# ICL Planet Startup Hub

> ICL Planet Startup Hub is a VC fund in Tel Aviv backing Biotechnology and Agriculture. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/icl-planet-startup-hub/
- Website: https://www.icl-group.com/innovation/planet-startup-hub/

ICL Planet Startup Hub is a VC fund in Tel Aviv focused on Biotechnology and Agriculture. ICL Planet Startup Hub invests in Food Tech and Agtech.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $4.3M–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 75% |
| Agriculture | 2 | 50% |
| AgTech | 1 | 25% |
| Organic Food | 1 | 25% |
| Bioinformatics | 1 | 25% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Israel | 2 | 50% |
| Austria | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Agrematch | Agrematch is an artificial intelligence (AI) company focused on providing sustainable products for the Ag & Food industries. Agrematch’s pioneering and proven AI predictive system and validation platform is disrupting the Ag/Food industries by discovering and developing active ingredients in a fraction of the time, costs and risks comparedto the industry standard. Led by an outstanding team, Agrematch is monetizing its technology by developing a promising pipeline of agricultural products for the $130B+ market. Agrematch’s pipeline of crop protection and nutrition products includes leading natural and sustainable products. |  | Seed | Sep 07, 2023 |  |
| Arkeon Biotechnologies | Arkeon Bio is a biotechnology company that captures CO2 from industry and converts inorganic gases into organic food. | $4.3M | Seed | Dec 23, 2022 |  |
| Arkeon Biotechnologies | Arkeon Bio is a biotechnology company that captures CO2 from industry and converts inorganic gases into organic food. | $4.3M | Seed | Dec 23, 2022 |  |
| Lavie bio | LaVie Bio develops bacterial compositions that are sprayed on plants, used to coat seeds, or are integrated in the soil around the plant in order to improve the crop or the plant's features. | $10M | Seed | Aug 16, 2022 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [aws Gründungsfonds](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aws-grnderfonds) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [HackCapital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foodhack) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Tet Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tet-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does ICL Planet Startup Hub invest in?

ICL Planet Startup Hub invests primarily in Biotechnology, Agriculture and AgTech startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is ICL Planet Startup Hub's check size?

ICL Planet Startup Hub typically joins rounds of $4.3M–$10M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds ICL Planet Startup Hub participates in.

### When did ICL Planet Startup Hub last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for ICL Planet Startup Hub closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 4 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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