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Top 50 Organic Food Startup Investors in Europe

Last updated: Apr 2024 A list of 50 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Organic food startups based in Europe. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Organic food companies from Europe. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Organic Food Startup Investors in Europe

Investor	Organic Food Europe investments
HackCapital	3
Blue Horizon Corporation	3
AgFunder	2
HTGF \| High-Tech Gruenderfonds	2
Feast Ventrues	2
CRiF	2
PeakBridge	2
Atomico	2
Geschwister Oetker	2
PINC	2
Almi Invest	2
Danone Manifesto Venture	2
Tijen Onaran	2
MSM	2
True Growth Capital	2
Sustainable Food Ventures	2
Daphni	2
Henri Seydoux	2
Shio Capital	2
Capsa Vida	2
BioInnovation Institute	2
Investbridge AgriTech	2
Arman Anatürk	2
Jörg Kattner	2
JamJar Investments	2
REDangels	2
World Fund	2
Dennis Aogo	2
Michael Cortelletti	2
Norbert Lemken	2
Tobias Fezer	2
Nucleus Capital	2
Luminar Ventures	2
Nucleus Capital	2
IT-Farm	2
Capagro	2
Wolfgang Mauer	2
better ventures	2
Danske Bank	1
Stockholm Techstars Accelerator	1
Zubi Capital	1
Fondazione Social Venture Giordano dell'Amore	1
Marc-David Choukroun	1
Octopus Ventures	1
Clear Current Capital	1
Henri Capoul	1
South East Angels	1
aws Gründerfonds (aws Founders Fund)	1
Jonathan Goodwin	1
Tet Ventures	1

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Join FoodTech focused investors looking to back impact-driven founders shaping our food system

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Israel, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

PoLoPo — PoLoPo is a biotech company that produces proteins on a large scale and according to specifications. PoLoPo develops a "superAA" plant by employing directed metabolic engineering techniques and fully utilizing plants' capacity as various metabolite and green protein factories. A significant amount of free amino acids can be producedby the superAA. The increased production of amino acids is then translated into an increase in the scale at which proteins are produced in plant organs.
twig bio — twig bio operates as a bioengineering startup. twig bio using AI and robotics to find sustainable replacements for harmful ingredients.
Cultivated Biosciences — Cultivated - Creamy, dairy-free indulgence

Our mission is to accelerate the transition to a new Sustainable Food System that delivers outstanding returns for investors and the planet.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Biotechnology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

WOW EARN — WOW EARN connects users to the blockchain, enabling them to mine, earn, and trade via decentralised mining, earning, and trading systems.
New School Foods — Whole-muscle, plant-based seafood
Basecamp Research — Novel proteins from nature. We sample the most extreme and exciting places on the planet to build the world's largest knowledge graph of natural biodiversity.

AgFunder invests in impactful companies that can positively transform the world's food system. Founded in 2013, AgFunder manages a portfolio of over 50 companies across four funds from offices in Silicon Valley and Singapore. Through its media platform AFN, it has built a global ecosystem of over 90,000 subscribers.

Investment focus

Agriculture, AgTech, Food and Beverage
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, United Kingdom, India

Portfolio highlights

Varaha — Varaha generates carbon credits through its tech solutions.
Neatleaf — Sustainable agriculture with optimal yields through data-driven understanding and comprehensive automation for everyone.
Umaro Foods — Umaro Foods specializes in developing a plant-based protein source from ocean-farmed seaweed.

The seed investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) finances tech start-ups with growth potential and has supported more than 700 start-ups since 2005. With the launch of its fourth fund, HTGF now has about 1.4 billion euros under management. Its team of experienced investment managers and start-up experts support young companies with expertise,entrepreneurial spirit and passion. HTGF’s focus is on high-tech start-ups in the fields of digital tech, industrial tech, life sciences, chemistry and related business areas. To date, external investors have injected about 5 billion euros of capital into the HTGF portfolio via more than 2,000 follow-on financing rounds. In addition, HTGF has already successfully sold shares in more than 170 companies. Fund investors in this public-private partnership include the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, KfW Capital and 45 companies from a wide range of industries. Fund investors in this public-private partnership include the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, KfW Capital and 45 companies from a wide range of industries.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Germany, Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Graswald — Graswald engages in the creation of natural and digital 3D worlds for the entertainment industry.
CustomSurg — RETHINKING TRAUMA SURGERY At CustomSurg we are changing the treatment of complex bone fractures from a subjective to an objective approach, through personalized solutions.
Tubulis — Reimagining Antibody Drug Conjugates Tubulis generates uniquely matched protein-drug conjugates through the combination of novel proprietary technologies and disease-specific biologic insight. Our goal is to expand the therapeutic potential of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) by increasing design flexibility while overcoming constraints of toxicity, efficacy and indication. Tubulis will build new conjugates to fill its pipeline and

Enabling the new Nutrition Epitome

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Organic Food, Health Care
Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Planet A Foods — The chocolate revolution is here. 100% cocoa-free and unbelievably delicious. We call it QOA. You need to try it!
Wholey — The Berlin-based start-up Wholey develops innovative, plant-based breakfast products of the highest organic quality, without refined sugar and additives - fair, ecological, and delicious. Started in 2016 with smoothie mixes for the catering industry, the range now includes smoothie bowls, granolas, nut creams, and porridges.The products areavailable in supermarkets in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Iceland, and the UK, as well as through food service and the company's own online shop.
Pumpkin Organics — Pumpkin Organics is an innovative baby food concept that values vegetables and good healthy eating from the very first bite. Our recipes are 100% organic with nothing extra – no added sugars, salt, preservatives or additives.

CRIF offers credit bureau services, business information, analytics and decisioning, consultancy to support finance, insurance, utility and service companies of the customer relationship cycle.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Blockchain
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Italy, Ireland, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

BKN301 — Scopri tutti i servizi dedicati a privati, aziende ed esercenti. Accedi all'area riservata.
STEP 4 Business — STEP is the answer to the key needs of small and medium-sized enterprises, with a complete digital ecosystem of financial products and services chosen and designed for the customer, using the best technologies and the most innovative solutions on the market. Founded in 2021 and is based in Milan, Lombardia, Italy.
Know Your Customer — Know Your Customer is an award-winning SaaS ecosystem and APls designed to revolutionise the compliance, corporate onboarding and periodic review process.

PeakBridge is an Alternative Investment Fund Manager and Investment Services Firm specialized in FoodTech.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Israel, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Hyperplan — Hyperplan is a SaaS company whose mission is to assist industrial companies in dealing with crop production's increasing volatility. Hyperplan is a live, real-time software platform for crop and harvest management for all crops.
WNWN Food Labs — We're WNWN Food Labs and we love food. We're creating delicious, sustainable and ethical alternatives to unsustainable and ethically dubious foods. We're starting with cacao-free chocolate. Changing chocolate? It's Win-Win #alt-chocolate #altchocolate #alt-universe #altuniverse #alt-protein
The Mediterranean Food Lab — The Mediterranean Food Lab merge traditional fermentation and cutting-edge science, to produce natural plant-based flavor-bases for a wide range of meat replacement needs.

Atomico invests in innovative technology companies around the world.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

deeploi — deeploi - This is IT. We are on a mission to become the #1 IT OS for smart companies. Our IT-as-a-service solution transforms pain into peace by eliminating all IT-related inefficiencies and insecurities. If you are looking to take the trouble out of your IT and get a solution that manages all your needs in one place: IT as a Service.
Unfabled — Menstrual care and wellness products for your cycle. Organic period products in sustainable packaging. Curated brands for skincare, sleep, cravings, cramping, mood swings, and relaxation. For all your self-care needs, we have you covered.
Pelago — Quit Genius is the world’s first digital clinic for treating nicotine, alcohol and opioid addictions. Built on the evidence-based approach of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT), Quit Genius combines virtual cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with approved medication and connected devices to help employers and health plans tackle the high cost ofaddiction, while improving the lives of their employees and members.

Geschwister Oetker is owned by Alfred, Ferdinand, and Julia Oetker.

Investment focus

Organic Food, Food Processing
Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Kolonne Null — Kolonne Null was founded in 2018 and creates fine non-alcoholic premium wines.Kolonne Null stands for the special demand for quality, enjoyment and style. We present a variety of finest wines and sparkling variants, which we develop in co-production with award-winning family wineries.Research in our in-house laboratory lays the foundation foreach creation. Only the most brilliant compositions are de-alcoholized on a larger scale and become part of the Kolonne Null collection.Kolonne Null is available through its own online store as well as through various retailers in the DACH region.
WNWN Food Labs — We're WNWN Food Labs and we love food. We're creating delicious, sustainable and ethical alternatives to unsustainable and ethically dubious foods. We're starting with cacao-free chocolate. Changing chocolate? It's Win-Win #alt-chocolate #altchocolate #alt-universe #altuniverse #alt-protein

PINC invests in attractive start-ups leveraging four major consumer trends: Conscious Consumption, Holistic Health, Personalized Convenience, and Authentic Experiences.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Cooking, Children
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Sweden, France, Denmark

Portfolio highlights

Amatera — Amatera is a biotechnology research company that leverages the latest techniques in biotechnology, to create coffee varieties. Amatera urges to make coffee varieties more sustainable and climate resistant to fill that massive demand. Founded by Omar Dekkiche and Lucie Kriegshauser in 2022 and is located in Paris, France.
Improvin' — Improvin' is a sustainability performance platform that helps agri-food companies measure, report and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in their own value chain.
WNWN Food Labs — We're WNWN Food Labs and we love food. We're creating delicious, sustainable and ethical alternatives to unsustainable and ethically dubious foods. We're starting with cacao-free chocolate. Changing chocolate? It's Win-Win #alt-chocolate #altchocolate #alt-universe #altuniverse #alt-protein

ALMI Invest is a venture capital company which invests in Swedish companies with exciting, scalable business models and motivated entrepreneurs. ALMI Invest consists of eight regionally based venture capital funds, all with local offices and experienced local investment managers. We manage a total of SEK 1 billion. Unlike most venture capitalists,we can invest in a wide range of businesses. A strong team of entrepreneurs, a scalable business model and an initial revenue stream are more important than the line of business when we invest.Our first, initial investment would typically be SEK 2-4 million. During the lifetime of an investment, sums of up to SEK 10 million can be ventured. We always syndicate with an investment partner (another venture capitalist or angel investor) from Sweden or otherwise which means that we can take a maximum of 50 percent of an investment round.ALMI Invest was founded in 2009 by ALMI Fretagspartner together with regional investors. Half of our capital comes from European Union structural funds, which accounts for an investment of SEK 500 million. The other 50 per cent comes from regional investors and ALMI Fretagspartner.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Funding Round, Seed, Pre-Seed
Sweden, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Dicot — Dicot is a pharmaceutical company focused on drug discovery and the development of novel lifestyle drugs to enrich patients' lives. The Company develops and manufactures medicines for the treatment of erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation. The company's lead candidate, LIB-01, is in the pre-clinical stage of development.
Trackpaw Scientific — Contributing to the development of safe and effective pharmaceuticals at increased speed and quality by digitalising the preclinical study landscape.
Nordic Forestry Automation — The forestry sector is standing before unprecedented challenges in adapting to increased demand for sustainable raw materials, carbon storage, biodiversity conservation and a shortage of highly skilled machine operators. Digital tools, precision forestry and automation will play a crucial role in

We are a corporate venture group located in New York City and Paris that is part of a global food and beverage company with a unique manifesto and world-class expertise and resources.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Organic Food, Health Care
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
United States, France, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Symbrosia — Reducing livestock methane emissions with the world's mightiest seaweed.
Minor Figures — Minor Figures is a coffee company that makes coffee products for coffee lovers. Oat Milk. Nitro Cold Brew Coffee. Chai. CBD oil. No dairy. No added sugar. Brewed in East London.
Nous anti-gaspi — We anti-Gapsi is the network of anti-waste food stores. This grocery store project offers producers and manufacturers the opportunity to their downgraded and unsold products at a fair price. They are a qualitative environment, they market products excluded from the usual mass distribution circuits for small defects, physical defects, contract-datenot respected, and end of series. They offer consumers a new mode of consumption that gives priority to common sense and that is at the same time smart, qualitative, and eco-responsible. In their stores, they offer you to find, in a warm atmosphere, a complete choice of food products to save waste: fruits and vegetables, fresh and frozen products, groceries, and even a small bulk section.

Tijen Onaran - CEO & Founder @ Global Digital Women

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, FinTech, Education
Angel, Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Logga — Loggä are vegan bread baking mixes containing unique ingredients that only require a little water to be combined. The name alludes to the bread's especially moist texture.
FreeMOM — Through legally verified freelancing, FreeMOM opens up new possibilities for a sustainable work-life balance. Just collaborate with the finest.
Pumpkin Organics — Pumpkin Organics is an innovative baby food concept that values vegetables and good healthy eating from the very first bite. Our recipes are 100% organic with nothing extra – no added sugars, salt, preservatives or additives.

MSM is an early-stage generalist impact fund that invests all across Europe.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, B2B
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal

Portfolio highlights

GoParity — GoParity is an online savings and investment platform that uses a P2P business model to simplify investment and allow citizens and companies to get a decent return on their sustainable loans. Citizens and companies invest their funds in projects they believe in to generate economic, social and environmental impact.We are driving the transitiontowards a more sustainable and inclusive economic system, making investment in sustainable solutions accessible to all, from citizens to small enterprises. Join us @ www.goparity.com
Flecto — Flecto is the rental platform that makes businesses thrive in the circular economy. A flexible rental software for all types of businesses.
WNWN Food Labs — We're WNWN Food Labs and we love food. We're creating delicious, sustainable and ethical alternatives to unsustainable and ethically dubious foods. We're starting with cacao-free chocolate. Changing chocolate? It's Win-Win #alt-chocolate #altchocolate #alt-universe #altuniverse #alt-protein

True Growth is a Berlin-based group of founders who actively invest into outstanding entrepreneurs. Over the past two decades, we have built several internationally leading companies and sold them to global players. We leverage our operational experience and dedicate a significant amount of time to supporting our portfolio companies.

Investment focus

Internet, Software, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Germany, Denmark, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

unea — Everything you need to level up your retail media and trade marketing business - from consulting, workshops to leading software -
Packmatic — Packmatic finds the ideal flexible packaging solution for your product and lets you manage it online.
Kombuchery — Establish the leading health and lifestyle brand in the beverage industry. We aim to establish a socially-responsible, healthier, and more affordable alternative to conventional beverages in the market, while disrupting the traditional beverage value chain by leveraging direct-to-consumer subscription and digital marketing channels.

SFV backs globally early-stage founders building leading Future of Food companies that are: #Cell-based #Plant-based #Recombinant

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Food Processing
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
United States, India, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Farmless — A farmless fermentation platform has the potential to create an entirely new food repertoire, producing proteins, carbohydrates, beneficial fats, vitamins, and minerals from the ground up," explained Oner. "We are creating a new interface between food and electricity by domesticating microbes chosen for their food properties and abilityto grow on renewable energy-based feedstocks.
Daisy Lab — Daisy Lab pioneers precision fermentation technology in New Zealand
Atlantic Fish Co — Developing sustainable, cultivated seafood using cellular agriculture

Daphni is a venture capital based in Paris, firm investing in tech startups with a European DNA and a strong international ambition.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
France, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Kolet — Get mobile Internet wherever you travel. Keep your physical SIM, no more roaming costs, easy installation and global coverage. Test Kolet for free!
Dema.ai — First-of-its-kind AI decision platform for e-commerce
Airthium — Airthium builds a new kind of energy storage system, that stores electricity as heat - reversibly - and in the form of ammonia.The system relies on a high-temperature heat pump/heat engine to heat molten salt to 540°C ( 1000°F), and then convert the heat back into electricity, with a 70% roundtrip efficiency.Airthium's units can beused to store and deliver solar and wind energy, starting at 100 kW and up to GW scale (Utility).Moreover, an ammonia generation unit and an external ammonia burner can be added to the system, to provide uninterruptible power, or go off-grid, even after several days of bad weather (no sun/wind).

Henri Seydoux founded Parrot in 1994 and has been its CEO ever since its inception. Parrot is today one of the major players in the civil drone market. Self-taught, Henri started his career in 1978 as a trainee and then as a journalist for the magazine Actuel. In 1982, he joined the company SSCI as a developer and then, the company Micro Archi. In1986, he created BSCA, a company that specialized in rendering 3D computer images and served as CEO until 1990. In 1991, along with three other partners, he founded Christian Louboutin, a luxury shoes company.

Investment focus

Wireless, Fruit, Manufacturing
Seed, Series A, Series B
France

Portfolio highlights

Parrot — Parrot, a global leader in wireless devices for mobile phones, stands on the cutting edge of innovation. The company was founded in 1994 by Henri Seydoux as part of his determination to drive the inevitable breakthrough of mobile phones into everyday life by creating high-quality, user-friendly wireless devices for easy living. Parrot hasdeveloped the most extensive range of hands-free systems on the market for cars. Its globally recognised expertise in the fields of mobile connectivity and multimedia around Smartphones has positioned Parrot as a key player of in-car infotainment.Additionally, Parrot designs and markets a prestigious line of high-end wireless multimedia products in collaboration with some of the world’s most well-renowned designers. Finally, Parrot is expanding on the UAV market with the Parrot AR.Drone, the first quadricopter piloted via Wi-Fi and using augmented reality and so with new solutions to address the UAV market for professional use.Parrot, headquartered in Paris, currently employs more than 750 people worldwide and generates the majority of its sales overseas. Parrot is listed on NYSE Euronext Paris since 2006.
SIGFOX — The Sigfox 0G Technology is a LPWAN dedicated to Massive IoT. Connect your devices securely at low cost in the most energy-efficient way!
Agricool — Agricool has been created in 2015 by Guillaume Fourdinier and Gonzague Gru with the purpose of making local, tasty and pesticide-free fruits and vegetables available to all. To do so, Agricool is recycling shipping containers into urban farms, transforming into a small paradise for fruits and vegetables (lighting, air quality, irrigation, etc.).The technology developed enables the farms to be 120 times more productive than in conventional farming, to save more than 90% of water and to be run entirely on renewable energies. Today, the company grows strawberries in Paris and Dubai, but tomorrow, the ambition is to help feed the world with all types of fruits and vegetables and be part of the urban farming movement.

Shio Capital Venture Investments in Businesses that Change the World

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Grocery
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Raus — Raus is a hospitality-tech startup that offers new opportunities to take a break from big city life. Raus serves as a welcome escape from the seemingly endless demands and constant stimuli of modern life with perfectly simple cabins, close enough for a spontaneous getaway, far enough away to completely unwind.
Blockbrain — Blockbrain analyzes millions of transactions on the blockchain to proactively detect threats and opportunities for digital assets you store in crypto wallets and exchanges.The company manages all types of wallets in one secure technology. Track KPIs, be aware of threats, and manage your assets.Blockbrain was established on May 6, 2022 byJohannes Strachwitz in Hamburg, Germany.
Milano Vice — Milano Vice is building a new virtual food brand by working with professional kitchens to prepare and deliver delicious pizzas to home.

Capsa Vida is a corporate venture capital firm of Alimentaria Peñasanta SA. It focuses on investments in innovative foodtech projects.

Investment focus

Agriculture, Organic Food, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
Spain, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Nucaps — Nucaps® is a European company located in Navarra (Spain). They offer a new encapsulation technology for the industrial development of Nanocapsules and Biocapsules for bioactives and probiotics. Their international patents of bioavailable capsules with natural proteins, personalized and free of conservatives, achieve the protection and improvementof the resulting active compounds, with greater efficiency and stability. They specialize in the safety encapsulation procedures for nutritional and health industries. Their technical capacities allow them to personalize the products and adapt their technology for a variety of substances and uses.
Baïa Food — Baïa Food offers a selection of organic superfoods for a nutritional experience.
PENTABIOL SL — PENTABIOL has developed and tested PROBISAN, a fermented fodder improver for nutrition of animals that overtakes the performance of any other fodder improver on the market. The most strict and unbiased product test has been undertaken on a single commercial swine farm in Spain comparing PROBISAN and the leading product on the market. Each productwas used to feed during the same period of a population of 1.575 piglets (252 each fodder). PROBISAN piglets ate 10% less and grew 4% more than competition piglets. Considering both effects PROBISAN offers 14% more yield than the best product on the market. Furthermore the average deviation of results with the group of 7 independent tests showed that PROBISAN is much more stable than the other fodders.

BioInnovation Institute is a biotechnology startup that offers entrepreneurs and researchers in life science. Early-stage life science start-ups are supported with up to 10 million DKK in funding, business acceleration, network, labs, and office space. It helps to early-stage start-ups within human health and planetary health. The startup'smission is to use its knowledge, network, funding, and infrastructure to incubate world-class life science and catalyze the commercialization of new solutions through start-ups.BioInnovation Institute was founded in 2018 and is based in Denmark.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Medical, Health Care
Convertible Note, Pre-Seed, Debt Financing
Denmark, Germany, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

TriptoBIO — TriptoBIO is developing a platform for producing natural plant compounds that will support the health of our planet. Our goal is to create a future where everyone can benefit from the power of plants, without depleting natural resources. Our first compound will liberate the world from rat poison
HHC Medical — HHC Medical is a health tech company developing targeted non-invasive drug delivery devices through electroporation to transfect a large number of cells. It was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Hillerød, Denmark.
Solid Therapeutics — SOLID Therapeutics is an early-stage oncology company spun out of CBMR at the University of Copenhagen. We are developing novel cancer therapeutics with dual mode of action targeting both cancer cells and immune cells to treat solid tumors.

Investbridge

Investment focus

B2B, AgTech, Agriculture
Series A, Funding Round
Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Agrando — Agrando serves all participants involved in the agri-trade as a tool for communication and information procurement as well as processing and administration of transactions.
WNWN Food Labs — We're WNWN Food Labs and we love food. We're creating delicious, sustainable and ethical alternatives to unsustainable and ethically dubious foods. We're starting with cacao-free chocolate. Changing chocolate? It's Win-Win #alt-chocolate #altchocolate #alt-universe #altuniverse #alt-protein

Arman Anatürk is Co-Founder @ FoodHack.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Wellness
Seed, Pre-Seed
Spain, Israel, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Bosque Foods — Kinoko Labs develops the next generation of meat substitutes, starting with whole-cut meat items made from fungal mycelium produced organically. Headquartered in New York.
Libre Foods — Libre Foods is a biotech startup on a mission to liberate the food system and create a more free future for people, the planet, and animals. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Kynda — Keen 4 Greens offers a wide range of vegan products. Founded in 2019, Keen 4 Greens is based in Hamburg, Germany.

Jörg Kattner

Investment focus

Organic Food, Manufacturing, Food Processing
Seed, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

eatPlants — eatPlants manufactures products that help everyone cook easily plant-based food.

JamJar Investments is a venture capital firm that invest in high growth consumer brand businesses in both digital and non-tech.Its combination of operational, commercial and brand experience was honed over 14 years taking innocent from scratch to sale to Coca Cola for north of half a billion £. That journey means the company understand thejourney of entrepreneurs, the highs the lows, the challenges and some of the solutions. JamJar is the consumer Venture Capital fund run by the innocent drinks founders.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Health Care, Food and Beverage
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

Flash Pack — We unite like-minded people in their 30s & 40s on group adventures where 98% travel solo. Book your next trip with Flash Pack today.
Bea Fertility — Bea Fertility is a monthly subscription program that provides users with at-home fertility treatment and ovulation tracking.
Tony's Chocolonely — Gemeinsam machen wir Schokolade 100 % frei von moderner Sklaverei. Tony's Chocolonely leckere Schokolade zeigt, dass es auch anders geht! Bist du dabei?

They believe the unbelievable and trust the untrustable.

Investment focus

Internet of Things, Mobile, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Portugal, Poland, Germany

Portfolio highlights

HypeLabs — HypeLabs is the company that created the Hype SDK, an interoperable mesh networking software that improves connectivity on all kinds of devices, from mobile to desktop to IoT, allowing them to connect even when there is no internet. The software works by intelligently connecting devices in local mesh networks using existing connectivitytechnologies, such as Bluetooth, WiFi, LoRa and others. This network enables content to securely hop between devices, until it reaches a destination or an Internet exit point, improving range and deliverability.Founded in 2016, the company is located in San Francisco (USA), Porto (Portugal), London (UK) and Krakow (Poland). AngelPad #10 (Spring '16) alumni & Deutsche Telekom WARP alumni.
Musiversal — Record your music in real time with world-class session musicians, vocalists, producers and audio engineers
Sensefinity — Sensefinity The Blockchain IoT Transformation Company Building the Internet of Cargo Where Assets autonomously connect to processes

European VC backing entrepreneurs who build climate tech that can save at least 100Mt CO2e emissions per year.

Investment focus

Energy Storage, Hardware, Food Processing
Series A, Seed, Series C
Germany, United Kingdom, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Planet A Foods — The chocolate revolution is here. 100% cocoa-free and unbelievably delicious. We call it QOA. You need to try it!
ecoworks — Ecoworks uses industrial pre-fabrication, digital processes, and highly efficient energy systems to modernize multi-family houses with up to four floors within a few weeks.
Mission Zero — Mission Zero is a DAC startup with patent-pending breakthrough technology and close the carbon cycle.

Dennis Aogo is a German former professional footballer.

Investment focus

Medical, Cannabis, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Sharpist — We offer personalized learning that will help people-centric organizations and teams grow throughout the challenges of today and tomorrow. Learn more!
Sanity Group — Sanity Group is a holistic European Cannabis company focusing on health, wellbeing, and scientific research. To utilize the full potential of its health benefits, Sanity Group is investing in fundamental research of the cannabis plant and its active ingredients as well as in specific areas of application.It was founded in 2018 and headquarteredin Berlin, Germany.
Kynda — Keen 4 Greens offers a wide range of vegan products. Founded in 2019, Keen 4 Greens is based in Hamburg, Germany.

Michael Cortelletti

Investment focus

Organic Food, Manufacturing, Food Processing
Seed, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

eatPlants — eatPlants manufactures products that help everyone cook easily plant-based food.

Norbert Lemken

Investment focus

Organic Food, Manufacturing, Food Processing
Seed, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

eatPlants — eatPlants manufactures products that help everyone cook easily plant-based food.

Tobias Fezer

Investment focus

Organic Food, Manufacturing, Food Processing
Seed, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

eatPlants — eatPlants manufactures products that help everyone cook easily plant-based food.

Supporting purpose-driven founders solving systemic challenges to planetary health.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Planet A Foods — The chocolate revolution is here. 100% cocoa-free and unbelievably delicious. We call it QOA. You need to try it!
atmio — atmio helps natural gas operations to find, fix and report methane emissions easily.
Izote Biosciences — Biomanufacturing Scale-Up Solution

Luminar Ventures is a venture capital fund that prefers to make early-stage investments in technology companies. They engage with their portfolio companies and are actively helping with strategic, growth, team and organizational, and operational support, and together setting the foundation for future expansion.Luminar's core investment focusis on scalable digital seed-stage companies from the Nordics, founded by highly motivated and talented entrepreneurs with a vision to disrupt or transform major industries. The firm aims to provide experienced seed-stage financing and active operational support to Sweden based early-stage technology companies that are looking to disrupt or transform major industries with digital technologies and innovations.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Insurance
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Sweden, United States, Norway

Portfolio highlights

Muninn — AI-powered cyber security - defending your entire network
Aviant — Delivering full-stack drone services that enables autonomous and on-demand transport of cargo.
Vibrant — The best in taking easy payments! Start accepting contactless transactions straight through your phone!

Supporting purpose-driven founders solving systemic challenges to planetary health.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Planet A Foods — The chocolate revolution is here. 100% cocoa-free and unbelievably delicious. We call it QOA. You need to try it!
atmio — atmio helps natural gas operations to find, fix and report methane emissions easily.
Izote Biosciences — Biomanufacturing Scale-Up Solution

IT-Farm is a venture capital firm which specializes in seed, start-up, and early stage companies. It primarily invests in mobile, big-data, connected car, IoT, OTT service, Helth care, Bio Tech and other IT industries. The firm actively invests in SF bay area and Japan, as well as other geometries including Asia and Europe. We support portfoliocompanies, especially on the partnership with Japanese enterprises.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Japan, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Cogsmart — Cogsmart provides services for brain function research and development. In hopes of helping prevent dementia and maintain and improve other cognitive functions, they manufacture and sell software for medical and healthcare devices.
Tupu — Tupu engages in the manufacture and supply of mushroom-based foods.
German Bionic — German Bionic is backed by renowned international technology investors such as Samsung Catalyst Fund, Storm Ventures and MIG, which is also invested in Covid-19 vaccine developer BioNTech. The company and its products are regularly featured in top-tier publications and are the recipients of numerous awards including the German Entrepreneur Award,the Land of Ideas Award, the Automatica Award as well as a nomination for Hannover Messe’s coveted Hermes Award.The German Bionic Cray X is the world’s first connected exoskeleton. Linked to the Smart Factory, it self-learns to reinforce lifting movements and prevent incorrect posture, thus becoming an intelligent link between humans and machines. In doing so, it delivers data that underscores its ability to protect the health of workers, measurably reduce the risk of accidents, and thereby make quantifiable improvements to work processes.

The First European Independent Venture Capital fund dedicated to AgTech and Food Tech

Investment focus

Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
Funding Round, Series A, Series C
France, Sweden, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

77 Foods — La Vie is developing a 100% vegetable edible fat with the ambition of offering different types of vegetable meats.
Agriodor — Agriodor is to provide concrete and effective alternatives to insecticides to help farmers produce more sustainably.
Cuure — We are building a great and honest company that delivers personalized vitamins and food supplements to everyone so they improve their daily wellness and consciousness

Wolfgang Mauer

Investment focus

Organic Food, Manufacturing, Food Processing
Seed, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

eatPlants — eatPlants manufactures products that help everyone cook easily plant-based food.

At better ventures we invest in early-stage founders who aim to change our world for the better.

Investment focus

Software, Environmental Consulting, Wellness
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
Germany, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

autarc — We supercharge installers with our OS to become heat pump champions
Logistikbude — Logistikbude is a web-based software to automate the load carrier management. It is independent of load carrier types and addresses both the tracking of own load carriers and the management of exchange processes in open pools.
Dr. Vivien Karl — Dr. Vivien Karl relies on a cream for moisturizing care against vulva dryness.

Danske Bank is a Nordic universal bank offering a full range of banking services. It was founded 5 October 1871 as Den Danske Landmandsbank, Hypothek- og Vexelbank i Kjøbenhavn (The Danish Farmers' Bank, Mortgage and Exchange Bank of Copenhagen). It is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark and is one of the major retail banks in the northernEuropean region with over 5 million retail customers.Danske Bank was number 454 on the Fortune Global 500 list for 2011.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Apps, Payments
Funding Round, Post-IPO Debt, Debt Financing
Denmark, Sweden, United States

Portfolio highlights

FlexQube — FlexQube is a world leader in providing material handling carts to help our customers become world leaders in intralogistics.
Rottneros — Rottneros manufactures paper pulp products. They offer mechanical pulp as well as bleached and unbleached chemical pulp. They also offer baking paper, wallpaper, packaging, air filters, electrical applications, datasheets, and laminate floors.
Kojamo Group — Kojamo plc will focus on real estate investments in Finland, renewing rental housing to make it increasingly attractive by developing new types of homes and services. The solutions promote work-related mobility in urbanising Finland, increase well-being and help preserve the environment. The vision of the housing investment company is to be apioneer in housing and the customer’s number-one choice.

The Stockholm Techstars Accelerator invests in early-stage, high-growth companies looking to build and expand in the Nordic-Baltic startup ecosystem.

Investment focus

Pet, FinTech, Finance
Pre-Seed
Israel, Norway, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

goscore — Fair human credit scoring, credit check, and assessment for you
Terrawaste — TerraWaste is a next-generation chemical recycling company that turns non-recyclable waste into value by creating new, climate-positive materials with a pollution-free process. TerraWaste focuses on lowering the level of need for virgin oil extraction by recycling plastics with chemical recycling technology 'htloop' into high-qualityclimate-positive crude oil, biochar, and high-value chemicals to support companies globally to become more sustainable and circular. Our technology (htloop) is developed on a process developed in the laboratory for over 20 years and hasn’t been commercialized until recently. TerraWaste is the first company to use HTL to recycle plastic waste and turn it into new plastic products. The unique thing is the state-of-the-art technological system that will recycle waste in a continuous-flow system, at the same time reusing heat and water in a loop, that way dramatically decreasing energy consumption. Our process is pollution free, and we produce carbon-negative output materials, that way offsetting other, carbon-heavy industries.
Five Letter Foods — Real food for dogs. Ultra-processed junk food is boring and makes your dog sick. Our meal kits have a full swing of variety. Death to kibble.

We create innovative impact investment and advisory solutions that incorporate current and future environmental and social opportunities and risks, as we believe these will benefit from a competitive advantage and improved long-term financial prospects.

Investment focus

Financial Services, SaaS, Food Processing
Seed, Series C, Funding Round
Spain, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Recovo — Textile SaaS platform that drives circularity in the industry by facilitating the transformation of waste into valuable resources.Our platform connects businesses with circular fabrics and sustainable solutions, fostering material reuse, recycling, and the utilization of recyclable materials for circular design.
Tupu — Tupu engages in the manufacture and supply of mushroom-based foods.
Kausal — Kausal helps cities turn their climate goals into action through a digital platform that enables smarter collaboration around key data.

Marc-David Choukroun is the co-founder of « La Ruche qui dit Oui ! » (« The Food Assembly » in the UK) and its actual CEO. Marc-David started his career in 2004 for Ogilvy communication group where he was a web project manager. In 2008, he started his own web agency called flipin. In 2010, he starts “La Ruche qui dit Oui !” with Guilhem Chéron& Mounir Mahjoubi. La Ruche is now the first european platform for online short food supply chain. Launched in 9 countries, the company employs 130 people and its platform connects 1 500 local communities to more than 6 000 producers.

Investment focus

Nutrition, Accounting, Real Estate
Angel, Series A
France

Portfolio highlights

Matera — Matera brings together lawyers, accountants and web developers to enable co-owners to manage their own building.
Neptune Elements — Neptune Elements offerFrench seaweed of controlled origin, with exceptional taste and culture.

We provide venture capital investment for the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. Learn about what we do and the kind of founders we back.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, FinTech
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Automata — Automata is a deep-tech company that creates products that empower people to automate physical work. The company's product, Eva, is a lightweight and affordable robot arm built for professionals in a production line, in a lab, a home workshop or even in a classroom. People don't need to be technical experts to communicate with robots. Theweb-based software platform can be programmed by anyone, anywhere, any time, from any device, making it easy to reconfigure for a wide range of different tasks.Automata was founded on 2015 and is headquartered in London, England.
Awell Health — Ollie is a vast library of over 100 interface blocks with complete Webflow CMS integration. Build beautiful websites in less time than ever.
Pencil Biosciences — Next Generation Genome Editing Tool

Proprietary deal flow and valuable strategic partners. Focus investments in the plant based food/clean meat space at Seed/Series A level. Social impact with focus on ROI. Initial capital close 2/15/18. Fund I is now closed to new investors. Fund II held first close on 4/15/21 and is open to new investors.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Manufacturing
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Germany, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Tupu — Tupu engages in the manufacture and supply of mushroom-based foods.
Nosh Biofoods — Nosh Biofoods is a developer of traditional meat.It produces technical-functional components and nutritional protein by utilising manufacturing technologies to explore natural microbial biodiversity.
New School Foods — Whole-muscle, plant-based seafood

Henri Capoul Co-founder and CEO at Cajoo.

Investment focus

Nutrition, Organic Food
Angel
France

Portfolio highlights

Neptune Elements — Neptune Elements offerFrench seaweed of controlled origin, with exceptional taste and culture.

A group of credible Hight Net Worth individuals based in the South East of England looking to invest in ambitious founders.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Easology — New easy to use tablets - Samsung Galaxy easology. Easology makes your tablet easy with large text, big buttons, clear menus + more.
Evidenced — Evidenced is your interviewing copilot, guiding your team to the most accurate hiring decision with fewer interviews.
Toolbox — London-based startup simplifying the renovation experience for homeowners. We take care of every step of the process. Free bathroom design consultation, fixture and fitting sourcing & installation of your dream bathroom.

aws Gründerfonds is Austria's 70m venture capital fund. We invest as co-investor in Austrian high-growth start-ups in their later seed and (pre-)series-A stages.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Austria, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Valutico — Valutico is the world‘s leading provider of web-based company valuation tools.Started in 2014 by a team of enthusiastic Corporate Finance professionals and web developers, the concept was born out of frustration with the status-quo in Corporate Finance practice: That professional company valuations used to be the domain of only the mostsophisticated of investors.At Valutico, it has been their mission from the outset to offer cutting-edge valuation tools to a much wider audience. Today they empower everybody to perform company valuations that meet and exceed the standards of even the leading investment banks and advisory firms.The company today is headquartered in Vienna/Austria and has an additional office in Frankfurt/Germany.
ToolSense — Connecting the way OEMs do business.ToolSense enables OEMs to improve customer service, generate insights for R&D and increase customer loyalty - through digitizing their products with the 'ToolSense NOW' IIoT platform and 'ToolSense IOT' Hardware.ToolSense is the winner of Austrian Foreign Trade Award "Born GlobalChampion 2018", ORF Futurezone Award "Best IoT Startup 2017", part of Deutsche Telekom's "hub:raum NB-IoT Warp Program", part of SAP's "Startup Focus Program" and part of University of Applied Sciences Technikum Vienna's "Student Startup Incubator Program".
Arkeon Biotechnologies — Arkeon turns CO2 into functional, carbon-negative ingredients for food

Jonathan Goodwin is the Founder, Partner & Head of Merchant Banking of Alvarium & he attended University of Nottingham.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Enterprise Software, Internet
Seed, Angel, Series A
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

BridgeU — BridgeU offers world-class university and careers guidance for global secondary schools. Empower your students. Inform your guidance strategy. Improve outcomes.
Farmdrop — The UK's first fully certified organic supermarket, Planet Organic offers 1000s of products for delivery across the UK. From food and drink to health and beauty, we think carefully about everything we sell so you don't have to.
MyTutor — MyTutor provides secondary school learners with online access to over 7,000 Russell Group university students, reducing the time, hassle and cost of finding a subject expert locally.Lessons take place in their innovative online lesson space, which allows parents to substitute expensive tutors coming to their house, for live, one-to-one sessionswith young, bright and successful undergraduates. If the pupil forgets something, every session is recorded, so they can play it back after.They also partner with schools and universities to provide larger contracts for pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds. School teachers stay up-to-date with the programme through a personalised online dashboard.The company has grown at 3x YoY for the last three years, with 200,000+ bookings and applications from 50,000 tutors. At the same time quality has been maintained, with 70,000+ 5* reviews and every tutor personally interviewed.MyTutor was founded by Robert Grabiner, Bertie Hubbard and James Grant.

Tet Ventures is one of the most active global food-tech investors. We work with and invest in technology that can improve the food system.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Farmless — A farmless fermentation platform has the potential to create an entirely new food repertoire, producing proteins, carbohydrates, beneficial fats, vitamins, and minerals from the ground up," explained Oner. "We are creating a new interface between food and electricity by domesticating microbes chosen for their food properties and abilityto grow on renewable energy-based feedstocks.
RevivBio — RevivBio is a biotechnology company that focuses on microbial innovation. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Frederick, Maryland.
Chef Robotics — Chef Robotics is a robotics and artificial intelligence company serving the food industry. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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