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Food / Agriculture Seed lead VCs
34 public firms are labeled Specialist, list “Food / Agriculture” as a sector focus, identify “Seed” as an entry stage, and report “Mostly Lead” or “Can Lead” without “Mostly Follow.” These are reported preferences, not a guarantee that a firm will lead a specific round.
includes only:SpecialistFood / AgricultureStage: SeedMostly Lead or Can LeadNot Mostly Follow
| 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 | |
| Acre Venture Partnersverifiedacre.vc | Mostly Lead | $500k – $10m$500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | 5–12%5-7% · 7-10% · 10-12% | Specialist | Food / Agriculture, Climate / Energy | California | — | — | Bill Helman, Lucas Mann, Gareth Asten, Alex Bondar, Jeffrey Dunn, Sam Kass | hello@acre.vc | |
| AgFunderagfunder.com | Can Lead | $25k – $10m$25-100k · $100-250k · $250-500k · $500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | — | Specialist | Food / Agriculture, Life Sciences, Climate / Energy | California | $100M+ | — | Michael Dean, Manuel Gonzalez, Rob Leclerc, Quinten Eggink, Andrew Finkelstein, Sofia Ramirez, John Friedman, Lara Erman, Angela Tay, Ryan Lee | info@agfunder.com | |
| Alexandria Venture Investmentsare.com | Can Lead | — | — | Specialist | Life Sciences, Food / Agriculture, Healthtech / Digital Health | California | — | — | Joel S. Marcus, Hallie E. Kuhn, Jenna Foger | corporateinformation@are.com | |
| 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 | — | |
| Berkeley Catalyst Fund (BCF)bcfltd.com | Can Lead | — | — | Specialist | Life Sciences, Climate / Energy, Food / Agriculture | California | — | — | Laura Smoliar, Ted Hou, Drew Lanza | — | |
| 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 | |
| Bluestein Venturesverifiedbluesteinventures.com | Can Lead | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | 5–12%5-7% · 7-10% · 10-12% | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Consumer, Commerce / Marketplaces, Food / Agriculture | Illinois | — | — | Andrew Bluestein, Ashley Hartman, Amira Khatib, Bram Bluestein | info@bluesteinventures.com | |
| 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 | |
| Cavallo Venturescavallovc.com | Can Lead | — | — | Specialist | Food / Agriculture | California | — | — | Michael Wilbur, Son Vo, Brett Morris, Matt Miller | — | |
| 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/ | |
| DCVCdcvc.com | Can Lead | $10m – $30m+$10M - $30M · >$30M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Deep Tech, Climate / Energy, Life Sciences, Industrial / Manufacturing, Food / Agriculture | California | Billions of dollars AUM | — | Zachary Bogue, Matthew Ocko, John Hamer, Kiersten Stead, James Hardiman, Jason Pontin, Rachel Slaybaugh, Ali Tamaseb, Milo Werner, Justin Kern, Vandon Duong, Josué López, Emily Park, Kristen Rocca, Jack Sauls, Cara Yesko, Richard Waines | info@dcvc.com | |
| Gather Venturesgatherventures.com | Can Lead | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | — | Specialist | Consumer, Healthtech / Digital Health, Food / Agriculture | New York | — | — | Adam Slutsky, Daniel Maffezzoli | https://gatherventures.com/pitch-us | |
| Grit Road Partnersverifiedgritrd.com | Mostly Lead | $250-500k | No targetNo Target | Specialist | Food / Agriculture | Nebraska | $35M | — | Ben Williamson, Mike Jung | bwilliamson@gritrd.com | |
| 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 | |
| Mountain Group Capitalmtngp.com | Can Lead | — | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Life Sciences, Healthtech / Digital Health, Food / Agriculture, Climate / Energy | Tennessee | — | — | Byron Smith, Joe Cook III, Rob Readnour, Joe Cook Jr., Jack Slaughter, Scott Holmstrom, Gerard Franks, Chapman Varnell, Lincoln Chambers | contact@mtngp.com | |
| Narya Capitalnaryavc.com | Mostly Lead | $3M - $10M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Industrial / Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Healthtech / Digital Health, Food / Agriculture, Fintech | Ohio | $93M Fund I ($125M target) | 2020 | Colin Greenspon, Falon Donohue | — | |
| Obvious Venturesobvious.com | Mostly Lead | $3m – $30m$3M - $10M · $10M - $30M | 10%+10-12% · > 12% | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Life Sciences, Climate / Energy, Food / Agriculture, Fintech, Education / Future of Work | California | $360.36M Fund V | 2026 | James Joaquin, Vishal Vasishth, Andrew Beebe, Kahini Shah, Rohan Ganesh, Mo Islam | info@obvious.com | |
| Prime Movers Labprimemoverslab.com | Mostly Lead | — | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Food / Agriculture, Industrial / Manufacturing | Wyoming | $245M | 2023 | Dakin Sloss, Zia Huque, Tony Robbins, Andre Jabban, Justin Briggs, Kam Ghaffarian, Greg Wyler, Aaron Mandell, Blake Scholl, Andrei Iancu | info@primemoverslab.com | |
| 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 | |
| Redwood Consumerredwoodcapital.partners | Can Lead | — | — | Specialist | Consumer, Food / Agriculture | Delaware | — | 2022 | Diego Martinez | https://airtable.com/appH1D0pQe4n2mvq6/shr7p0ONGjZdyASpf | |
| Rhapsody Venture Partnersrhapsodyvp.com | Mostly Lead | $500K–$2MInitial check · Official website · https://rhapsodyvp.com/ | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Deep Tech, Industrial / Manufacturing, Food / Agriculture | Massachusetts | — | — | Carsten Boers, Jason Whaley, Corrie Kavanaugh, Jessica Freyer, Mike Fuerstman, Robert Newman, Sarah Hammer | contact@rhapsodyvp.com | |
| Starshot Capitalstarshotcapital.com | Can Lead | — | — | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Industrial / Manufacturing, Food / Agriculture, Deep Tech | California | $35M — Starshot Fund I | — | — | — | |
| 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. | |
| TELUS Pollinator Fund for Goodtelus.com | Can Lead | — | — | Specialist | Food / Agriculture, Healthtech / Digital Health, Climate / Energy, Education / Future of Work | British Columbia | $100M | 2020 | Blair Miller, Ka-Hay Law, Shafiq Vallani, Bruno Lam, Nabeela Merchant, Tobi Mueller-Glodde | pollinatorfund@telus.com | |
| 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 Production Board (TPB)tpb.co | Mostly Lead | — | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Food / Agriculture, Life Sciences, Industrial / Manufacturing, Climate / Energy, Healthtech / Digital Health | California | — | — | David Friedberg | hello@tpb.co | |
| 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 | |
| Trailhead Capitaltrailheadcap.com | Can Lead | — | — | Specialist | Food / Agriculture, Climate / Energy | Colorado | $50M Regeneration Fund I; Fund II targeting $75M | 2023 | — | info@trailheadcap.com |
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