Astanor Ventures
VC Fund
Brussels, Belgium
Astanor Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on entrepreneurs regenerating the food, blue ocean economy, and agriculture sector. The firm targeting technology-enabled companies across the agri-food value chain, leveraging disruptive technologies to bring about a future of food that is nourishing, regenerative, trusted, and ultra-fresh. Itrings together capital, deep sector knowledge, and a strong network of entrepreneurs, impact investors, technologists, scientists, farmers, chefs, policymakers, and food lovers to give rise to a future of food that is nourishing, regenerative, scalable, trusted, and delicious.
- Total investments:
- 85
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 58%
- Fund size:
- $384M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Astanor Ventures invests in
Stages Astanor Ventures invests in
Countries Astanor Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Round size
- Seed
- $442k–$17M
- Series A
- $8M–$34M
- Series B
- $18M–$61M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Agriculture 17 (20%)
- Biotechnology 13 (15%)
- Food and Beverage 12 (14%)
- AgTech 10 (12%)
- Food Processing 8 (9%)
Stage
- Series A 20 (24%)
- Seed 14 (16%)
- Series B 10 (12%)
- Series C 6 (7%)
- Funding Round 4 (5%)
Country
- United States 20 (24%)
- France 6 (7%)
- United Kingdom 4 (5%)
- Switzerland 3 (4%)
- Belgium 2 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Kathleen Merrigan
Venture Partner
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Venture Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Brian Halweil
Strategic Associate
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Strategic Associate | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Eric Archambeau
Co-Founder
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Co-Founder | Total investments: 28 | Find email | |
George Coehlo
Co-Founder and Partner
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Co-Founder and Partner | Total investments: 16 | Find email | |
Laetitia de Panafieu
Investment Principal
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Investment Principal | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
ProducePay
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Founded by Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck, a fourth-generation farmer, ProducePay is eliminating the economic and food waste caused by the volatile, opaque, and fragmented nature of today’s global fresh produce supply chain. The AgTech company’s Predictable Commerce Platform is giving growers and buyers greater control of their business by providingunprecedented access to each other, capital, trading, insights and greater supply chain visibility. Consumers receive fresher produce more efficiently, knowing it is grown and delivered in responsible ways. This transformational approach is unlocking economic value, and creating a more sustainable global fresh produce industry. | $140M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 01, 2026 | |
BioScout
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BioScout utilises state-of-the-art technology to detect and prevent airborne diseases allowing for proactive disease management on farms worldwide! | $4.7M / Seed / Aug 07, 2026 | |
RFI Ingredients
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RFI Ingredients is a formulation-driven company, that engages in providing exceptional products, solutions, and services for the dietary supplement, beverage, and food industries. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 28, 2026 | |
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RFI Ingredients
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RFI Ingredients is a formulation-driven company, that engages in providing exceptional products, solutions, and services for the dietary supplement, beverage, and food industries. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 28, 2026 | |
Aardaia
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Aardaia is pioneering a new era of domestication on demand, a disruptive method that utilizes the enormous, untapped biodiversity of the plant kingdom to generate new crops tailored to the problem. | $5.7M / Seed / Jul 08, 2026 | |
Omeza
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Omeza is a hospital and healthcare company that provides wound care, venous leg ulcers, omega 3, and innovation. The company is driven by its mission is to improve healthcare efficiency one market at a time, beginning with wound care. The company was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Florida, United States. | $8.5M / Series A / Apr 21, 2026 | |
Planetary
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Planetary is a biomanufacturing company that develops and operates fermentation facilities for producing bio-based products at industrial scale. Its platform combines fermentation, AI, and process optimization to support precision fermentation, microbial fermentation, sustainable materials, and mycoprotein production for food and alternativeprotein applications. | $20.5M / Series A / Apr 20, 2026 | |
Standing Ovation
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Standing Ovation develops food technology solutions using precision fermentation to produce animal-free dairy proteins for food manufacturing. The company creates casein proteins through engineered microorganisms, enabling the production of cheese and other dairy products without relying on traditional animal farming.Its core product, AdvancedCasein, is designed to replicate the functional, nutritional, and taste properties of conventional milk proteins while reducing dependence on livestock-based supply chains. The production process involves cultivating microorganisms, feeding them plant-based inputs, and extracting proteins that can be incorporated into standard dairy processing methods. Standing Ovation applies these proteins in the development of cheese alternatives that follow traditional cheesemaking techniques, allowing compatibility with existing manufacturing systems. The resulting products are lactose-free and aim to maintain similar texture and performance characteristics as conventional dairy ingredients in food applications. | $28.6M / Series B / Mar 31, 2026 | |
AgZen
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AgZen develops pesticide sprays stick to plants which reduces pollution and helps farmers save. | $10M / Series B / Mar 13, 2026 | |
Tractor Junction
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Tractor Junction is an online digital platform to buy, sell, finance, insurance, service, new/used tractor and farm implements. So here at one platform, we have the entire farm-related products in one place for your comfort. Along with this, get each agricultural product at a fair price.Traction Junction was established in 2016 by RajatGupta in Alwar, Rajasthan. | $17M / Series A / Nov 18, 2025 | |
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FAQ
What does Astanor Ventures invest in?
Astanor Ventures invests primarily in Agriculture, Biotechnology and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 85 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Astanor Ventures's check size?
Astanor Ventures typically joins rounds of $442k–$17M at Seed, $8M–$34M at Series A and $18M–$61M 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 Astanor Ventures participates in.
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Who are the partners at Astanor Ventures?
The team at Astanor Ventures includes Kathleen Merrigan (Venture Partner), Brian Halweil (Strategic Associate) and Eric Archambeau (Co-Founder), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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