# John Friedman

> John Friedman is a seed investor at AgFunder backing AgTech and Farming. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [AgFunder](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agfunder)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Dec 2023
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-friedman-4b58a143

John Friedman is a seed investor at AgFunder focused on AgTech and Farming. John Friedman is the Director of Makana Ventures.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for John Friedman: work email, personal email, work phone, personal phone and socials. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-email/john-friedman-b1df?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.7M–$4.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 1 | 33% |
| Farming | 1 | 33% |
| Seafood | 1 | 33% |
| Biopharma | 1 | 33% |
| Organic Food | 1 | 33% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 2 | 67% |
| Philippines | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Meatiply | Meatiply is a food research company that develops and produces meat alternatives through cell cultivation. | $3.8M | Seed | Dec 06, 2023 | https://meatiply.com/ |
| MAYANI | The Philippines' fastest-growing farm-to-table platform connecting over 60,000 smallholder farmers to consumers, both retail and commercial. Powers the agri-supply chain of Shell, Robinsons, WalterMart, Ayala Foundation, Healthy Options, PT Mayora Indah, UCC Group, etc. Backed by ADB and 1st venture investment in the Philippines of AgFunder -world's most active agtech VC based in Silicon Valley.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPRP-2xaylc&t=65s | $1.7M | Seed | Jan 17, 2023 | https://www.mayani.ph |
| Shiok Meats | Shiok Meats is cellular aquaculture and cell-based meat company. With a mission to bring clean and healthy meats and seafood by harvesting from cells instead of animals. Shiok Meats brings cell-based crustacean meats that are animal-, health- and environment-friendly.Shiok Meats was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Central Region,Singapore. | $4.6M | Seed | Apr 28, 2019 | https://shiokmeats.com |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Abenson](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abenson) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Accelerating Asia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accelerating-asia) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aera VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aera-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AiiM Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpha-impact-investment-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Atlas Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlas-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Beyond Impact](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beyond-impact) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About AgFunder

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

AgFunder invests in impactful companies that can positively transform the world's food system. Founded in 2013, AgFunder manages a portfolio of over 50 companies across four funds from offices in Silicon Valley and Singapore. Through its media platform AFN, it has built a global ecosystem of over 90,000 subscribers.

5 contacts available at AgFunder.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jack Ellis | Media & Research Lead, Asia Pacific | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jack-ellis-71fd |
| Manuel Gonzalez | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manuel-gonzalez-1d14 |
| Michael Dean | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-dean |
| Rob Leclerc | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rob-leclerc |
| Angela Tay | Senior Investment Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angela-tay |

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## FAQ

### What does John Friedman invest in?

John Friedman invests primarily in AgTech, Farming and Seafood startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is John Friedman's check size?

John Friedman typically joins rounds of $1.7M–$4.6M 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 John Friedman participates in.

### How do I contact John Friedman?

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### When did John Friedman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Friedman closed in Dec 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.

### 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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