Van Leeuwen is still run by its three founders, but it has taken five rounds of outside investment since 2018 and seated two investor-designated board members while the company grew past 100 scoop shops across 15-plus states. Worker reviews run well below the food-service industry average with no documented enforcement finding to weigh against them, and the company publishes no environmental disclosure despite its scale. Between the founders who still run it day-to-day and the investors whose capital funded the expansion, Van Leeuwen answers to both.