VC
United States
New Fund 2025

AgFunder

Check Size
€450K – €4.5M
Outreach
Cold Email OK

Investment Focus

Investment Stages

Geographic Focus

Global
United States
Europe
Asia

Investment Thesis

A leading global agrifoodtech VC writing $500K-$5M from pre-seed to Series A, known for producing the definitive annual agrifoodtech investment report.

How to Pitch AgFunder

Cold Email Works
AgFunder is open to unsolicited pitches. A short, specific email is the fastest way in.

Who To Contact

Manuel Gonzalez
Partner
food
agriculture
startups
Michael Dean
Partner
food
agriculture
climate
environmental sustainability
Source

Portfolio Highlights

Scindo - biotech developing enzymatic upcycling technology for plant-based ingredients
Full Harvest - B2B platform connecting farms with food companies for surplus produce
Catapult AI - agricultural data analytics using computer vision for crop management

Team

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Andrew Finkelstein
Principal

Joined AgFunder in 2020, previously led early-stage sales at Darktrace and Red Lambda.

Checked Sept 2026
John Friedman
Director

Leads Singapore team and oversees Asia operations, 12 years in investment banking across Southeast Asia.

Checked Sept 2026
Manuel Gonzalez
Partner

Former Global Head of F&A Startup Innovation at Rabobank, founder of FoodBytes! and TERRA.

food
agriculture
startups
Checked Sept 2026
Michael Dean
Partner

Co-founder with 25+ years in food, agriculture, venture capital, and environmental law.

food
agriculture
climate
environmental sustainability
Checked Sept 2026
Quinten Eggink
Principal

Sources, evaluates, and leads investments in deeptech, agtech, foodtech, and climate tech startups.

deeptech
agtech
foodtech
climate tech
Checked Sept 2026
Rob Leclerc
Partner

Co-founder with 15+ years as scientist and engineer, PhD from Yale in computational biology.

AI
biology
climate
Checked Sept 2026
Sofia Ramirez
Principal

Built and scaled B2B companies globally in software, hardware, logistics, and vertically integrated businesses.

Checked Sept 2026

Focus and check size from the firm's website. Website reachable as of Aug 2026.

Ready to Reach AgFunder?

A fit check scores your pitch against their thesis, stage and ticket. An email draft uses their real deals and thesis, not a template.