# North Forty Ventures

> North Forty Ventures is a VC fund backing AgTech, Mobile and Politics. See 2 investments, round sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2019
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

North Forty Ventures is a VC fund focused on AgTech and Mobile. 40 North Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in high-potential startups that are working to construct the industrial future. It was founded in 2019 and is based in Campbell, California.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 1 | 50% |
| Mobile | 1 | 50% |
| Politics | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Agriculture | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OpenField | OpenField is a mobile first community organizing tool that lets organizations, political campaigns and parties, nonprofits, and advocacy organizations build power with anyone, anywhere. They offer support for multiple types of outreach including traditional canvassing, deep canvassing, blind knocking, and phone banking as well as voterregistration. Their Intelligent Auto Turf Cutter turns whole cities into walkable turfs that don’t cross rivers or highways in just a few minutes while their natural language notes capture + analytics means that their customers can deep canvass and listen to their community at scale - turning thousands of individual responses into actionable insights. They are the only tool on the market to offer these features. OpenField is highly scalable - able to be used for everything from neighborhood actions to national campaigns. The tool is also easy to learn, with most users able to become proficient in how to use the product in just a few minutes, with no training.OpenField won Best Software as a Service at the 2021 Campaigns & Elections CampaignTech Awards. OpenField was founded by Arianna Trujillo-Wesler and Emily Del Beccaro. Arianna Trujillo-Wesler is the Co-Founder and CTO of OpenField. With nearly 20 years of experience to her credit, she is a nationally recognized expert in community organizing, political technology, and movement building. She has been the Deputy National Data Director for the 2016 Bernie Sanders campaign and has worked for Wellstone Action, the AFL-CIO, the 2008 Obama presidential campaign, NationBuilder, and the Sierra Club among others before Co-Founding OpenField. Ari is a non-binary, Afro-Xicana and hails from the East Side of San Jose.Emily Del Beccaro is the Co-Founder of OpenField. A veteran of several political campaigns over the last 10 years, she is a national data expert and one of just a handful of people to have built a national voter file from scratch. She has been a key member of the data teams at both Target Smart, the 2016 Bernie Sanders campaign, the 2012 Obama presidential campaign, and NationBuilder before Co-Founding OpenField. Emily is a diehard sports fan, especially for teams from her hometown, Seattle. | $605K | Pre-Seed | Jun 20, 2019 |  |
| Epicrop Technologies | Epicrop develops a revolutionary epigenetic technology for improving crop yields. It also provides support services for crop production to improve crop development and abiotic stress tolerance and is applicable to all plant species, enabling farmers to improve the crop yield while keeping the crop prices lower.Epicrop Technologies was founded in2013 and is headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska. | $3.2M | Series A | Mar 06, 2017 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Higher Ground Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/higher-ground-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Nelnet](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nelnet) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [New Media Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-media-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Speedway Properties — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- TechAccel — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does North Forty Ventures invest in?

North Forty Ventures invests primarily in AgTech, Mobile and Politics startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did North Forty Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for North Forty Ventures closed in Jun 2019. Shizune tracks 2 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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