# George Roche

> George Roche is a Series B investor at Yara Growth Ventures (Berlin) backing AgTech and FinTech. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Yara Growth Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yara-growth-ventures)
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rochegeorge/
- Website: http://www.yaragrowthventures.com

George Roche is a Series B investor at Yara Growth Ventures in Berlin focused on AgTech and FinTech. George sits at the intersection of science and technology in the food and agriculture industry. He holds a bachelors of science in biology from Georgetown University where he was a Baker Scholar and an MBA from the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business where he was a Larson Scholar.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 3 | 100% |
| FinTech | 3 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 100% |
| Finance | 1 | 33% |
| Agriculture | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 1 | 33% |
| Brazil | 1 | 33% |
| Mexico | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Verqor | Verqor is a platform that disrupts the agricultural sector with finances and technology. We give farmers access to cashless credits that can be used for purchasing supplies and technology, everything through our platform. Verqor uses an alternative data-driven credit scoring criteria, for reaching financial inclusion and technifying the fields. | $3.9M | Seed | Sep 21, 2023 |  |
| Agrolend | Agrolend was born to revolutionize the agribusiness sector for small and medium size farmers in Brazil, giving them access to sustainable credit that is needed to finance the development of their production and incentivize investment in equipment/technology. We help farmers to increase their productivity and profitability. Using cutting edgetechnology and an innovative credit analysis, Agrolend provides loans without any physical guarantees such as farms or grains. Our target is to avoid the slowness of the traditional banking system as this is a major problem for farmers looking for additional credit. | $28M | Series B | Nov 08, 2022 |  |
| Jai Kisan | Jai Kisan is a fintech platform that provides sustainable financing for rural emerging markets. They help farmers understand their financial status through a next-generation/hyper-localized agriculture credit score digitizing their finances and farm capabilities for financial institutions. | $49M | Series B | Jul 28, 2022 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SP Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sp-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [All in capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/all-in-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Amplifica Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amplifica-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arkam Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arkam-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Barn Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barn-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blume Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blume-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Yara Growth Ventures

VC Fund · Oslo, Norway

Yara Growth Ventures is the venture investment team within Yara International ASA. The Yara Growth Ventures team invests in disruptive startups in the agri-food industry globally in order to advance the mission of responsibly feeding the world and protecting the planet. Learn more at www.yaragrowthventures.com

4 contacts available at Yara Growth Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Björn Heinz | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bj%C3%B6rn-heinz |
| Erkki Aaltonen | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erkki-aaltonen |
| George Roche | Senior Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/george-roche-0007 |
| Stian Nygaard | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stian-nygaard-3e35 |

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## FAQ

### What does George Roche invest in?

George Roche invests primarily in AgTech, FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Series B and Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did George Roche last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for George Roche closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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