Evi Steyer
Co-Founder @ Ponderosa Ventures
London, United Kingdom
Evi Steyer is a Co-Founder at Ponderosa Ventures.She attended Yale University.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 60%
Last updated:
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Industries Evi Steyer invests in
Stages Evi Steyer invests in
Countries Evi Steyer invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Agriculture 3 (60%)
- AgTech 2 (40%)
- Farming 2 (40%)
- Biotechnology 2 (40%)
- FinTech 1 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (60%)
- Series A 1 (20%)
- Convertible Note 1 (20%)
Country
- United States 3 (60%)
- United Kingdom 2 (40%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| CroBio is a biotechnology company developing microbial soil amendments that help crops withstand drought and improve fertilizer efficiency. CroBio's developed microbes produce a cellulose biomaterial around plant roots, creating a sponge-like matrix that enhances water retention, nutrient uptake, and soil biodiversity. This technology enablesfarmers to reduce nutrient runoff and input costs while improving yields sustainably. With operations in the UK, USA, and Brazil, and partnerships with leading agribusinesses and research institutions, CroBio is scaling biological solutions to transform global agriculture. | $1.6M / Seed / Apr 23, 2024 | ||
| Natrx uses advanced technology to deliver high-performance, nature-based solutions to coastal resilience and protection challenges at industrial scale. Traditional methods for climate resilience and infrastructure protection are expensive, ecologically damaging, and unreliable. Natrx takes a technology-first approach in addressing thesechallenges—creating practical, sustainable, and large-scale solutions that deliver high-performance and natural beauty. | $3.5M / Seed / Oct 11, 2023 | ||
| Muddy Machines is working on field robots to help farms manage labor-intensive crops by completing the fieldwork. | $1.8M / Seed / Aug 01, 2022 | ||
| Chi Botanic creates plant stem cells that we can grow into plant products and ingredients at industrial scale. We generate plant cell cultures representing just the parts or components that we want. Plant cell cultures grow much faster than whole plants. Also, while a fraction of a normal plant makes what we want, our entire cultures can synthesizethe desired product. We can grow without the limitations of climate, weather, geography, or season and without fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides with far less water, energy, or shipping requirements to provide safer, and often enhanced natural productsWe make plant stem cells that we can grow into plant products and ingredients at industrial scale. We generate plant cell cultures representing just the parts or components that we want. Plant cell cultures grow much faster than whole plants. Also, while a fraction of a normal plant makes what we want, our entire cultures can synthesize the desired product. We can grow without the limitations of climate, weather, geography, or season and without fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides with far less water, energy, or shipping requirements to provide safer, and often enhanced natural products | $850K / Convertible Note / Nov 27, 2021 | ||
| Steward provides access to flexible financing and expert support services for agricultural businesses looking to scale their operations, improve the health of their lands, and bolster local food systems. But we don’t do it alone—our lending platform brings together a community of values-driven individuals who join in our mission by participating inloans that help fuel this growth. Steward is proud to be a Certified B Corp. Learn more, seek capital, or lend support at gosteward.com | $8.8M / Series A / Sep 22, 2021 |
Co-Investors
About Ponderosa Ventures
We believe that a radical change to our food, agriculture, and ocean sectors is necessary to meet our climate, biodiversity, water, and human health goals. We invest $100-750k in pre-seed and seed-stage companies working to transform these sectors. Our average time to reach a yes / no decision is 15 days (but check back because we update thisnumber live). We keep our investment process targeted so you can go back to building your company.
Ponderosa Ventures Contacts
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What does Evi Steyer invest in?
Evi Steyer invests primarily in Agriculture, AgTech and Farming startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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