Feenix Venture Partners is a New York investment firm founded in 2017 that provides growth capital to small and mid-sized consumer businesses through both debt and equity; its wider portfolio includes The Slanted Door and Capital Tacos. Its three Ferret companies show the range of what that can mean: already the majority owner of Jack's Stir Brew by the time it led that chain's 2022 merger, a lender to Bareburger whose 2018 loan never converted, and an investor in OddFellows on undisclosed terms. The label on the check matters less than whether control ever changes hands.
3 companies on Ferret
Jack's Stir Brew Coffee
Coffee · 5+ locations — Jack's Stir Brew built its name on organic, fair-trade coffee and a patented brewing method since 2003. Founder Jack Mazzola stepped back in 2020, and in 2022 investment firm Feenix Venture Partners, already its majority owner, merged the chain with a wine bar business.
Bareburger
Dining · 28+ locations — Bareburger built its name on organic, farm-sourced burgers from a converted Astoria bakery in 2009. It's since pulled back from a peak near 40 locations on four continents to under 30, mostly in the New York area, settling three separate wage-and-hour lawsuits along the way.
OddFellows Ice Cream Co.
Dining · 10+ locations — OddFellows still reads as the quirky Williamsburg scoop shop behind pretzel and miso ice cream. It's actually a multi-state franchise brand now, with shops from Tampa to Seoul and outside investors along for the ride. Founders Mohan Kumar and Sam Mason still run it.
Firm data last updated August 2026