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Food / Agriculture Pre-Seed / Inception specialist VCs
49 public firms are labeled Specialist, list “Food / Agriculture” as a sector focus, and identify “Pre-Seed / Inception” as an entry stage. These are reported categories; review each firm’s thesis and profile before reaching out.
includes only:SpecialistFood / AgricultureStage: Pre-Seed / Inception
| Accelr8accelr8.com | Mostly Lead | — | — | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Industrial / Manufacturing, Food / Agriculture, PropTech / Construction | Massachusetts | — | — | Dwight Poler, Ryan Macpherson, Louis Kang, Megan Phelan | info@accelr8.com | |
| Ag Ventures Allianceagventuresalliance.com | Mostly Follow | $100-250k | — | Specialist | Food / Agriculture | Iowa | — | — | Spencer Stensrude, Jordan Colby | — | |
| Angel Venturesangelventures.vc | Can Lead | $250K–$1MInitial check · Official website · https://www.angelventures.vc/usfund | — | Specialist | Fintech, PropTech / Construction, Food / Agriculture, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Education / Future of Work, Industrial / Manufacturing | Texas | — | — | Marcelo de la Garza,
Elisa Sepúlveda | — | |
| Antom.laantom.la | Mostly Follow | $25-100k | — | Specialist | Food / Agriculture, Climate / Energy | Delaware | — | — | Ruben Altman, Elvira Museri | info@antom.la | |
| Better Venturesbetter.vc | Mostly Lead | $500k-1m | — | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Food / Agriculture, Life Sciences, Healthtech / Digital Health, Education / Future of Work, Deep Tech | California | $108M AUM across four funds | — | Wes Selke, Rick Moss, Lyndsey Boucherle | hello@better.vc | |
| Big Idea Venturesverifiedbigideaventures.com | Mostly Follow | $100k – $500k$100-250k · $250-500k | No targetNo Target | Specialist | Food / Agriculture | New York | — | — | Andrew D. Ive, Tom Mastrobuoni, Dhanesh Alagarsamy, Oscar Hellier, Frank Klemens, Adrien Villalonga | info@bigideaventures.com | |
| BoxOne Venturesboxone.xyz | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Life Sciences, Food / Agriculture, Healthtech / Digital Health, Deep Tech | Quebec | — | — | Josh Felker, Arvind Ramanathan, Rebecca Allan, Felicity Meyer, Niranjan Vaswani | hello@boxone.xyz | |
| Bread and Butter Venturesverifiedbreadandbutterventures.com | Can Lead | $500k-1m | No targetNo Target | Specialist | Food / Agriculture, Healthtech / Digital Health, Enterprise Software | Minnesota | — | — | Brett Brohl, Mary Grove | hello@breadandbutter.com | |
| Breakwater Venturesbreakwater.vc | — | — | — | Specialist | Industrial / Manufacturing, Aerospace / Defense, Food / Agriculture, Fintech, Enterprise Software, Vertical AI | Washington | — | — | — | — | |
| Cerulean Venturescerulean.vc | — | — | — | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Food / Agriculture, Industrial / Manufacturing | California | — | — | Matthew Stotts, Jahed Momand | hello@cerulean.vc | |
| Chingona Venturesverifiedchingona.ventures | Can Lead | $250K–$2MInitial check · Official website · https://www.chingona.ventures/ | 5–10%5-7% · 7-10% | Specialist | Fintech, Food / Agriculture, Education / Future of Work | Illinois | — | — | Samara Mejia Hernandez, Fernando Carranza | https://www.chingona.ventures/apply | |
| Cooperative Venturescooperativeventuresllc.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Food / Agriculture, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility | Illinois | — | — | Beth Kearns, Kevin Jones, Scott Lenet | — | |
| Cornucopian Capitalcornucopiancapital.com | Mostly Lead | $250k – $10m$250-500k · $500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | — | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Life Sciences, Consumer, Food / Agriculture | New Jersey | — | — | Aryeh Ganz, Jinny Choi, William Zhang, Matei Vaduva, Avi Rosenbaum, Giovanni Battistini | https://cornucopiancapital.com/connect/ | |
| Cybernetix Venturescybernetix.vc | — | — | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Industrial / Manufacturing, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, PropTech / Construction, Healthtech / Digital Health, Food / Agriculture, Climate / Energy, Cybersecurity | Massachusetts | — | — | Fady Saad, Mark Martin, Jackson Saunders | — | |
| Dangerous Venturesdangerous.co | — | — | — | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Food / Agriculture | California | — | — | Gaby Darbyshire, Ward Hendon, Mike Lin | https://www.dangerous.co/founder-form | |
| District Ventures Capitaldistrictventures.ca | — | — | — | Specialist | Food / Agriculture, Consumer, Healthtech / Digital Health | Alberta | $100M | 2020 | Arlene Dickinson | contact@districtventurescapital.com | |
| Earth Foundryearthfoundry.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Food / Agriculture, Industrial / Manufacturing | Illinois | — | — | — | https://earthfoundry.com/connect/startup | |
| Ecosphere Venturesecosphere.vc | — | — | — | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, PropTech / Construction, Food / Agriculture, Industrial / Manufacturing | Texas | — | — | — | https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVuKEJ5bTW8RgAYeceAUTrBxp7MdbWjleRdkUfHdQsLXmFIA/viewform?usp=sf_link | |
| ElevenX Capitalelevenxcapital.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Education / Future of Work, Cybersecurity, Healthtech / Digital Health, Food / Agriculture | Florida | — | — | Anjli Jain | connect@elevenxcapital.com | |
| Fifty Yearsfiftyyears.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Life Sciences, Healthtech / Digital Health, Food / Agriculture, Deep Tech | California | — | — | Ela Madej, Seth Bannon, D. Scott Phoenix, Alex Teng | hello@fifty.vc | |
| Germin8 Venturesgermin8ventures.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Food / Agriculture, Healthtech / Digital Health, Life Sciences, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility | Illinois | — | — | — | hello@germin8ventures.com | |
| Great Circle Venturesgreatcircle.vc | — | — | — | Specialist | Food / Agriculture, Healthtech / Digital Health, Climate / Energy | New York | — | — | Jacob Afriat, Rani Aliahmad, Ryan Perry | hellow@greatcircle.vc | |
| Grit Road Partnersverifiedgritrd.com | Mostly Lead | $250-500k | No targetNo Target | Specialist | Food / Agriculture | Nebraska | $35M | — | Ben Williamson, Mike Jung | bwilliamson@gritrd.com | |
| Impact Science Venturesimpactscience.vc | — | — | — | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Deep Tech, Industrial / Manufacturing, Food / Agriculture | California | — | — | — | info@impactscience.vc | |
| Industrious Venturesindustrious.vc | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Climate / Energy, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Industrial / Manufacturing, Food / Agriculture, Deep Tech | Colorado | — | — | Mason Angel, Taylor Sargent | contact@industrious.vc | |
| Innova Memphisinnovamemphis.com | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Food / Agriculture, Life Sciences | Tennessee | — | — | Jan Bouten, Dean Didato | ccrawford@innovamemphis.com | |
| ISA Venturesisaventures.com | Mostly Follow | $25k – $1m$25-100k · $100-250k · $250-500k · $500k-1m | — | Specialist | Life Sciences, Healthtech / Digital Health, Education / Future of Work, Industrial / Manufacturing, Food / Agriculture, Fintech, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility | Iowa | $22 million | 2020 | Eric Engelmann | hello@isaventures.com | |
| Koan Capitalkoan.vc | Mostly Follow | $25k – $250k$25-100k · $100-250k | — | Specialist | Food / Agriculture | Alberta | — | — | Remi Schmaltz | https://koan.vc/contact-us/ | |
| Lever VClevervc.com | Can Lead | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | — | Specialist | Food / Agriculture | New York | $50 million first close (Fund II) | 2024 | Nick Cooney, James Caffyn, Lawrence Chu, Muhammad Asyraf Naim, Ramzi Schumann, Ronen Bar, Felipe Krelling, Benny Pei | team@levervc.com | |
| Mercy Corps Venturesmercycorps.org | Mostly Follow | $100-250k | — | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Food / Agriculture, Fintech, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility | Oregon | $50M Resilient Future Fund | — | Scott Onder, Timothy Rann, Toffene Kama, Ken Kou, Timo Asiimwe, Natalie Vergara, Doreen Kubu, Maria Paula Gomez, Natalia Mondragon Segura, Eugene Gikonyo, Rofem Egbe | info@mercycorps.org | |
| New Farenewfarepartners.com | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Food / Agriculture, Consumer | New York | $20M Fund I | 2022 | — | — | |
| Newlinnewlin.vc | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Food / Agriculture, Fintech, Consumer | Illinois | — | — | Grant Newlin | grant@newlin.vc | |
| Onto Venturesonto.vc | — | — | — | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Food / Agriculture | New South Wales | — | — | Dan Fitzgerald | dan@onto.vc | |
| Propellerpropellervc.com | Can Lead | $500K–$3MStated investment range · Official website · https://propellervc.com | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Industrial / Manufacturing, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Food / Agriculture | Massachusetts | $118 million Fund I | — | Brian Halligan, Devdutt Yellurkar, Steven Fox, Rodrigo Prudencio, Reece Pacheco | hello@propellervc.com | |
| RA Capital Managementracap.com | Mostly Lead | $3m – $30m+$3M - $10M · $10M - $30M · >$30M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Life Sciences, Healthtech / Digital Health, Climate / Energy, Industrial / Manufacturing, Food / Agriculture | Massachusetts | $10B+ AUM; $120 million Planetary Health Fund | 2025 | Peter Kolchinsky, Rajeev Shah, Zach Scheiner, Jake Simson, Matt Hammond, Derek DiRocco, Josh Resnick, Jeremy Lack, Laura Stoppel, Adam Kaye, Anurag Kondapalli, Tess Cameron, Emily Minkow, Nandita Shangari, Laura Tadvalkar, Jenna Hebert, Megan Lipcsey, Jonathan Pritz, Emory Werner, Alex Miller, Julie Gupta, Peter Balogh, Maxwell DeNies, Fuad Naser, Breanna O'Reilly, Henry Stusnick, Prithviraj Singha Roy, Sahiba Baveja, Davis Buchanan, Tyler Carney, Justin Waney, Eric Wei, Alex Zhang, Kyle Teamey, Brigid O'Brien, Kathryn Meng, Pat Schnettler | request@racap.com | |
| Radicle Growthradicle.vc | Can Lead | $250k – $10m$250-500k · $500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | — | Specialist | Food / Agriculture | California | $15 million current fund | — | Kirk Haney, Neal Gutterson | info@radicle.vc | |
| Radicle Impactradicleimpact.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Fintech, Food / Agriculture, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility | California | — | — | Dan Skaff, Kat Taylor, Ami Naik, Corey Vernon | https://radicleimpact.com/submit-startup/ | |
| Render Capitalverifiedrender.capital | Mostly Follow | $750K–$1.25MStated investment range · Official website · https://www.render.capital/ | Up to 10%< 5% · 5-7% · 7-10% | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Enterprise Software, Food / Agriculture, Industrial / Manufacturing | Kentucky | — | — | Patrick Henshaw, Triet Nguyen, Ryan Brown | https://www.render.capital/contact | |
| SOSV SF & NY (Fka IndieBio)indiebio.co | Mostly Lead | $500k-1m | 10–12%10-12% | Specialist | Deep Tech, Life Sciences, Healthtech / Digital Health, Climate / Energy, Food / Agriculture, Industrial / Manufacturing | California | — | — | Po Bronson, Stephen Chambers | https://sosv.com/apply/sosv/ | |
| Starshot Capitalstarshotcapital.com | Can Lead | — | — | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Industrial / Manufacturing, Food / Agriculture, Deep Tech | California | $35M — Starshot Fund I | — | — | — | |
| Superorganismsuperorganism.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Food / Agriculture, Deep Tech | New York | $25.9M (debut fund) | — | Tom Quigley, Kevin Webb, Annie McCluskey, Everett Sanderson | hello@superorganism.com | |
| Supply Change Capitalverifiedsupplychange.fund | Can Lead | $500k-1m | 5–10%5-7% · 7-10% | Specialist | Food / Agriculture, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility | California | — | — | Shayna Harris, Noramay Cadena | noramay@supplychange.com,shayna@supplychange.fund | |
| SVG Venturesthriveagrifood.com | Mostly Lead | — | — | Specialist | Food / Agriculture | California | — | — | Greg Young, Rachel Hartnett, Tawny Scanlan | info@svgpartners.com | |
| Tall Grass Venturesverifiedwww.tallgrass.vc | Can Lead | $250-500k | < 5%< 5% | Specialist | Food / Agriculture | Alberta | — | — | Wilson Acton, Chris Edwards, Chris Paterson, David Sullivan, David Zoric | Submit info to: https://www.tallgrass.vc/about-your-company and email Marlise Hunter for warm intros. | |
| Tenacious Venturestenacious.ventures | Can Lead | $250k – $3m$250-500k · $500k-1m · $1-3m | — | Specialist | Food / Agriculture, Climate / Energy | Washington | $35M (Fund II) | — | Sarah Nolet, J Matthew Pryor, Maddie Mitchell | https://tenacious.ventures/contact | |
| The 81 Collectionverifiedwww.81collection.com | Can Lead | $500k-1m | 5–10%5-7% · 7-10% | Specialist | Industrial / Manufacturing, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, PropTech / Construction, Food / Agriculture, Climate / Energy | Illinois | — | — | Vijen Patel, Alex Kirshenbaum | alex@81collection.com | |
| The Venture Collectivetheventurecollective.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Life Sciences, Climate / Energy, Food / Agriculture, Industrial / Manufacturing, Aerospace / Defense | New York | — | — | Nicholas Shekerdemian, Gina Shekerdemian, Cat Middleton, Stephanie Sarelakos, Chris Ghadban, Ines Ullmo, Emily Aronin | hello@theventurecollective.com | |
| TitletownTechverifiedtitletowntech.com | Can Lead | $200K–$2MInitial check · Official website · https://www.titletowntech.com/investment-focus | No targetNo Target | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Industrial / Manufacturing, Food / Agriculture | Wisconsin | — | — | Craig Dickman, Jill Enos | connections@titletowntech.com | |
| Wittington Ventureswittingtonventures.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Commerce / Marketplaces, Food / Agriculture, Healthtech / Digital Health | Toronto | — | — | Jim Orlando, Megh Gupta, Qasim Mohammad, Zeeshan Ali, Jodi Kessler, Zack Newton, Austin Nalen Sprole, Darian Zigante, Abigail Leung, Leah Perry, Eli Scott, Tarek El Naggar, Leafy Feng | info@wittingtonventures.com |
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