DLF venture

What we’re all about

OUR DNA

Family-owned investment company, backing consumer oriented teams and brands.

Proud legacy
We are 100% family-backed, and the values of trust, support and transparency are key elements inspiring the way we operate. We don't cut corners.
Hero brands
We embrace the causes of ambitious founders with passionate personalities who strive to create strong brands and help consumers make better choices.
Looking ahead
We roll-up our sleeves, focusing on the long-term: we know this will be a roller coaster ride, and we offer continuous support through different milestones, come hell or high water.
Active focus
Our portfolio is compact, and we onboard new projects at a controlled pace. That's what it takes to be a detail-oriented sparring partner, dedicated to preparing your business for growth.

Being hands-with investors requires focus. Since 2016, we invested in strong brands with a European ambition

OUR Brands

Food & Beverage
Hattingley Valley

Hattingley Valley has grown to become one of the leading wineries in the UK since 2008. The team’s slogan is “Unapologetically British”: expect the unexpected, embrace the unconventional, throw off the shackles of tradition and enjoy rather remarkable wines.

Simon Robinson
Founder
Simon Robinson
Founder
Food & Beverage
Hattingley Valley

Hattingley Valley has grown to become one of the leading wineries in the UK since 2008. The team’s slogan is “Unapologetically British”: expect the unexpected, embrace the unconventional, throw off the shackles of tradition and enjoy rather remarkable wines.

Simon Robinson
Founder
Simon Robinson
Founder
Health & Care
Odontolia

Founded in 2017, Odontolia is one of the leading Belgian dental service organisations, operating more than 40 clinics across Belgium. Odontolia’s vision is to become the “go-to” dental organisation thanks to its unique value proposition towards dentists.

Harold van der Straten
CEO
Harold van der Straten
CEO
Health & Care
Odontolia

Founded in 2017, Odontolia is one of the leading Belgian dental service organisations, operating more than 40 clinics across Belgium. Odontolia’s vision is to become the “go-to” dental organisation thanks to its unique value proposition towards dentists.

Harold van der Straten
CEO
Harold van der Straten
CEO
Food & Beverage
Edgard & Cooper

Edgard & Cooper offers a complete range of delicious, well-balanced recipes for dogs and cats, made using natural, nutritious ingredients, that you, your pets and our planet can feel good about.

Louis Chalabi, Jürgen Degrande & Koen Bostoen
Co-Founders
Louis Chalabi, Jürgen Degrande & Koen Bostoen
Co-Founders
Food & Beverage
Edgard & Cooper

Edgard & Cooper offers a complete range of delicious, well-balanced recipes for dogs and cats, made using natural, nutritious ingredients, that you, your pets and our planet can feel good about.

Louis Chalabi, Jürgen Degrande & Koen Bostoen
Co-Founders
Louis Chalabi, Jürgen Degrande & Koen Bostoen
Co-Founders
Food & Beverage
Gimber

Gimber is the organic alternative to any alcoholic drink. Be it in concentrate or RTD, it's packed with the best organic ginger, lemon, herbs and spices, offering endless possibilities for delightful mocktails, natural infusions, and elevated culinary creations.

Tim Kamanayo, Sylvie Schollier & Dimitri Oosterlynck
CEO, and Co-Founders
Tim Kamanayo, Sylvie Schollier & Dimitri Oosterlynck
CEO, and Co-Founders
Food & Beverage
Gimber

Gimber is the organic alternative to any alcoholic drink. Be it in concentrate or RTD, it's packed with the best organic ginger, lemon, herbs and spices, offering endless possibilities for delightful mocktails, natural infusions, and elevated culinary creations.

Tim Kamanayo, Sylvie Schollier & Dimitri Oosterlynck
CEO, and Co-Founders
Tim Kamanayo, Sylvie Schollier & Dimitri Oosterlynck
CEO, and Co-Founders
EdTech
Cialfo

Cialfo is a Singapore-based digital edtech platform, used by counsellors, students and parents in over 100 countries, helping them navigate every step of the university application process.

Rohan Pasari, Stanley Chia & William Hund
Co-Founders
Rohan Pasari, Stanley Chia & William Hund
Co-Founders
EdTech
Cialfo

Cialfo is a Singapore-based digital edtech platform, used by counsellors, students and parents in over 100 countries, helping them navigate every step of the university application process.

Rohan Pasari, Stanley Chia & William Hund
Co-Founders
Rohan Pasari, Stanley Chia & William Hund
Co-Founders
Food & Beverage
Lyre’s

Founded in 2019 in Australia, Lyre's offers a range of alcohol-free classic spirits, ready-to-drink cans and a non-alcoholic sparkling, created using a unique understanding of food science and flavour architecture.

Paul Gloster
CEO
Paul Gloster
CEO
Food & Beverage
Lyre’s

Founded in 2019 in Australia, Lyre's offers a range of alcohol-free classic spirits, ready-to-drink cans and a non-alcoholic sparkling, created using a unique understanding of food science and flavour architecture.

Paul Gloster
CEO
Paul Gloster
CEO
Food & Beverage
BettaFish

BettaF!sh stands for healthier oceans and a mouth-watering, plant-based future made of hand-grown seaweed from Europe. Their TU-NAH looks & tastes like tuna, and offers coastal communities new, more sustainable income opportunities.

Deniz Ficicioglu
Founder
Deniz Ficicioglu
Founder
Food & Beverage
BettaFish

BettaF!sh stands for healthier oceans and a mouth-watering, plant-based future made of hand-grown seaweed from Europe. Their TU-NAH looks & tastes like tuna, and offers coastal communities new, more sustainable income opportunities.

Deniz Ficicioglu
Founder
Deniz Ficicioglu
Founder
Food & Beverage
Nucao

Nucao is a purpose-driven chocolate snacks company committed to offering plastic-free, vegan, natural and organic products in a climate-positive way, wrapped in specifically developed paper-based packaging.

Christian Fenner & Mathias Tholey
Co-Founders
Christian Fenner & Mathias Tholey
Co-Founders
Food & Beverage
Nucao

Nucao is a purpose-driven chocolate snacks company committed to offering plastic-free, vegan, natural and organic products in a climate-positive way, wrapped in specifically developed paper-based packaging.

Christian Fenner & Mathias Tholey
Co-Founders
Christian Fenner & Mathias Tholey
Co-Founders
Innovative Retail
Foodji

Foodji was founded in 2016 in Munich to enable SMEs without a canteen to provide their employees with a fresh and healthy food offering with a proprietary technology platform and their own smart food vending machines.

Felix Munte & Daniel von Canal
Co-Founders
Felix Munte & Daniel von Canal
Co-Founders
Innovative Retail
Foodji

Foodji was founded in 2016 in Munich to enable SMEs without a canteen to provide their employees with a fresh and healthy food offering with a proprietary technology platform and their own smart food vending machines.

Felix Munte & Daniel von Canal
Co-Founders
Felix Munte & Daniel von Canal
Co-Founders
Health & Care
new: soul

new: soul is based in Germany and offers, in its studios, flexible self-care through massage therapy and personalised wellness services to help you feel your best.

Philipp Desgranges, Christian Gorgas & Theresa Hahn
Co-Founders, and Chief of Staff
Philipp Desgranges, Christian Gorgas & Theresa Hahn
Co-Founders, and Chief of Staff
Health & Care
new: soul

new: soul is based in Germany and offers, in its studios, flexible self-care through massage therapy and personalised wellness services to help you feel your best.

Philipp Desgranges, Christian Gorgas & Theresa Hahn
Co-Founders, and Chief of Staff
Philipp Desgranges, Christian Gorgas & Theresa Hahn
Co-Founders, and Chief of Staff
Our Team
Pierre-Jean Wallon
Managing Partner
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François-Xavier de Mevius
Principal
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Clément Helinckx
Principal
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Louis Kerschen
Associate
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