10+ Venture Capital Firms Investing in Foodtech - Visible.vc

Discover 10 leading venture capital firms actively funding FoodTech startups across the U.S. and Europe, from early-stage seed rounds to Series B growth.
Learn how innovative technologies are transforming every part of the food value chain, from farm operations and supply chains to restaurants and grocery retail.
Understand the top challenges in food and agriculture, including labor shortages, rising costs, and supply chain constraints, and how investors are backing solutions.
Get actionable insights on how to target the right FoodTech investors based on industry focus, funding stage, and geographic reach.

When starting a venture capital for a fundraise, it is important to stay focused on the right investors for your business. This means sticking to investors that fund companies in your industry, stage, geography, etc.

Quick Overview of the Food Tech Industry

As written by the team at Bread and Butter Ventures, "Food technology includes tech-enabled companies operating anywhere in the food value chain. From on farm to supply chain and manufacturing to restaurants and grocery. “Tech” can be software, hardware, bio sciences, or any combination of the three."

Food and agriculture is a major aspects of the economy. Many venture capitalists and entrepreneurs find that there are inefficiencies in the food and agriculture sector and can be improved by funding innovative companies.

Challenges in Foodtech

As put by the team at Blue Horizon in their post, The US food industry is facing a labor crisis and needs technology solutions to help solve it, "The food industry is strained from multiple forces, including heightened expectations from both customers and employees (e.g., wage increases, gig economy) as well as macro-economic pressures (e.g., inflation, supply chain constraints)."

1) Better Food Ventures

Better Food Ventures

Menlo Park, California, United States

Funding stage:

Early-stage, seed stage

According to the team at Better Food Ventures, "Our investments in food and agriculture technologies span the value chain — from seed, soil, supply chain, store, supper to stomach— to support the digitization of today’s food system, and form the building blocks necessary to meet our food supply needs in 2050."

Some of Better Food Ventures most popular investments include:

Milk Moovement
Love with Food
Byte

2) 1st Course Capital

1st Course Capital

San Francisco

Funding stage:

Early-stage, pre-seed, seed

As the team at 1st Course Capital puts it, "1st Course Capital is an early stage venture capital firm investing in innovative business models and technologies changing how we grow, produce, and distribute food."

Some of 1st Course Capital’s most popular investments include:

BlueCart
Farmshelf
Gooder Foods

3) Nucleus Capital

Nucleus Capital

Berlin, Germany

Funding stage:

Pre-Seed, Seed

As put on their website, "Nucleus Capital is a new venture capital firm supporting purpose-driven founders. We believe that entrepreneurial innovation is necessary to tackle global threats to planetary health."

Some of Nucleus Capital’s most popular investments include:

Planet A Foods
Juicy Marbles
Yuri

4) Tet Ventures

Tet Ventures

https://www.tet.vc/

Funding stage:

Early Stage

As put on their Visible Connect Profile, "We are one of the most active global foodtech VCs, investing in teams and technology building a better food system."

Tet Ventures typically writes check anywhere between $50k and $250k. They look to fund companies anywhere in the world at the earliest stages.

Some of Tet Ventures most popular investments include:

Farmstead
Maven
Gather Made

5) Bread and Butter Ventures

Bread and Butter Ventures

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Funding stage:

Seed

As put by the team at Bread and Butter Ventures, "Bread and Butter Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm based in Minnesota, the Bread and Butter State, investing globally while leveraging our state and region’s unparalleled access to strong corporate connections, commercial opportunities, and industry expertise for the benefit of our founders."

Some of Bread and Butter Venture’s most popular investments include:

Alchemy
Dispatch Goods
Omnia Fishing

6) FoodHack

FoodHack c/o HackVentures

Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

Funding stage:

Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A

As written by the team at FoodHack, "Where Food & FoodTech professionals come to get the inside scoop on industry news and meet partners, friends, mentors, investors – and everything in between."

7) Bluestein Ventures

Bluestein Ventures

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Funding stage:

Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A

As put by the team at Bluestein Ventures, "We look for that magic combination of strategic vision + flawless execution."

Some of Bluestein’s most popular investments include:

Cultured Decadence
Meati
New Culture

8) AgFunder

AgFunder

San Francisco, California, United States

Funding stage:

Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B

As put by their team, "AgFunder is an online Venture Capital Platform based in Silicon Valley."

Some of AgFunder’s most popular investments include:

Atomo Coffee
Alpha Foods
FieldIn

9) S2G Ventures

S2G Ventures

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Funding stage:

Series A, Series B, Late Stage, Series C

As written by the team at S2G, "Our strategy reflects a growing appetite for investment that combines financial returns with positive long-term social and environmental effects."

Some of S2G Venture’s most popular investments include:

AppHarvest
Ripple
Beyond Meat

10) Blue Horizon

Blue Horizon

Partner

Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

Funding stage:

Seed, Series A, Series B

As written by the team at Blue Horizon, "Blue Horizon is accelerating the transition to a Sustainable Food System that delivers outstanding returns for investors and the planet."

Some of the most popular Blue Horizon investments include:

Eat Just
Impossible Foods
Planted

11) Synthesis Capital

Location: London, England

Funding Stage: Series A, Series B, Series C

Synthesis Capital invests in game-changing founders, whose companies are transforming the food system through the synthesis of food technology and modern biotechnology.