Floresta Ventures

Founded in 2016 by Jonathan May and Darrell van Ligten to purchase or invest in restaurant concepts with strong growth potential.

As former CEO, Arby’s Restaurant Group and former President, International at The Wendy’s Company, and we have the experience and confidence to invest at any point in the restaurant concept lifecycle: 

  • Capability to develop, fine tune and scale restaurant concepts
  • Led and scaled start-up restaurant and retail ventures for large corporations
  • Significant experience and network in international markets
  • Proprietary brand/concept, economic and international filters for analyzing potential investments
  • Successful past investments – City Bakery/Birdbath Bakery, Villa (urban retailer), Wag Hotels (pet hotels)

CURRENT INVESTMENTS