# Water and Energy for Food Grand Challenge

> Water and Energy for Food Grand Challenge is a VC fund backing Agriculture and AgTech. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/water-and-energy-for-food-grand-challenge/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/we4fgcd?lang=en
- Website: https://we4f.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WaterEnergy4Food/

Water and Energy for Food Grand Challenge is a VC fund in Washington focused on Agriculture and AgTech. WE4F is an initiative by government to help to increase food production, sustainable use of water and energy.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agriculture | 3 | 100% |
| AgTech | 2 | 67% |
| Farming | 2 | 67% |
| B2B | 1 | 33% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 1 | 33% |
| Kenya | 1 | 33% |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Farmhut | Farmhut is a B2B Agtech startup focussing on shortening and bringing efficiency to the agro-supply chain by connecting farmers to restaurants, retailers and vendors. | $75K | Grant | Jul 11, 2022 |  |
| Synnefa | Synnefa provides an ecosystem of Smart Greenhouses and Solar Dryers equipped with FarmShield™ IoT sensors connected to our FarmCloud™ software enabling farmers to double incomes on less land, use less water, reduce post harvest losses and access premium markets. | $300K | Pre-Seed | Dec 31, 2021 |  |
| Oorja Development Solutions | Oorja Development Solutions aims to provide clean energy access to 450 million un/underelectrified people in rural Indian communities. It deploy smart micro-grids powered by biomass gasification and solar PV systems to generate, store and transmit reliable and affordable electricity to SMEs as anchor load and low-income households. It uses ascalable community-owned business model to leverage energy provision as a catalyst for socio-economic development to alleviate poverty, empower women and tackle climate change. |  | Grant | Oct 19, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DOEN Participaties](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/doen-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [54 Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-factory-africa) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Water and Energy for Food Grand Challenge invest in?

Water and Energy for Food Grand Challenge invests primarily in Agriculture, AgTech and Farming startups, most often at Grant and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Water and Energy for Food Grand Challenge last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Water and Energy for Food Grand Challenge closed in Jul 2022. 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?

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