# Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund

> Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund is a VC fund backing Agriculture. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/acumen-resilient-agriculture-fund/
- Website: https://arafund.com/

Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund is an equity fund designed to build the climate resilience of smallholder farmers.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $600k–$7M |
| Series A | $2M–$4.2M |
| Series B | $28M–$35M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agriculture | 7 | 58% |
| Farming | 5 | 42% |
| AgTech | 3 | 25% |
| Fruit | 1 | 8% |
| Solar | 1 | 8% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 50% |
| Series A | 2 | 17% |
| Series B | 2 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 8% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kenya | 4 | 33% |
| Ghana | 2 | 17% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 8% |
| Tanzania | 1 | 8% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 8% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tamer El-Raghy | Managing Director | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tamer-el-raghy |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Winich Farms | At Winich Farms we are a technology-driven and agri-startup connecting farmers with access to finance, premium markets and passionate about ensuring global food security and democratising agricultural participation. We drive digital participation by crowdfunding through our online platforms, these we use to engage farmers with quality inputs,agricultural expertise, process automation, and machinery, with the promise of decent returns to our subscribers and the farmers at the end of each farming cycle.In addition to this, utilizing our agro e-retail platform (web and app), we connect vicinity farmers with market (households) directly at farm gate price thereby reducing the activities of middlemen, making agro produce more affordable and easily accessible.One farmer at a time, our big vision is to build an Africa that feeds the world and itself. How do we plan to achieve this? Empower African Farmers by lowering barriers to accessing Capital and financial services, data driven best practices and technology to improve yield as well as access to local and global markets for their produce with established offtaker relationships like Flour Mills of Nigeria, Dangote Foods, Labana Rice, Big Bull Rice etcBacked by Orange Corners we are on a mission to create a prosperous and economically resilient Africa powered by Agriculture. | $2.5M | Seed | Oct 02, 2024 |  |
| IBISA | IBISA is an index-based insurance marketplace with satellite adoption. Inclusive mutual risk sharing solution with low fees and fast assessment and payment. Crop Protection for Smallholder Farmers | $3M | Seed | Jun 25, 2024 |  |
| SunCulture | SunCulture is a company based in Nairobi, Kenya which sells the AgroSolar Irrigation Kit, an entirely solar-powered drip irrigation system. The kit combines solar water pumping technology with high-efficiency drip irrigation and includes everything a farmer needs to grow more while spending less, in a sustainable and energy-efficient way.SunCulture has developed a novel and unique product that simplifies farming and increases crop yields. They are also the only "one-stop shop" for Kenyan farmers, as they provide a solar water pumping solution, an entire drip irrigation kit, agronomic services, educational training, access to capital and access to markets in rural Kenya — their approach focuses on quality of both product and services. | $27.5M | Series B | Apr 02, 2024 |  |
| Complete Farmer | Complete Farmer is an end-to-end digital agriculture platform that provides industries with an easy way to cheaply source for quality farm produce and individuals anywhere in the world with a convenient way to own a farm by eliminating middlemen and farm produce aggregators. | $7M | Seed | Sep 20, 2023 |  |
| FarmWorks | FarmWorks is an agricultural technology company that gives farmers access to farm inputs as well as a market for the produce .FarmWork is to unlock agricultural potential by building clusters of mid-sized farms while working with thousands of small-holder farmers and establishing direct linkage to local and global markets. | $4M | Seed | Jul 26, 2023 |  |
| Victory Farms | Victory Farms is an aquaculture farm for tilapia fish comprising of hatcheries, nursery ponds and deep-water cages for farming. | $35M | Series B | Apr 06, 2023 |  |
| Stable Foods | Stable Foods has built an integrated solution to provide inputs and offtake contracts, Irrigation-as-a-Service (IaaS), and training on best practises for regenerative agriculture. | $600K | Pre-Seed | Nov 16, 2022 |  |
| Stable Foods | Stable Foods has built an integrated solution to provide inputs and offtake contracts, Irrigation-as-a-Service (IaaS), and training on best practises for regenerative agriculture. | $600K | Seed | Nov 16, 2022 |  |
| SunCulture | SunCulture is a company based in Nairobi, Kenya which sells the AgroSolar Irrigation Kit, an entirely solar-powered drip irrigation system. The kit combines solar water pumping technology with high-efficiency drip irrigation and includes everything a farmer needs to grow more while spending less, in a sustainable and energy-efficient way.SunCulture has developed a novel and unique product that simplifies farming and increases crop yields. They are also the only "one-stop shop" for Kenyan farmers, as they provide a solar water pumping solution, an entire drip irrigation kit, agronomic services, educational training, access to capital and access to markets in rural Kenya — their approach focuses on quality of both product and services. | $10M | Debt Financing | Nov 01, 2022 |  |
| Farmerline | The Farmerline vision is to see an Africa where Agriculture NGO’s are not a functioning force in the market. Farmerline provides paid services that allow farmers to have the information and access they need to employ an entrepreneurial method of farming. Input dealers and traders pay for more efficient communication channels to farmers andfarmers pay for information packages and services. In this vision, more food is produce, more food gets to market, and GDP from cash crop export soars. | $6.4M | Seed | Apr 25, 2022 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund invest in?

Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund invests primarily in Agriculture, Farming and AgTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund's check size?

Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund typically joins rounds of $600k–$7M at Seed, $2M–$4.2M at Series A and $28M–$35M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund participates in.

### How do I contact Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund?

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### Who are the partners at Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund?

The team at Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund includes Tamer El-Raghy (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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