside

Making performance measurable, every day.
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Strength, understood.

Read the Fort company story

What they’re building

A clearer picture of the work you put in.

Fort is building a screenless wearable for strength training, recovery, and everyday health. It brings gym sessions and workout classes into the same picture as sleep and cardio, helping people understand how they train and how they recover.

The thesis connection

Making physical performance measurable, in a product designed to become part of everyday life.

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Fund
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Product
Screenless strength wearable
Focus
Training & recovery
Founders
Three former Tesla engineers
  1. 01

    Training, without the manual log

    Tracks strength exercises, sets, and repetitions alongside everyday activity.

  2. 02

    A fuller view of recovery

    Connects workouts with sleep and recovery data.

  3. 03

    Built to stay with you

    A screen-free device designed for training and daily wear.

Fort screenless wearable in gold with a cream strap
The Fort wearable.
Company information & photography: fort.cx

Omi Health

The Founders’ Edition

A golden retriever nuzzling its owner outdoors

Pet longevity

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The people behind Omi Health

Omi Health co-founders Sindu Chaparala and Jakob Spiess with their dog Omi

Sindu Chaparala
Jakob Spiess

Their own dogs inspired a more proactive approach to pet health.

Why we’re alongside

Better care for the ones we call family.
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More life, together.

Read the Omi Health company story

What they’re building

Proactive care for the ones we call family.

Omi Health is building a longevity membership for dogs. It combines blood and cellular aging tests, a personalized health plan, and veterinary support. Results and health records live together in an app, giving pet parents a way to follow changes over time alongside their regular veterinary care.

The thesis connection

A new expression of proactive health: helping people understand and care for the animals they consider family.

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Fund
Alongside Fund I
Product
Dog longevity membership
Focus
Preventive pet care
Founders
Sindu Chaparala & Jakob Spiess
  1. 01

    Start with a baseline

    Blood and saliva testing build a picture of a dog’s health and cellular aging.

  2. 02

    Turn results into a plan

    Personalized nutrition, lifestyle, and supplement guidance in one place.

  3. 03

    Follow health over time

    Health records, repeat testing, and concierge veterinary support.

Omi app displaying a dog’s health profile and biomarker results
A clearer view of your dog’s health.
Company information & photography: omihealth.com

A closer look at the companies. A turn toward the people.

Fund I 01 / 03

04 / Track record

Our track record(s).

We believed early.A selection of prior investment experience.

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THE RECORD COLLECTION

Our track record(s).

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Liner notes / The story so far

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05 Shared conviction

Investing
alongside.

Selected co-investors across our investment experience.

Includes Fund I and prior investment experience.

06 Six plays

The playbook.

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07 People

Alongside
good company.

Founded by Roger Bernardino. Built alongside experienced operators.

Operator-led growth

Roger Bernardino

Involved with breakout consumer brands early: Eight Sleep, Rythm Health, It's That Simple, and SpaceX. Over a decade of operator-led B2B relationships across the Department of Defense, Nike, US Air Force, Whole Foods, Madison Square Garden, SoFi Stadium, Dallas Cowboys, Loews Hotels, UEFA, and Audible. Built Alongside Ventures from operator conviction, not institutional theory.

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People who have done the work.
Relationships that make the next step possible.

Alongside / Build with us

Early is
our kind of stage.

We invest from friends-and-family rounds through seed, including in pre-launch and pre-revenue companies.

Consumer health, better-for-you food and beverage, performance, or an adjacent opportunity. Tell us what you are building.

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