FTW Ventures
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
FTW Ventures is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Biotechnology and Food and Beverage. Food for Thought Worldwide (FTW) Ventures is an early-stage venture fund investing in breakthrough hardware, software and biotech solutions for the massive, worldwide Food System. We believe in feeding people better by leveraging responsible science & technology to improve the quality, access and enjoyment of food.FTW Ventures was founded byBrian Frank, a serial entrepreneur turned investor, that now serves as its General Partner.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 14%
- Fund size:
- $2M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries FTW Ventures invests in
Stages FTW Ventures invests in
Countries FTW Ventures invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Investment Focus
Industry
- Biotechnology 7 (50%)
- Food and Beverage 5 (36%)
- Agriculture 3 (21%)
- AgTech 2 (14%)
- Beauty 2 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 12 (86%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (7%)
- Series A 1 (7%)
Country
- United States 8 (57%)
- Canada 1 (7%)
- Australia 1 (7%)
- United Kingdom 1 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Brian Frank
General Partner
|
General Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Bill Rusitzky
Advisor & Investor
|
Advisor & Investor | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brilliant Harvest is an AI-powered Helpdesk designed to support equipment dealer teams throughout the customer experience (CX), from purchase to repair. | $4M / Seed / Feb 05, 2026 | ||
| ALTR is a beverage company that offers technology and non-destructive process for reducing alcohol or drinks with less alcohol. | $5M / Seed / Jul 07, 2025 | ||
| Biomanufacturing Scale-Up Solution | $3.1M / Pre-Seed / Feb 01, 2025 | ||
| Heritable Agriculture is all about using advanced breeding techniques, biotechnology, and genetic research to improve crops, making them more resilient to diseases, pests, and environmental stress. Heritable Agriculture goal is to create varieties that can produce higher yields, require fewer resources, and adapt better to changing climates. | Seed / Jan 29, 2025 | ||
| Earthodic is an Australian materials science business makes useful biobased coatings. | $3.9M / Seed / Oct 29, 2024 | ||
| Boston Bioprocess is a CDMO platform for bringing microbes through pilot scale to industrial scale. The company provides strain evaluation, process development, and scale-up solutions to companies seeking to commercialize yeast, bacteria, and fungal microbes for both fermentation and downstream services. The company uses large bioprocess databaseand expertise to effectively remove knowledge and capacity bottlenecks in the transition from lab to pilot then to commercial manufacturing for bio-based product development. | $6.3M / Seed / Jul 03, 2024 | ||
| Nfinite Nanotechnology is an advanced material company that enables breakthrough innovations to redefine how we live, use, and create using open-air atomic layer deposition (ALD) technology. Nfinite makes functional nanomaterials that accelerate the development and commercialization of transformative technologies for a sustainable future, such assustainable packaging, batteries, and photovoltaics. They have created a rapid open-air nanocoating system that produces large-area, high-quality, ultrathin films at up to 100x the speed of conventional ALD at a lower cost. | $6.5M / Seed / May 14, 2024 | ||
| Yali Biosciences is a food tech company that uses synthetic biology and genomics tools to make climate-smart, sustainable foods. | $3.9M / Seed / Feb 22, 2022 | ||
| Phytoform Labs is a biotechnology company which aims to help breeders to cut down plant breeding times from decades to years using new gene editing technologies. Predictably evolving plants will maximise yields for breeders and improve the economics of breeding for customers. | $5.7M / Seed / Dec 16, 2021 | ||
| Plantible Foods is a B2B food technology company producing sustainable plant-based protein to optimize the food industry. The company develops a proprietary and vertically integrated agricultural manufacturing platform to allow food companies to innovate while optimizing costs and delivering products with improved taste, texture, health, andenvironmental footprint. | $21.5M / Series A / Sep 02, 2021 | ||
| See all 14 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does FTW Ventures invest in?
FTW Ventures invests primarily in Biotechnology, Food and Beverage and Agriculture startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 14 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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Who are the partners at FTW Ventures?
The team at FTW Ventures includes Brian Frank (General Partner) and Bill Rusitzky (Advisor & Investor). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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