# Louis Dreyfus Company

> Louis Dreyfus Company is a VC fund backing AgTech and Agriculture. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 7%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/louis-dreyfus-company
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/weareldc
- Website: http://www.ldc.com/

Louis Dreyfus Company is a merchandiser of commodities and a major asset owner and processor of agricultural goods. Its business includes trading and merchandising of commodities and processing of agricultural goods.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 4 | 29% |
| Agriculture | 4 | 29% |
| Biotechnology | 4 | 29% |
| Food and Beverage | 4 | 29% |
| Seafood | 2 | 14% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 36% |
| Series B | 3 | 21% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 14% |
| Grant | 1 | 7% |
| Series C | 1 | 7% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 43% |
| India | 1 | 7% |
| Spain | 1 | 7% |
| Brazil | 1 | 7% |
| Canada | 1 | 7% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Max Clegg | Head of LDC Ventures | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/max-clegg |
| Adrian Isman | CEO North America Region | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adrian-isman-e1f4 |
| Anders Landgren | Oilseeds Trader Trainee | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anders-landgren |
| Laura Zaim | Director, Innovations | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laura-zaim |
| Leopold Louis-Dreyfus | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leopold-louis-dreyfus |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TRACT | TRACT is an innovative platform for measuring sustainability performance that was created by and for the agriculture and food industries. | $11.2M |  | Nov 19, 2024 |  |
| SeaStock | SeaStock develops global marine science solutions for producing and extracting substances produced from seaweed and algae. | $110.8K | Grant | Oct 27, 2023 |  |
| bound4blue | bound4blue developes foldable and autonomous wingsail system to be integrated onto a wide range of vessels.The system has been conceived as a complementary propulsion system, which produces effective thrust from existing winds, reducing the main engine power required and, therefore, delivering fuel consumption and pollutant emissions reductionsof up to 40% and it ensures a payback period under 5 years. | $17.4M | Series A | Sep 07, 2023 |  |
| Natural Fiber Welding | Natural Fiber Welding develops a circularity platform producing sustainable materials from plants. Its multi-material platform serves a wide range of industries from fashion and footwear to automotive and upholstery. Its technology embeds seamlessly into existing supply chains, enabling iconic brands to design and scale products withhigh-performance, plastic-free materials. | $24.8M | Debt Financing | Jul 05, 2023 |  |
| EarthOptics | GroundTruth Ag is a soil cloud creator specializing in sustainable agricultural management. GroundTruth offers insights into soil management and health as well as near-real-time actionable data layers that cover the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the soil. This technology allows farmers to obtain accurate soil informationwhile also offering carbon creditors low-cost, hyper-accurate verification. | $27.6M | Series B | Jan 18, 2023 |  |
| Aquaconnect | Aquaconnect was founded in 2017 as a full-stack aquaculture technology venture to offer data-driven farm advisory solutions and market place solutions to Shrimp and Fish farmers. As a part of promoting sustainable farming practices in aquaculture ecosystem, we have launched an Artificial Intelligence farm advisor 'FarmMOJO' - a friendlyfarm companion. FarmMOJO's data intelligence improves farm productivity and connects farmers with aquaculture industry stakeholders under its market place. Aquaconnect works with about 3000 farmers in Indian states of Andhra, Tamilnadu, and Gujrat to improve their farm revenues through technology intervention. | $14.5M | Series A | Dec 19, 2022 |  |
| Grão Direto | The agriculture that has so much technology inside the gate and gives lessons of modernity to Brazil and to the world can also be so technological and modern in the commercialization of its products!The Grão Direto forms a web between buyers and producers of grains connected in a much more intelligent way.Through technology, they can interactdigitally and much faster and more efficiently. This is either for spot, future or barter trading. Grão Direto was created with the necessary flexibility to support all the chain's profiles: cooperatives, tradings, traditional brokers, feed factories, warehouses, traders and much more.The platform generates market intelligence gains for producers and buyers to make better decisions, as well as more agility in processes associated with marketing (logistics, contract management, financial products and more). | $7.2M |  | Mar 03, 2022 |  |
| Grão Direto | The agriculture that has so much technology inside the gate and gives lessons of modernity to Brazil and to the world can also be so technological and modern in the commercialization of its products!The Grão Direto forms a web between buyers and producers of grains connected in a much more intelligent way.Through technology, they can interactdigitally and much faster and more efficiently. This is either for spot, future or barter trading. Grão Direto was created with the necessary flexibility to support all the chain's profiles: cooperatives, tradings, traditional brokers, feed factories, warehouses, traders and much more.The platform generates market intelligence gains for producers and buyers to make better decisions, as well as more agility in processes associated with marketing (logistics, contract management, financial products and more). | $7.9M | Series A | Mar 03, 2022 |  |
| ProfilePrint | ProfilePrint provides a food ingredient analysis platform. ProfilePrint develops a food ingredient analysis scanner that uses artificial intelligence technology to detect quality, taste profile, and freshness. |  | Series A | Feb 15, 2022 |  |
| Comet Biorefining | Comet Biorefining is a leading provider of sustainable high-quality cost-competitive cellulosic glucose technology for applications in renewable biofuels and biochemicals. The company’s proprietary technology allows for the conversion of wood, wheat straw, bagasse, corn stover and other agricultural waste materials into high purity cellulosicglucose syrup. These non-food sources offer lower cost and price stability when compared to food sugar sources such as corn or sugar cane. Demonstrated at 5 dry tons per day scale, Comet is focusing on commercial scale up and development of commercial partnerships with applications in renewables industries. | $22M | Series C | Jul 13, 2021 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Louis Dreyfus Company invest in?

Louis Dreyfus Company invests primarily in AgTech, Agriculture and Biotechnology startups, most often at Series A and Series B 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 Louis Dreyfus Company?

The team at Louis Dreyfus Company includes Max Clegg (Head of LDC Ventures), Adrian Isman (CEO North America Region) and Anders Landgren (Oilseeds Trader Trainee), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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