After our deep dive into the foodtech landscape, it’s time to spotlight the key VC funds fueling its growth across Europe. Vestbee has compiled a list of investors backing the innovations, founders, and technologies shaping the future of food.
Agronomics
HQ: London, UK
Sector focus: food technology
Investment stage: all stages
Agronomics is a London-listed investment company specializing in cellular agriculture and “clean food” production. The firm invests in companies using biotechnology, synthetic biology, and tissue engineering to produce proteins, fats, and tissues without conventional farming. Agronomics maintains a portfolio of venture-stage companies operating in these sectors.
Astanor Ventures
HQ: Brussels, Belgium
Sector focus: food and agriculture, biodiversity, ocean and water, tech and AI, climate, education, and health
Investment stage: from seed to growth
Astanor Ventures is a global agrifood-focused venture investor committed to systemic impact across food, climate, and biodiversity sectors. Utilizing two core strategies: early-stage venture and growth equity, the firm supports disruptive startups that promote sustainable farming, resource efficiency, and new food technologies. Astanor embeds impact metrics into its operations, tracking environmental and social outcomes like CO₂ emissions avoided, water conserved, and farmer support.
Blue Horizon
HQ: Zurich, Switzerland
Sector focus: food technology
Investment stage: early stages
Blue Horizon invests in technologies linking biology, agriculture, and sustainability to transform the food system. Its €183 million flagship fund, supported by 100+ investors, has deployed ~€80 million across 16 companies. Stage-agnostic, it backs seed to Series A/B and roll-up deals, with tickets from €300,000 to €25 million. The firm operates globally, focusing on Europe and the US.
CPT Capital
HQ: London, UK
Sector focus: alternative proteins and animal-free materials
Investment stage: pre-seed and seed
CPT Capital is the venture capital arm of a private family office, dedicated exclusively to investing in companies replacing animals in the food and materials supply chain. With long-standing experience in the alternative protein sector, CPT backs visionary founders developing plant-based proteins, biomass fermentation, recombinant proteins, cultivated meat, and enabling technologies. The firm invests at pre-seed and seed stages with the intention of supporting companies through later stages, including IPOs or acquisitions.
Danone Manifesto Ventures
HQ: Paris, France
Sector focus: food technology
Investment stage: early stages
Danone Manifesto Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Danone, investing in early-stage food, beverage, and foodtech companies that promote health and sustainability. Headquartered in New York and Paris, the fund provides capital as well as strategic support, offering portfolio companies access to Danone’s expertise, resources, and global network.
Demeter
HQ: Paris, France
Sector focus: ecological transition (including foodtech)
Investment stage: from seed to growth
Demeter is a European investment firm specializing in venture capital, private equity, and infrastructure for the energy and ecological transition. Managing €1.3 billion across its funds, Demeter invests between €1 million and €30 million in companies at all stages of development, from startups to infrastructure assets. Its portfolio includes companies in renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, and environmental technologies.
DSM Ventures
HQ: Kaiseraugst, Switzerland
Sector focus: nutrition, health, beauty; animal nutrition
Investment stage: pre-seed through IPO
DSM Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of DSM-Firmenich, investing in startups aligned with the company’s business units in nutrition, health, beauty, and animal nutrition, as well as enabling technology platforms and digital tools. Typical investments range from €100k to €5m initially, with lifetime commitments of €1m to €20m, in funding rounds from pre-seed to IPO. The Ventures team takes minority stakes of 5–25% and engages actively at the board level, leveraging DSM-Firmenich’s scientific, technological, and commercial resources to support portfolio companies.
Eatable Adventures
HQ: Madrid, Spain
Sector focus: food technology
Investment stage: pre-seed and seed
Eatable Adventures operates a €30 million investment fund targeting pre-seed and seed agri-foodtech innovators and runs acceleration and incubation programs. Its services include startup acceleration, corporate innovation programmes, and government-backed initiatives to connect startups with industry and institutional partners.
EIT Food
HQ: Leuven, Belgium
Sector focus: agrifood, food technology, sustainability
Investment stage: early stage, seed, acceleration
EIT Food is a pan-European initiative supported by the EU, dedicated to transforming the food system through innovation, education, and entrepreneurship. Beyond funding, it provides acceleration programs, grant opportunities, and industry partnerships to support startups and scaleups. Its portfolio includes ventures developing sustainable food production, alternative proteins, waste reduction solutions, and digital tools for agriculture. By connecting corporates, investors, researchers, and entrepreneurs, EIT Food fosters collaboration across the European foodtech ecosystem.
FoodLabs
HQ: Berlin, Germany
Sector focus: food technology
Investment stage: from pre-seed to growth
FoodLabs is a certified B Corp venture platform that invests in pre-seed to scale-stage foodtech and agrifood ventures globally. It provides funding from $100,000 to $2 million, supporting over 80 companies solving challenges across agriculture, supply chains, health, climate resilience, and synthetic biology. The firm is driven by founder-led innovation, purpose-driven strategies, and ethical investment practices, emphasizing resilience, transparency, and constructive support for entrepreneurs.
Five Seasons Ventures
HQ: Paris, France
Sector focus: food technology
Investment stage: уarly stage
Five Seasons Ventures focuses on early-stage consumer and food technology companies across Europe. Its inaugural fund raised over €60 million. The firm typically invests €2-4 million initially, with the capacity to fund up to €12-20 million per company through follow-ons. The fund has backed consumer brands along the food and ag-tech value chain, covering areas like healthier food, alternative proteins, personalized nutrition, supply chain transparency, and food waste reduction.
Mudcake
HQ: Stockholm, Sweden & Paris, France (based in both locations)
Sector focus: food technology
Investment stage: pre-seed and seed
Mudcake is a microfund operated by ex-founders, investing between $200,000 and $800,000 in pre-seed and seed-stage startups globally. It backs ventures utilizing science, software, biotech, and climate tech to transform the food system. The fund has supported more than 25 startups across four continents, focusing on early-stage teams reshaping food production, distribution, and consumption for the next generation.
Nordic Foodtech VC
HQ: Helsinki, Finland
Sector focus: food technology
Investment stage: Pre-seed and seed
Nordic Foodtech VC focuses on early-stage, deeptech food and agri startups, from microbial fermentation to satellite-based monitoring and circular bio-ingredients. Founded in 2019, its €42 million first fund backed 18 ventures across the Nordics and Baltics. In June 2025, it closed €40 million toward an €80 million second fund, investing €200,000-€2 million with follow-on capacity. The firm prioritizes pre-seed and seed deals, especially university spin-outs, bridging science with industrial impact.
Nucleus Capital
HQ: Berlin, Germany
Sector focus: programmable biology, food technology, green industrials
Investment stage: pre-seed
Nucleus Capital is a venture capital fund investing in early-stage scientific ventures in programmable biology, food technology, and green industrials. The firm focuses on pre-seed investments, typically providing up to €1 million in initial capital and often leading or co-leading rounds. Its portfolio spans Europe and the United States, with a concentrated, thesis-driven approach.
PeakBridge
HQ: Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Sector focus: аood technology
Investment stage: from seed to growth
PeakBridge operates through a dual-fund structure. Its Seed Fund backs early-stage, impactful foodtech ventures in Europe and Israel, while its Growth II Fund supports later-stage (Series A/B) companies across Europe, the US, and Israel. The firm focuses on scalable, proprietary Agri-Food technologies — from digital tools to ingredients innovation — that deliver positive system-level impact.
Rockstart
HQ: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sector focus: agrifood, energy, emerging technology
Investment stage: pre-seed to Series B
Rockstart is an international accelerator and early-stage investor supporting purpose-driven founders in AgriFood, Energy, and Emerging Technology. Its AgriFood program targets innovations across agritech and foodtech, including alternative packaging and proteins, precision food production, upcycled products, CO₂ sequestration tools, and supply chain traceability. The fund invests from pre-seed through Series B and provides mentorship, market introductions, and co-investment opportunities.
Simon Capital
HQ: Berlin, Germany
Sector focus: sustainability, including foodtech
Investment stage: seed to Series A
Simon Capital is an investment firm engaged in consumer and foodtech ventures from Seed to Series A. Since 2018, it has invested in over 25 companies using more than €300 million in AUM. Simon Capital provides both capital and strategic support via its entrepreneurial family-business network, connecting founders with industry expertise and co-investors to nurture growth beyond funding rounds.
Synthesis Capital
HQ: London, UK
Sector focus: food technology
Investment stage: early stage
Synthesis Capital is a London-based VC investing in transformative food tech and alternative proteins. Its $300M Fund I (2022) aims to back ~15 early-stage startups, ranging from plant-based and fermented products to cultivated meats, plus enabling technologies like synthetic biology and bioprocessing. With a global presence (UK, US, Guernsey), the team combines biotech and investment expertise, building on a strong alternative protein track record.
TET Ventures
HQ: Berlin, Germany
Sector focus: food technology
Investment stage: early stages
TET Ventures is a Berlin-based venture capital fund focused primarily on early-stage food technology startups. It typically invests between €50,000 and €250,000 at the earliest stages and operates across the US, Europe, and other regions.
Übermorgen Ventures
HQ: Zurich, Switzerland
Sector focus: climate tech, foodtech
Investment stage: early-stage
Übermorgen Ventures is a Zurich-based (with a London office) early-stage climate-tech investor focused on startups that drive decarbonization, carbon removal, and resilience across sectors like energy, agriculture, food technologies, and the built environment. The firm measures impact in terms of greenhouse gas reduction, funding raised, job creation, and portfolio value.
Zintinus
HQ: Berlin, Germany
Sector focus: food technology
Investment stage: growth
Zintinus is focused on food technology innovation, with a mission to drive the food system's transition toward healthier, cleaner, and more sustainable solutions. The fund emphasizes value creation through a combination of capital, industry expertise, and network access. Their main areas of activity are alternative protein, functional food, food loss prevention, and clean nutrition.
