Top 5 Organic Food Startup Investors in Africa (May 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Ryan Bethencourt
Angel
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1 | United States, Chile, India | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Biotechnology, Food Processing, Food and Beverage | |
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Sustainable Food Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, Germany | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Food Processing | |
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Haskè Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Senegal | Seed, Pre-Seed | B2B, Retail, Banking | |
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Kale United
VC Fund
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1 | Sweden, United Kingdom, India | Seed, Pre-Seed | Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Food Processing | |
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Capital V
VC Fund
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1 | Nigeria, United States, India | Pre-Seed, Seed | Food and Beverage, FinTech, Organic Food | |
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Ryan is a co-founder and CEO at Wild Earth and a co-founder and Partner at Sustainable Food Ventures, bringing years of experience in leading, building and advising high-growth food and biotechnology companies. Ryan is a biotech entrepreneur, investor, and one of the founders of the biohacker movement. He’s a co-founder and former Program Directorat IndieBio and has invested in over 130 early stage biotech startups and served as the head of life sciences at the XPRIZE Foundation. As an ethical vegan, Ryan is passionate about the future of biology as a technology, applied across all industries to solve some of humanity’s most intractable problems. Ryan fosters dogs for Rocket Dog Rescue and is passionate about mindfulness, meditation, and mentoring. His work at the interface of science, food, and business has been covered by many major publications.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Food Processing, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Chile, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Evo Foods — EVO foods is creating India’s first 100% plant based liquid egg
- WTH Foods — WTH Foods is a plant-based alternative protein company based in Manila, Philippines. Using local and sustainable ingredients, we create plant-based versions of processed meat products that Southeast Asian love
- Arcturus BioCloud — Arcturus delivers granular insights, climate metrics and sustainability risks on the drivers of climate and ESG profiles for investment holdings via a climate and Sustainability Intelligence SaaS.
SFV backs globally early-stage founders building leading Future of Food companies that are: #Cell-based #Plant-based #Recombinant
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Food Processing
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, India, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- POW! Foods — Puta en gandia
- Veggie Victory — VeggieVictory is Nigeria’s first plant-based food tech company bringing people a healthier and more sustainable lifestyle through plant-based meats and meals.
- High Time Foods — High Time Foods provides shelf-stable and moldable plant-based meat alternatives to foodservice operators. Their first product is a plant-based chicken alternative that does not require refrigeration. The product is moldable and can be used in any cuisine as a substitute for chicken.
Haskè Ventures is a venture builder based in Dakar and focused on transforming the startup landscape.
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- Industry: B2B, Retail, Banking
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Senegal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Kwely — Kwely is a dynamic and fast-growing startup. We are always looking for passionate, dynamic, fun and hard-working individuals to join our team.
- ProXalys INC — ProXalys is an african digital bank or neobank for the financial inclusion and empowerment of african women (entrepreneurs and self-employed entrepreneurs, startups, SMEs, and startups).
- ProXalys — BENGKULUTOTO Adalah Platform game online terbaik dan terpercaya di Indonesia. Nikmati pengalaman bermain seru, aman, dengan berbagai pilihan hiburan berkualitas tinggi kapan saja!
Kale United offers a portfolio of over 75+ plant-based game changers
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Food Processing
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Sweden, United Kingdom, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Opalia — Opalia is introducing a new era of dairy: functional, delicious, and sustainable dairy made from mammary cells.
- The Pack — Nutritionally complete vegan dog food. Grain-free & developed with food scientists & animal nutritionists, try our delicious vegan dog food now.
- Cultimate Foods — At Cultimate, we are transforming the flavor and aroma industry with natural innovative ingredients.
Transforming the global system to one that is more sustainable – from the perspectives of environment, food scarcity, health and animal welfare – by investing in solutions that facilitate sustained behavioral change and eliminate the consumption of animal products. Investing in vegan ventures
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, FinTech, Organic Food
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Nigeria, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Vacka — Vacka is a food and beverage manufacturer that produces and sells organic, plant-based vegan cheese varieties.
- NowNow — NowNow aims to democratise the mobile wallet space in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa. We provide a bank and MNO agnostic online platform to recharge any mobile, pay bills, and utilities, send/receive money and pay@shop directly to merchants. The amount consumers pay is returned in the form of cashback and coupons making the recharge almostfree. We are PCI-DSS compliant and are licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria.NowNow also offers a unique agent platform that enables additional revenue streams for individuals and businesses and provides financial services to the unbanked – allowing them to offer p2p, bank transfers, cash out, mobile recharge, pay bills etc.
- Vevolution — Vevolution is an investment platform providing data and intelligence for the AgriFoodTech ecosystems. Dedicated to removing animals from our supply chain.
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