Hey, Roman here.
I’m a sober epicurean investing exclusively in No & Low-ABV gourmet specialty beverages — drinks with soul, complexity, flavor and purpose.
Before angel investing, I spent 10 years building the dating app called PURE, which I sold to a PE firm in 2022.
Since early 2024, I run Ace of Cups, my personal investment practice. I invest my own capital first, and when I’m truly excited about a deal, I may invite a few like-minded people from my network to co-invest.
In our first year, I backed eight amazing early-stage brands.
In 2025, I narrowed my focus to no and low abv gourmet specialty beverages designed for wine occasions, with a particular obsession for single-origin tea–based expressions, from Mizudashi-style brews to tea pét-nats.
That means I don’t invest in NA beer, alcohol-removed wines, or non-alcoholic aperitifs, cocktails, or spirits and absolutely nothing with added alcohol in it.
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Interested in investing alongside me? Apply here.