Founded in 2010, SVG Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley. It focuses on investing in early-stage technology companies operating within the agrifood, supply chain, sustainability, and climate sectors.
Founded in 1995, SOSV is a global venture capital firm headquartered in New Jersey. It focuses on seed-to-growth stage investments in deep tech innovations, primarily in bio-tech/life sciences and hardware/robotics sectors, with a commitment to human and planetary health.
Founded in 2013, AgFunder is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California. It invests globally in agritech and food tech startups that are solving problems in the food system through automation, digitization of supply chain, food waste reduction, alternative proteins, and nutrition. The firm manages multiple funds and has invested in over 50 companies, aiming to deliver meaningful environmental and social impact across the food system.
S2G Ventures is a Chicago-based, multi-stage investment firm focused on fostering innovation across food and agriculture, oceans, and energy. Founded in 2014, it targets late-stage venture and growth investments and maintains a portfolio spanning seed, venture, and growth rounds. The firm backs entrepreneurs delivering market-driven solutions that transform food systems and related sectors, including ingredients, infrastructure and logistics, food safety technology, retail and consumer brands, as well as opportunities in ocean and energy domains. Its objective is to catalyze healthier, sustainable, and locally sourced food systems through investments that cover agricultural products, logistics, and consumer offerings.
Founded in 2010, Omnivore is a venture capital firm based in Mumbai, India, that invests in entrepreneurs building solutions for the agriculture and food sector. It backs early-stage ventures across areas such as farmer platforms, precision agriculture, and agri-biotech, with a focus on improving productivity and sustainability in farming and food supply chains.
Established in 2020, the European Innovation Council supports innovative startups and researchers with promising ideas, focusing on early-stage companies with positive environmental, social, or governance impacts. It co-invests alongside private investors.
Founded in 2014, The Yield Lab is a global venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in AgriFood Tech. It invests in innovative technologies across crops, animal health, digital agriculture, logistics, and food ingredients, with initial investments ranging from $100,000 to $1.5 million.
Innova Memphis is a Tennessee-based venture capital firm established in 2007 by the Memphis Bioworks Foundation. It focuses on biosciences, technology, and agri-tech companies at pre-seed, seed, early-stage, and high-growth stages across the United States. The firm provides funding and hands-on support to help early ideas evolve into viable business units and aims to connect portfolio companies with established corporations for licensing, acquisitions, or follow-on investments. By combining technical know-how, market expertise, and venture capital, Innova Memphis seeks to accelerate product development and help startups reach milestones and scale toward market leadership.
Founded in Singapore in 2017, Antler is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests globally. It focuses on backing exceptional founders from day one, offering a global community network of co-founders, talent, advisors, expansion support, and capital across various sectors such as technology, healthcare, finance, consumer goods, and more.
Founded in 2021, Ponderosa Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York. It focuses on investing $100-750k in pre-seed and seed-stage companies operating within the food, agriculture, and ocean sectors.
Founded in 2007, SP Ventures is a Brazilian venture capital firm headquartered in São Paulo. It focuses on early-stage technology-based companies, with a particular interest in information and communication technologies, health technologies, agricultural technologies, new materials, and nanotechnologies.
Cavallo Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Wilbur-Ellis Holdings, based in San Francisco. It invests its own capital in early-stage ventures across livestock feed, pet nutrition, aquafeed, and related ingredients and formulation, including cosmetics and nutrition products for humans and animals. The firm looks for innovative solutions in areas such as water management, irrigation, soil biology, and resource conservation, and supports startups advancing agricultural and ecological sustainability. By partnering with entrepreneurs, Cavallo Ventures aims to accelerate commercialization of scalable technologies that align with Wilbur-Ellis’ core feed, nutrition, and agrochemical interests.
Alexandria Venture Investments is the strategic venture capital arm of Alexandria Real Estate Equities. Based in Pasadena, California, it provides long-term strategic capital to innovative life sciences and technology companies developing breakthrough therapies, diagnostics, and platforms across biopharma, digital health, agrifoodtech, agtech, and related healthcare fields. Established in 1996, the firm invests across seed, early, and growth stages and leverages its deep industry knowledge, extensive investor networks, and scientific advisory resources to support portfolio companies. The unit also pursues opportunities at the intersection of real estate, life sciences, and technology, reflecting its parent company's sector focus and integrated ecosystem approach. It aims to help entities advance human health by partnering with founders to scale transformative technologies.
Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Rye, New York, Ospraie Ag Science is a venture capital firm specializing in growth capital investments within the agriculture sector. The company invests in both public and private markets, leveraging its commercial experience and extensive network across the agricultural value chain to source unique investment opportunities.
Bossa Invest is a venture capital firm based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2011, that manages investment portfolios and provides asset management services to clients across sectors, with a focus on software as a service companies, and analyzes market trends to inform its investment decisions while operating in finance, technology, and real estate.
iSelect Fund Management is a venture capital firm based in Saint Louis, Missouri that pursues early-stage and growth investments across the United States, Canada, Europe and other markets. The firm targets opportunities in healthcare, software, agriculture and life sciences, including areas such as plant sciences, seed genetics, sustainability, immunotherapy, personalized medicine, consumer health and food technology. It typically backs seed and Series A or B rounds and aims for multi-year investment horizons. While it maintains a broad geographic scope, it emphasizes sectors with global growth potential and supports startups positioned to address food, health and scientific innovation on a regional and international scale.
Artesian VC is an alternative investment management company that specializes in early-stage venture capital, particularly in the clean energy sector. Established in 2004 after spinning out from ANZ Banking Group, the company has evolved to manage a range of specialized funds, with a focus on seed and follow-on investments in startups sourced from approved accelerators, incubators, and academic programs. Artesian's investment strategy emphasizes partnerships with leading organizations in the startup ecosystem, enabling it to identify and support high-potential ventures. With offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Shanghai, New York, London, and Singapore, the company has built a global presence and has successfully raised over AUD 255 million for its various funds. Additionally, Artesian has expanded its reach through initiatives like its China VC Fund and plans for a Southeast Asia VC Fund, underscoring its commitment to fostering innovation in diverse markets.
Villgro is an incubator and venture firm headquartered in Chennai, India, that backs social startups through incubation, seed, and early-stage funding. It concentrates on healthcare, education, agriculture technology, energy, and related technology-enabled sectors, offering equity or quasi-equity investments of up to Rs 6 million. By providing mentorship, networks, and capital, Villgro aims to help early ventures scale and achieve social impact.
Leaps by Bayer is the corporate venture capital arm of Bayer. Established in 2015 and headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany, it invests in life sciences, including healthcare, biotechnology, and agriculture. The firm seeks long-term, disruptive technologies and supports innovations with potential for significant societal impact.
Founded in 2017 with offices in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, The Yield Lab LATAM is a venture capital firm investing in AgriFoodTech companies across Latin America, spanning the entire food and agriculture innovation spectrum.
Advantage Capital Partners is a United States‑based venture capital firm that provides growth equity, debt, and mezzanine financing to small and mid‑market companies, with a focus on underserved communities and state and local economic development. The firm invests across sectors including manufacturing, technology, business services, life sciences, and energy, and also supports real estate development projects with equity and debt. It typically makes initial investments ranging roughly from half a million to ten million in companies with modest sales, and may participate in larger follow‑on rounds or co‑invest with other firms. It uses senior debt, mezzanine debt, subordinated loans, and government‑guaranteed lending, and often pursues equity positions through preferred shares or convertible notes. Advantage Capital operates nationwide in the United States, with roots in New Orleans and offices in multiple states, and has backed thousands of jobs and housing projects as part of its mission to expand inclusive economic growth.
Astanor Ventures is a venture capital firm dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs who are innovating in the food, marine, and agriculture sectors. The firm focuses on technology-driven companies that aim to transform the agri-food value chain, utilizing disruptive technologies to foster a future of food that is nourishing, regenerative, and sustainable. Astanor Ventures combines its capital with extensive sector expertise and a robust network that includes entrepreneurs, impact investors, technologists, scientists, farmers, chefs, policymakers, and food enthusiasts. This collaborative approach is designed to cultivate a food system that is not only trusted and scalable but also emphasizes quality and environmental responsibility.
Trailhead Capital is a venture capital firm based in Boulder, Colorado, established in 2017. The firm focuses on later-stage venture capital and early growth equity investments, primarily targeting companies in the agriculture and agriculture technology sectors. Additionally, Trailhead Capital explores opportunities in commodities and grains trading, as well as alternative investments related to land and agriculture ventures.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development finances projects and provides advisory services to the public and private sectors. It supports new ventures and expansion in existing companies through project financing, loans, and equity or quasi-equity investments, including equity funds and guarantees, and it partners with private entities to invest across sectors such as banking, energy, manufacturing, infrastructure, information technology, and services. The bank also helps publicly owned entities privatize and restructure municipal services and engages in policy reform dialogue and advisory services, along with trade finance and loan syndication. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in London, it operates across regions including Southeastern and Central Europe, the Baltic States, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, Central Asia, and parts of the Middle East and Africa, aiming to foster market-oriented change and private sector development by mobilizing capital for sustainable investments. It has invested more than €130 billion in over 5,200 projects.
Acre Venture Partners is a Santa Monica, California-based venture capital firm founded in 2016 that backs companies redefining the food system. It invests in platform businesses across the food value chain, with emphasis on agriculture, food tech, climate tech, and consumer verticals. The firm seeks disruptive ventures that address large-scale human and environmental health problems by delivering scalable, systemic improvements in food and agriculture.
Trendlines Group is an Israel-based venture group that invents, discovers, and incubates innovation-based medical and agrifood technologies. It invests through medical and agrifood incubators in Israel and Singapore and operates Trendlines Labs, its in-house innovation center, to advance early-stage technologies. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Misgav, it concentrates on medical technology and agrifood technology opportunities.
Agronomics is an investment firm specializing in biotechnology and biopharmaceuticals, with a focus on cellular agriculture and alternative proteins. It invests in both quoted and unquoted companies, and may participate in funds and other vehicles with exposure to the biopharma sector, including biotech-related debt. The firm seeks to create value by backing companies with the potential to generate substantial revenues from biopharmaceutical drugs and related technologies, pursuing opportunities across early to growth stages and, where possible, co-investing with experienced partners. It is based in the Isle of Man and formed to build a portfolio across biotechnology and biopharmaceuticals.
Incofin Investment Management is an Antwerp-based impact investment firm focused on financial inclusion in developing countries. The company supports rural and agricultural sectors by investing in microfinance institutions and related financial services through debt, equity and guarantees, often taking minority positions and participating on MFIs' boards to guide growth. It also funds microfinance-focused investment funds and private equity vehicles, aiming to reach the rural poor, smallholder farmers, and other actors along agricultural value chains. The firm operates globally, with activity in Africa, Asia, Latin America and beyond, and emphasizes sustainable returns alongside social impact.
OurCrowd, established in 2013, is a global venture investing platform headquartered in Israel. It specializes in connecting accredited investors with curated, high-quality early-stage companies across various sectors, including healthcare, technology, energy, and transportation. OurCrowd invests in and supports its portfolio companies throughout their lifecycle, providing mentorship, industry connections, and follow-on funding opportunities. It is the most active venture investor in Israel and has a strong presence in the United States and other global markets.
Founded in 2014, Aliment Capital is a growth capital investor based in Santa Monica, California. It invests globally in innovative businesses that enhance agricultural productivity, nutrition, health, sustainability, and supply chain efficiency within the food and agriculture technology sectors.
Navus Ventures, established in 2013, is a venture capital firm focused on investing in high-tech and sustainable start-ups and scale-ups. It primarily concentrates on the transitions within food and energy sectors. Based in Maassluis, Netherlands, Navus takes an active role as a board member in its portfolio companies.
At One Ventures is a San Francisco–based venture capital firm that backs early-stage companies using disruptive deep technologies to upend the unit economics of established industries while dramatically reducing their environmental footprint. It seeks companies that pursue a world where humanity is a net positive to nature and looks for regenerative business models with potential to be healthy, scalable, and durable. The firm targets sectors including energy, cleantech, climate tech, ag-tech, food tech, technology, consumer products and services, and both B2B and B2C markets, primarily at seed and Series A stages, with a focus on products and services that can transform industries and advance planetary health.
Founded in 2022, Tall Grass Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Calgary, Canada. It focuses on investing in early-stage agrifood tech solutions, supporting Canada's role as a leader in the evolving food economy.
Breakthrough Energy Ventures is an investor-led venture capital firm based in Kirkland, Washington, focused on climate and energy technology. It makes minority investments across seed, early, and later stages in companies delivering environmental services, climate technology, and cleantech solutions. The firm seeks scalable technologies that provide reliable, affordable power while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and supports innovations that address energy access, infrastructure, and transportation needs. Its mission emphasizes patient, impact-oriented investing to accelerate the transition to low-emission energy systems.
Radicle Growth is a venture capital and accelerator firm founded in 2016 and based in San Diego, California. The firm specializes in investing in seed and early-stage companies within the agriculture and food technology sectors. Radicle Growth focuses on identifying and supporting innovative start-ups that possess disruptive technologies, helping them reach their full potential through a proprietary company-building platform. This platform is unique in the agriculture industry, addressing market gaps by accelerating the development of cutting-edge solutions. Additionally, Radicle Growth has established The Radicle Challenge, an initiative aimed at discovering and supporting visionary entrepreneurs who are tackling significant challenges or seeking to innovate within the ag and food industries.
Cultivian Sandbox Ventures is a Chicago-based venture capital firm established in 2008, specializing in investments in disruptive agriculture and food technology companies. The firm takes an active role in its portfolio, engaging as early investors and board members to shape company strategy, recruit key executives, and secure further capital. Cultivian Sandbox Ventures distinguishes itself by leveraging a robust network and strategic partnerships within the agriculture and food sectors, providing substantial value beyond mere financial support. Its investment team, which combines expertise from Cultivian Ventures and Sandbox Industries, is proficient in sourcing, evaluating, and managing equity investments. This hands-on approach not only aims to build stronger businesses but also seeks to transform entire industries.
Pearl Capital Partners is a venture capital firm investing in small and medium-sized agribusinesses in East Africa, with a focus on Uganda. Founded in 2005, the company invests between $0.25 million to $2.5 million per company using a combination of equity, quasi-equity, equity-related, and debt investments.
Established in 2021, Emmertech is a Canadian venture capital firm headquartered in Regina. It specializes in investing in the AgTech and agribusiness innovation sectors.
Turkey Development Fund is an economic development agency in Istanbul established in 2019 that aims to strengthen Turkey’s enterprise ecosystem by investing in new-generation startups and in investment vehicles that support sustainable development. It focuses on strategically important economic sectors and on growing the nascent venture capital ecosystem by directing capital to innovative companies that drive long-term growth.
Serra Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Champaign, Illinois, that invests in technology companies across the United States and select international locations. The firm concentrates on early-stage and growth opportunities in information technology, deep technology, instrumentation, software as a service, devices, B2B, and agricultural technologies, with a focus on the Midwest and West Coast regions. Serra Ventures supports portfolio companies through strategic guidance, networks, and resources to help scale technology-enabled businesses.
Prelude Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm established in 2013, dedicated to investing in early-stage startups that aim to address climate change. The firm focuses on sectors such as advanced energy, food and agriculture, transportation, logistics, advanced materials, manufacturing, and advanced computing. By supporting innovative businesses in these areas, Prelude Ventures seeks to foster the development of the next generation of companies that can significantly impact environmental sustainability and contribute to a more sustainable future.
Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 and based in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London, and Bangalore. It focuses on early and growth-stage technology startups, investing across software, cloud, data analytics, mobile technology, consumer services, fintech, security, healthcare, and information technologies. Accel seeks to partner with entrepreneurs to build world-class companies that define new categories and drive growth. Its portfolio includes notable technology companies such as Atlassian, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, Etsy, Cloudera, DJI, Braintree, and Lookout Security, among others.
Finistere Ventures, established in 2005, is a global venture capital firm headquartered in San Diego, California, with additional offices in Menlo Park, Dublin, and Tel Aviv. The firm specializes in investing in early to growth-stage companies across life sciences, information technology, sustainability, and agricultural technology sectors. Its focus includes medical devices, diagnostics, and food, energy, and health-related technologies. Finistere invests between $0.35 million to $4.5 million, typically holding investments for five years. The firm operates globally, with a presence in the United States, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, and Latin America.
Founded in 2020, Mudcake is a venture capital firm based in Stockholm, Sweden. It invests globally in pre-seed and seed-stage companies focused on food technology and agriculture technology.
Founded in 2016, Blue Horizon is a Swiss investment firm focused on the agriculture and food processing sectors. It partners with farmers, food producers, and distribution chains to invest in companies and support innovation in plant-based foods and food technology.
Unigrains is a French investment company focused on the agribusiness sector, established in 1963 and based in Paris. It concentrates on opportunities in the agri-food and agritech segments, pursuing global investments through direct minority stakes and through specialized investment vehicles. The company provides specialized financing to France’s agribusiness sector, supporting growth across the agricultural value chain.
Alumni Ventures Group is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, with offices across North America. It provides access to venture investing for individual accredited investors, particularly alumni networks, by offering diversified portfolios of venture opportunities and allowing members to invest alongside fellow alumni in ventures led by peers. The firm backs early-stage and later-stage opportunities across technology, consumer, healthcare, financial services, and other sectors, with a sector- and geography-agnostic approach. It typically invests between $10,000 and $3 million per deal and emphasizes the involvement of alumni connections and an institutional lead investor in opportunities. Alumni Ventures also offers focused funds to broaden participation, enabling accredited investors to access venture portfolios diversified by type, sector, stage, and geography. The model aims to democratize access to venture capital while maintaining rigorous selection standards through alumni networks.
Founded in 2019, Big Idea Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in alternative protein companies. It focuses on plant-based food products and ingredients, as well as cell-based meats. The firm invests primarily in Asia and North America.
Founded in Tokyo in 1998, Global Brain is a venture capital firm focusing on seed to late-stage investments across various sectors globally. They have invested in over 300 startups, facilitating 25 IPOs and 61 M&As through hands-on support services.