# Eric Smith

> Eric Smith is a seed investor at Grantham Foundation backing AgTech and Natural Resources. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Grantham Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grantham-foundation)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: May 2019
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Eric Smith is a seed investor at Grantham Foundation focused on AgTech and Natural Resources. Eric Smith is the Investment Officer for the Grantham Environmental Trust.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 1 | 100% |
| Natural Resources | 1 | 100% |
| Environmental Consulting | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AgriProve | AgriProve is an agri-tech company that specializes in soil management. The company's primary focus is on improving productivity and generating carbon credits. They offer a next-generation soil measurement platform that helps unlock the carbon potential in soil. AgriProve also provides general information about the costs and risks associatedwith running a soil carbon project. They are committed to transforming and accelerating agricultural innovation for people, nature, and climate. | $1.1M | Seed | May 08, 2019 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Grantham Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grantham-environmental-trust) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Grantham Foundation

VC Fund · Boston, United States

Grantham Foundation seeks to protect and improve the health of global environmental issues and supports individuals and organizations. It also supports communication and collaboration in environmental protection, with an emphasis on climate change.The foundation focuses on communications to enable the general public to understand that climatechange represents the world’s primary environmental threat today and that mitigating and adapting to a changing climate will lead to a more sustainable and prosperous future.Grantham Foundation was founded in 1997 by Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham and is based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

5 contacts available at Grantham Foundation.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kevin Tidwell | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-tidwell |
| Ramsay Ravenel | President and CIO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ramsay-ravenel |
| Eric Smith | Investment Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-smith-bd8b |
| Hannelore Grantham | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hannelore-grantham |
| Jeremy Grantham | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremy-grantham |

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## FAQ

### What does Eric Smith invest in?

Eric Smith invests primarily in AgTech, Natural Resources and Environmental Consulting startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Eric Smith last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Eric Smith closed in May 2019. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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