HEK Ventures
HEK VenturesFamily Office · Frankfurt

A family office at the intersection of food and the digital economy

We invest in companies that bring the quality of traditional German food culture into modern, platform-grade delivery. Every brand in our portfolio runs on the same shared logistics backbone — built so that fresh, premium produce arrives reliably, every time.

01 · Why this exists

Why this exists

The missing data layer

Platforms exist. What doesn't exist yet is the organized product and supply data that platforms can actually trust. We build that layer first — the brands come second.

Logistics is the real bottleneck

Even Germany's fastest delivery players struggle with sourcing organization. Our shared cold chain quietly removes that bottleneck for the brands we own.

Tradition needs to travel

Very few operators can deliver the quality a German shopper expects from a traditional fruit shop — at platform speed. We were one of them long before we ever went digital.

02 · Portfolio

Portfolio

5 brands
FRUVEG

FRUVEG

The logistics backbone — fresh-produce import, cold storage and distribution every brand in the portfolio plugs into.

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Die Limette

Die Limette

Citrus and nightlife essentials sourced directly from Latin America — for bars, cocktail kitchens and shisha lounges.

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Dattelbox

Dattelbox

Only Medjool — premium dates with single-origin transparency, distributed on the shared cold chain.

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03 · How it works

How it works

01

Import

Direct sourcing from Latin America, the Mediterranean and Asia. No middlemen between the grower and our cold chain.

02

Warehouse & infrastructure

700 m² of active cold storage in Frankfurt with another 2,200 m² of reserve capacity — the physical layer that lets every brand scale without rebuilding logistics.

03

Platform & data

A shared product and supply database that every portfolio brand plugs into. The data layer the German food market quietly lacks.

04

Restaurant & end customer

Fast, contactless delivery to restaurants, kiosks, lounges and homes — at the quality the German market expects from a traditional fruit shop, packaged like a modern platform.

04 · By the numbers

By the numbers

€9M
Portfolio value
Combined estimated value across all brands.
€4M
FRUVEG anchor value
The core logistics asset — the shared backbone.
700 m²
Active warehouse
Josef-Eicher-Straße, Frankfurt am Main.
2,200 m²
Reserve capacity
Ready for the next phase of growth.
18
FRUVEG full-time
Permanent staff running the logistics core.
~28
Total team
FRUVEG plus operations staff across the portfolio.
05 · How we got here

How we got here

  1. 2004

    Wholesale roots

    Family business founded in Frankfurt's wholesale market — the start of a multi-generation operation.

  2. 2012

    Second generation joins

    Family members begin formal involvement and introduce systematic operations.

  3. 2020

    The digital pivot begins

    The pandemic accelerates the shift from pure wholesale to digital-native distribution.

  4. Pandemic

    E-commerce and service launches

    NashiBox, FossFood, Die Limette and Dattelbox launch inside the portfolio.

  5. Today

    A logistics-led family office

    HEK Ventures builds the infrastructure that lets traditional German food culture meet platform-grade delivery.

06 · Where we invest

Where we invest

Classic food × digital market

Companies that translate the quality of a traditional German fruit shop into modern, platform-grade digital delivery.

Longevity & nutrition

Adjacent investments in companies extending human healthspan through nutrition and lifestyle, where our supply network gives a head start.

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