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Andrew "Drew" Koven

CEO of Court Buddy I Co Managing Director & Chief of Diversity & Inclusion at LDR Ventures #PeopleBeforeProfits

📍 Los Angeles, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 11 investments📅 16 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2026𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Jan 2026
Giadzy, founded by chef and television personality, Giada De Laurentiis, is a ecommerce and media company offering specialty Italian ingredients, alongside premium Italian food and lifestyle content. With deep roots in Italian cuisine, lifestyle and culture, Giadzy is dedicated to sharing the effortless good taste and simplicity of Italian living. The hand-picked products in the Giadzy marketplace are sourced from small family purveyors across the country, from the snowy Alps to sultry Sicily. Youll also find immersive content spanning recipes to videos highlighting the best uses for these ingredients, as well as tips from trusted chefs and locals. These hidden gems can’t be found just anywhere – your taste of the good life begins here!
Investor & Business Growth Advisor
Jan 2026
Investor & Advisor
Mar 2025
YUZUCO is a first-of-its-kind Los Angeles-based supplier of yuzu juice and producer of proprietary yuzu products. The company aims to make yuzu everyone’s favorite citrus by sourcing juice from multi-generational farmers in the historical yuzu-growing regions of Japan. Our core products include a cold-pressed 100% Yuzu Juice and Yuzu Super Juice, a proprietary yuzu-based blend offering a more accessible format for casual applications ranging from vinaigrettes to cocktails. Unlike other bottled citrus juice products, our entire manufacturing process, from farm to bottle, is cold-pressed and cold-stored.
Board Member, Investor and Advisor to the Co-Founders
Nov 2022
Garnish is a skilled, diverse, global network of chefs and hospitality professionals being connected and supported with a range of service opportunities. We are chefs and experience providers that are actively working as: Private Chefs, Restaurant Chefs, Food Influencers, Event Caterers, Sommeliers & Wine Producers, Consumer Product Developers & Culinary Entrepreneurs, Farmers, Purveyors, and those with similar backgrounds. We are in the business of providing the best personalized services and experiences to our distinguished clientele and hold ourselves to the highest standard of quality.
Board Member and Seed Stage Lead Investor
May 2017
The Shopify of the Legal Industry, designed by lawyers for lawyer’s success. Lawchamps helps attorneys to succeed with an end-to-end, turnkey solution to build their practices including well matched leads, online reputation management, website development and more as needed, on-demand for business and personal matters. Affordable and easy to use with exceptional customer service. We've all been there at some point in our lives, maybe more than once, when we needed a trustworthy lawyer for a personal, family, or business matter. The process can be stressful, scary, and overwhelming. Like you, we've worked hard to build our families, businesses, careers, and reputations. And always at the top of our minds, we're building a business that's rooted in healthy attorney-client relationships, community and connectedness, ease of use, and providing peace of mind. We have doctors for our health, accountants for our taxes, mechanics for our vehicles, and with LawChamps, you have a champion for your legal wellness.
early stageLegal Services
CEO & Board Member Leading Access-To-Justice, Diversity, Inclusion & Growth Initiatives
May 2017
The Shopify of the Legal Industry, designed by lawyers for lawyer’s success. Lawchamps helps attorneys to succeed with an end-to-end, turnkey solution to build their practices including well matched leads, online reputation management, website development and more as needed, on-demand for business and personal matters. Affordable and easy to use with exceptional customer service. We've all been there at some point in our lives, maybe more than once, when we needed a trustworthy lawyer for a personal, family, or business matter. The process can be stressful, scary, and overwhelming. Like you, we've worked hard to build our families, businesses, careers, and reputations. And always at the top of our minds, we're building a business that's rooted in healthy attorney-client relationships, community and connectedness, ease of use, and providing peace of mind. We have doctors for our health, accountants for our taxes, mechanics for our vehicles, and with LawChamps, you have a champion for your legal wellness.
early stageLegal Services
Investor
Feb 2016
Our true north is helping folks experience that incredible feeling when you eat and move better. We pride ourselves on local, seasonal & constantly evolving menu offerings to fuel your life. We think your taste buds are made happiest by food that’s crafted close by, in smaller batches by multiple chefs interpreting great recipes. And happy taste buds from responsibly sourced food that’s also really good for you means performing better - a beautiful thing whether in body, mind or both. So instead of stamping out huge quantities of meals from a giant kitchen somewhere and trucking them all over, we’re working with talented local chefs to bring you a great variety of tasty prepared meals, cooking styles and other food goodies. All brought to you in the simplest, effort-free way we can think of under the guiding principles of transparency, sustainability, and philanthropy. We offer easy menu customization in line with food that optimizes you. Whether you eat paleo, Whole 30, are a new or expecting moms, eat to specific macro ratios, vegetarian, mediterranean, or a little bit of everything - we have something we know you will enjoy! Any questions? We're available at hello@territoryfoods.com https://www.instagram.com/territoryfoods/ https://www.facebook.com/territoryfoods/ https://twitter.com/territoryfoods/
Investor
Mar 2015
We are Uber. The go-getters. The kind of people who are relentless about our mission to help people go anywhere and get anything and earn their way. Movement is what we power. It’s our lifeblood. It runs through our veins. It’s what gets us out of bed each morning. It pushes us to constantly reimagine how we can move better. For you. For all the places you want to go. For all the things you want to get. For all the ways you want to earn. Across the entire world. In real time. At the incredible speed of now. The idea for Uber was born on a snowy night in Paris in 2008, and ever since then our DNA of reimagination and reinvention carries on. We’ve grown into a global platform powering flexible earnings and the movement of people and things in ever expanding ways. We’ve gone from connecting rides on 4 wheels to 2 wheels to 18-wheel freight deliveries. From takeout meals to daily essentials to prescription drugs to just about anything you need at any time and earning your way. From drivers with background checks to real-time verification, safety is a top priority every single day. At Uber, the pursuit of reimagination is never finished, never stops, and is always just beginning.
Investor and Board Member, Business Development, Growth & Strategy
2015
Our mission is to revolutionize the fulfillment and distribution industry by taking the partnership we have with our customers to new heights, and providing them with the tools necessary to catapult their growth. We intend to do this by helping them launch, sustain, and expand their brand or company by providing them with a variety of services. We spend the time to learn and help determine what is needed for each individual company we are fortunate enough to work with. Our main focus is providing our customers with world-class customer service, giving them the feel that we are an extension of their company.
mid stageWarehousing
Advisory Board Member & Investor
Sep 2014
Thrive Market is a membership e-commerce platform on a mission to make the world’s highest quality natural and organic products affordable for every American family. For $60/year, Thrive members get access to their favorite healthy snacks, supplements, home, beauty, and baby products at 30-50% off retail value—all shipped to their front door for free. As part of our Thrive Gives initiative, each paid membership on the site also sponsors a free membership for those in need. Wholesome products at wholesale prices, were Thrive Market and we cant wait to be connected with you.
Investor
Sep 2010
sweetgreen is a destination for real food. We believe the choices we make every day about what we eat, where it comes from, and how it’s made have a lasting impact on our communities. From the seed to the store, we’re involved in every step of the supply chain, working with partners and farmers we know and trust. We make our food from scratch in each sweetgreen every day, using whole produce delivered that morning. As sweetgreen grows, we’re dedicated to working with the right people. We’ve built a team of over 5,000 hardworking individuals who care about developing future leaders and live our core values daily. We meet farmers before we meet landlords. We turn our new neighbors into friends. We’re building a brand that connects to local neighborhoods and leaves communities better off than we found them. Our mission is to inspire healthier communities, by connecting people to real food. With over 220 locations across PA, MA, DMV, NY, CA, IL, TX, CO, and FL, we’ve worked hard to build a company with passion and purpose - and we’re just getting started.
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2026
Investor
Jan 2026
Giadzy, founded by chef and television personality, Giada De Laurentiis, is a ecommerce and media company offering specialty Italian ingredients, alongside premium Italian food and lifestyle content. With deep roots in Italian cuisine, lifestyle and culture, Giadzy is dedicated to sharing the effortless good taste and simplicity of Italian living. The hand-picked products in the Giadzy marketplace are sourced from small family purveyors across the country, from the snowy Alps to sultry Sicily. Youll also find immersive content spanning recipes to videos highlighting the best uses for these ingredients, as well as tips from trusted chefs and locals. These hidden gems can’t be found just anywhere – your taste of the good life begins here!
Investor & Business Growth Advisor
Jan 2026
2025
Investor & Advisor
Mar 2025
YUZUCO is a first-of-its-kind Los Angeles-based supplier of yuzu juice and producer of proprietary yuzu products. The company aims to make yuzu everyone’s favorite citrus by sourcing juice from multi-generational farmers in the historical yuzu-growing regions of Japan. Our core products include a cold-pressed 100% Yuzu Juice and Yuzu Super Juice, a proprietary yuzu-based blend offering a more accessible format for casual applications ranging from vinaigrettes to cocktails. Unlike other bottled citrus juice products, our entire manufacturing process, from farm to bottle, is cold-pressed and cold-stored.
Co-Founder
Jan 2025
The LA Strong Foundation was created by Philanthropists, First Responders, and Venture Capitalists Maxi Kozler Koven and Drew Koven. We provide and coordinate relief including food, essential supplies, services and emotional support to the victims of the LA Fires.
2022
Board Member, Investor and Advisor to the Co-Founders
Nov 2022
Garnish is a skilled, diverse, global network of chefs and hospitality professionals being connected and supported with a range of service opportunities. We are chefs and experience providers that are actively working as: Private Chefs, Restaurant Chefs, Food Influencers, Event Caterers, Sommeliers & Wine Producers, Consumer Product Developers & Culinary Entrepreneurs, Farmers, Purveyors, and those with similar backgrounds. We are in the business of providing the best personalized services and experiences to our distinguished clientele and hold ourselves to the highest standard of quality.
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