Zachary DeAngelo

Helping consumer brands scale in retail using technology, data and empathy

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2024
Operator-angel🌍 United States
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Jan 2024
OUR COMPANY At Nurture Life, we’re reimagining the way kids eat by making delicious, nutritious, ready-to-eat meals, snacks and smoothies for babies, toddlers and kids. In a market where convenience all too often comes at the expense of flavor and nutrition, we’re raising the bar. Our food is chef-crafted to appeal to growing young palates, and everything on the menu is nutritionally balanced by registered dietitians and child nutrition experts. When parents need relief at home, we’re here to help manage their day-to-day routines without compromising on what they’re feeding their kids. Our food is delivered weekly, and all meals are ready to be enjoyed in a minute or less—breakfast, lunch or dinner! We also have zero-prep snacks and smoothies for an on-the-go treat that’s always wholesome. Fewer hours spent on cooking and clean-up means less stress and more time to do whatever your family loves most. Other food companies offer ready-made kids meals, but none live up to our rigorous standards for kid-friendly flavor, balanced nutrition and clean ingredient sourcing. Our menu features more than 50 options for meals, snacks and smoothies, including a selection of Picky Eater Favorites for kids who haven’t quite gotten to the “yes!” of veggies. We ship millions of meals across the contiguous United States and we’re looking forward to reaching even more families as we continue to grow.
CEO, Founder, Investor, Food & Beverage Strategy and Retail Growth
Sep 2015
Rodeo is reinventing how better-for-you brands grow in retail.
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2024
Board Member
Jan 2024
OUR COMPANY At Nurture Life, we’re reimagining the way kids eat by making delicious, nutritious, ready-to-eat meals, snacks and smoothies for babies, toddlers and kids. In a market where convenience all too often comes at the expense of flavor and nutrition, we’re raising the bar. Our food is chef-crafted to appeal to growing young palates, and everything on the menu is nutritionally balanced by registered dietitians and child nutrition experts. When parents need relief at home, we’re here to help manage their day-to-day routines without compromising on what they’re feeding their kids. Our food is delivered weekly, and all meals are ready to be enjoyed in a minute or less—breakfast, lunch or dinner! We also have zero-prep snacks and smoothies for an on-the-go treat that’s always wholesome. Fewer hours spent on cooking and clean-up means less stress and more time to do whatever your family loves most. Other food companies offer ready-made kids meals, but none live up to our rigorous standards for kid-friendly flavor, balanced nutrition and clean ingredient sourcing. Our menu features more than 50 options for meals, snacks and smoothies, including a selection of Picky Eater Favorites for kids who haven’t quite gotten to the “yes!” of veggies. We ship millions of meals across the contiguous United States and we’re looking forward to reaching even more families as we continue to grow.
2022
Co-Founder, Chairman
May 2022
Insurance Agency built by Insurance Industry Experts and Leading CPG Founders to ensure brands avoid the big mistakes.
early stageInsurance
2015
CEO, Founder, Investor, Food & Beverage Strategy and Retail Growth
Sep 2015
Rodeo is reinventing how better-for-you brands grow in retail.
2010
Cocomama Foods
COO / cofounder
May 2010