Investors.

World Fund is a European climate-tech VC founded with support from Ecosia. It targets companies with significant climate-performance potential, including a notable portion of its thesis in food and agriculture.

Venture arm of the Wamda media/ecosystem platform. Explicitly lists FoodTech among investment focuses.

Venture capital arm of Saudi Aramco investing across multiple sectors including Food and Beverage and Foodtech. Led Red Sea Farms' $10M round (2021) alongside Global Ventures, KAUST and FII Institute.

Vorwerk Ventures is the corporate-backed VC linked to Vorwerk (Thermomix). It operates as an independent VC and invests in consumer and food-tech startups across Europe.

VisVires New Protein (VVNP) is a Singapore- and Paris-linked venture firm investing in companies transforming the global food system, with particular focus on proteins and ingredients.

MENA VC with 90+ investments. Current thematic focus on FinTech and ClimateTech, the latter covering food and agriculture climate solutions. Shares co-investments with Nuwa Capital.

Unovis Asset Management manages the New Crop Capital fund focused exclusively on alternative-protein and animal-free food companies. It is one of the earliest and most specialised alt-protein investors globally.

Unilever Ventures is the corporate venture and private-equity arm of Unilever, investing in early-stage brands and technologies including food and nutrition companies aligned with Unilever's strategy.

Investment arm of Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique (OCP ecosystem). 32+ investments. 2024/2025 agri-food deals include Climate Crop (gene-edited wheat) and Akorn Technology (edible coatings). Co-LP in $50M Leaps by Bayer agritech fund with OCP.

Government enterprise agency. Agri-food investment exposure is indirect via Al Waha Fund of Funds advisory role and SME financing programs.

Swedish DFI. February 2025: $20M (part of $85M syndicate) into AgDevCo for African agri-SMEs. March 2025: $16M into AfricInvest Small Cap Fund supporting agribusiness among other sectors. Also co-invested in Robust International agri commodities.

Largest VC firm in the Middle East by AUM. Co-led Calo's $13M pre-Series A and participated in Calo's $25M Series B (December 2024).

Sofinnova Partners is a Paris-based life-sciences VC with over €2B AUM. Its Industrial Biotech strategy invests in agri-food and biotech companies across precision fermentation, crop science and sustainable ingredients.

Government-mandated manager of Tunisia's Startup Act. ANAVA FoF backs sub-funds that target agri-food (e.g. Aqua Development, shrimp aquaculture). Commitments to Janngo Capital (€4M, 2024), GO LIVE Fund (€4.5M), Rasmal Innovation ($4M), TITAN Seed Fund (€5M).

Slingshot Ventures is a Dutch consumer-focused VC that invests in food, beverage and lifestyle brands and has a track record of consumer food investments in Europe.

Abu Dhabi-based multi-strategy investor. Founding Partner Mahmoud Adi is co-founder of Pure Harvest Smart Farms, and Shorooq is a long-standing backer of the company.

Seventure Partners is a French venture firm with over €1B under management and a dedicated 'Health for Food' investment strategy focused on microbiome, nutrition, food tech and agtech.

Cairo-based VC investing across North Africa. Fund II includes agricultural technology as a target sector. Backed by BII (CDC). Portfolio includes Si-Ware, whose NeoSpectra platform serves agri and food analysis.

Leading strategic food-sector investor in Saudi Arabia and MENA. Historical anchor shareholder of Almarai (34.52%). Participated as early investor in Red Sea Farms.

Government-backed fund of funds launched under Monsha'at. Provides capital to early-stage MENA/Saudi VC funds, several of which invest in food and agriculture tech.

PIF's venture and growth arm. Agri-food exposure is primarily indirect via fund commitments and MENA tech portfolio. No confirmed direct agri-food investment disclosed in last 24 months.

PIF's wholly-owned food and agriculture strategic investor. Holdings include 30.5% of Minerva Foods (Brazil), 100% Merredin Farms (Australia), 100% Continental Farmers (Ukraine), 30% Daawat/LT Foods (India), 12.6% MHP SE, 38.65% NADEC. Signed February 2025 agreement to raise Olam Agri stake to 80.01%.

Rockstart AgriFood is the agri-food vertical of Rockstart, a Dutch accelerator-VC. It runs structured programs and invests in early-stage agri-food startups globally, with a fund based in the Netherlands.

Tech Venture Fund run by QSTP targeting Qatar-headquartered deep-tech startups, with AgriTech called out as a focus area.