Impact + Growth + Industry Shaping
Highly-accomplished team
- Broad leadership experience in global agriculture.
- Across discovery, development, business development and marketing.
- In startups through to multi-billion dollar companies.
Creation of deal flow
- We scout, capture, evaluate and invest in solutions that make a positive impact at the Social, Economic and Environmental level.
- Differentiated from others, we create 2-way deal flows by also helping investors address specific food & ag challenges of interest.
- We prioritize companies founded by innovators <35 years old that are based on sound business and science.
- We secure and evaluate hundreds of new potential investment opportunities each year.
Exclusive partnerships
- We have partnered with the Thought For Food Foundation, world leaders in food & ag innovation challenges.
- TFF has access to global network of over 12,000 young entrepreneurs in 140+ countries - and is growing every year.
- TFF generates hundreds of new business ideas each year that meet our criteria.
- We evaluate these ideas and provide a potential investment portfolio to our members.
- Our members have priority rights to invest in the ideas contained in the portfolio.
Examples of Companies We Work With
Colombian differentiated marketplace:
- Very large existing grower network in both field crops and vegetables
- Ability to scale up in Latin American countries of > 100m hectares
Sustainable, healthy, insect-based cooking oil:
- Can be used as direct replacement for palm oil
- Already with products in market
- Significant market potential to penetrate buyers in Australia, U.S. and Europe
Enhanced probiotics to improve nutrition:
- Naturally-selected microbes contain higher levels of vitamins and minerals that can be used in any fermented foods (yogurts, breads, alcohol)
- Specific strains can also reduce gut inflammation
Nutritious food powder made from food waste:
- Based on proprietary process to safely extend shelf life of vegetables and fruits, resulting in significant reduction in food waste in Kenya
- Can be used for a variety of purposes- to flavor yogurts and other foods, for humanitarian missions and molecular gastronomy
- Already with global consumer companies as buyers
Brazilian precision agriculture solution:
- Microclimate and micro field information (e.g. moisture, soil, weather) for growers at scale
- Radio frequency network to penetrate remote areas
- Enable proactive farm management to maximize yields
- Currently with large grower base with insightful data collection
Natural vanillin flavor made from agricultural waste:
- Low-cost, sustainable, natural way to produce world's most important and profitable aroma compound
- Proprietary process can be replace synthetic vanillin and be used for food flavoring, perfumery, pharmaceuticals, agrochemical products
Why We Are Different
- We see beyond the hype.
- We have experience and a track record.
- We have an agreement with the Thought For Food Foundation for exclusive access to their continuous innovation pipeline.
- We are global.
- We are next generation focused.
- We are impact focused.
- We give back our proceeds to support organizations that align with our mission.
Join Us!
We have a limited number of membership invitations available
We have a limited number of membership invitations available
We work with select impact investors who are passionate and committed to making positive change, who are in it for the long run, and who are deeply knowledgeable about food and agriculture. We would like to get to know each other to see if it's a good fit.
Next steps:
Next steps:
- Enter into term sheet agreement.
- Provide exclusive membership contribution.
- Prepare for access to amazing companies.