# Michal Klar

> Michal Klar is a seed investor at Better Bite Ventures backing Food and Beverage. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Better Bite Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-bite-ventures)
- Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 59%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michalklar/?originalSubdomain=nz

Michal Klar is a seed investor at Better Bite Ventures in Christchurch focused on Food and Beverage and Food Processing. Michal Klar Supporting & accelerating new protein sector in the Asia Pacific.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$7M |
| Pre-Seed | $511k–$2.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 8 | 47% |
| Food Processing | 4 | 24% |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 18% |
| Organic Food | 2 | 12% |
| Consumer Goods | 2 | 12% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 47% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 29% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 12% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 3 | 18% |
| Singapore | 3 | 18% |
| Indonesia | 2 | 12% |
| New Zealand | 2 | 12% |
| China | 1 | 6% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AgriG8 | AgriG8 is an enterprise designed to align, collaborate, de-risk and grow value chains and ecosystems within the agricultural industry. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 11, 2024 |  |
| 70/30 Food Tech | 70/30 Food Tech makes functional plant & mycelium based ready meals that enrich human health using fermentation technology. |  | Seed | Feb 20, 2024 |  |
| Allium Bio | Allium Bio specializes in co-culturing microalgae and mycelium to produce more sustainable and useful components. They develop sustainable and useful ingredients to raise the stakes for the plant-based food sector. |  |  | Apr 26, 2023 |  |
| Cultivaer | Cultivaer is creating cutting-edge bioreactor-free technology to let fermentation-derived alternative proteins scale up more quickly and at a lower cost. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 26, 2023 |  |
| Klever Meat | Klever Meat is a B2B seafood supply company. It provides sustainable and healthy cultivated meat that is grown directly from animal cells. |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 26, 2023 |  |
| EatKinda | EatKinda creates luscious plant-based ice cream from cauliflower by utilizing veggies that would normally go to waste because of cosmetic flaws. |  | Seed | Apr 26, 2023 |  |
| Allium Bio | Allium Bio specializes in co-culturing microalgae and mycelium to produce more sustainable and useful components. They develop sustainable and useful ingredients to raise the stakes for the plant-based food sector. |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 26, 2023 |  |
| Phyx44 Labs | Phyx44 Labs develops cell-derived replacements to popular dairy products that are nature-identical. Founded in 2021 and is based in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. | $1.2M | Seed | Nov 09, 2022 |  |
| Greenest | Greenest provides plant based protein food products. | $511K | Pre-Seed | Jun 30, 2022 |  |
| Green Rebel Foods | Green Rebel Foods is the operator of a company that produces products that resemble meat but aren't made from animals and are vegan. In contrast to animal goods, their food items are higher in protein, contain no cholesterol, less saturated fat, and use fewer natural resources, allowing consumers to enjoy protein-rich meat products withminimal environmental impact. | $7M | Seed | Mar 30, 2022 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-and-play-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Cult Food Science](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cult-food-science) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AgFunder](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agfunder) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Better Bite Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-bite-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Canaccord Genuity Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canaccord-genuity-corp) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Clear Current Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clear-current-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Better Bite Ventures

VC Fund

Better Bite Ventures is a venture capital firm.

1 contacts available at Better Bite Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Michal Klar | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michal-klar |

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## FAQ

### What does Michal Klar invest in?

Michal Klar invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Food Processing and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Michal Klar's check size?

Michal Klar typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$7M at Seed and $511k–$2.4M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Michal Klar participates in.

### When did Michal Klar last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michal Klar closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 17 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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