24%
of global GHG emissions
68%
biodiversity loss in 50 years
70%
of global water use
49%
poor nutrition across the world
30%
of farmworkers live in poverty
“Our mission as impact investors is to find, support and scale the most disruptive, impactful solutions to accelerate progress towards global sustainability targets.”
HQ | Luxembourg |
Founded | 2017 |
Stage | Early stage (A+B) |
Recognized leading partner for disruptive agrifood tech entrepreneurs
Highly credible team with a strong global network of advisors and ecosystem partners
Successfully raised 264mln and invested in 28 now leading agrifood tech companies
The 9.3 trillion dollar agrifood market is already changing fundamentally, and we believe this change will only accelerate in the coming years. Heightened awareness and information transparency are accelerating consumer demand for healthy and planet-proof food. Food system incumbents are on the lookout for new innovations to achieve their ambitious sustainability strategies. Policies such as the 2020 EU Farm-to-Fork strategy will further create the market conditions for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system.
Today we already see that after mobility, most climate tech unicorns arise in the food vertical. Beyond Meat, Ynsect and Infarm are telling examples. The investments in climate tech AgriFood already doubled over the last year to 11B US and we are expecting much more growth to come.
of global GHG emissions
biodiversity loss in 50 years
of global water use
poor nutrition across the world
of farmworkers live in poverty
The world has woken up to the pressing need to move to a new agrifood system, a shift that can only be started by entrepreneurs free from the inertia that slows down large incumbents. Thanks to these disruptors, agrifood can be transformed from one of the leading causes of social and environmental harm into the greatest regenerative solution.
As an early-stage impact investor in the agrifood sector, Astanor is facing multiple challenges: investing in technology driven solutions that can scale rapidly to respond to today’s urgent climate and social crisis, supporting their companies over the long-term to scale their positive impact with growth and quantifying Astanor’s contribution to global goals in a transparent and honest way.
Expected to reach $290b by 2035, capturing 11% of the protein market. Plant-based seafood expected to reach $1.9b by 2031.
Precision irrigation: expected +2.5x by 2027 resulting in a $21b market. Agri robotics: expected +4x by 2026 resulting in a $ 21.1b market.
Biofertilizers: expected +2x by 2027 resulting in a $ 3.28b market. Biopesticides: expected +2x by 2025 resulting in a $ 8.5b market.
Expected +1.5x increase by 2026 resulting in a $470.3b market.
Expected +6.4x increase by 2026 resulting in a $85.2b market.
Expected +2x increase by 2026 resulting in a $27.2b market.
Astanor Ventures will mobilize capital and innovators to transform the agrifood sector on a global scale. They are leading the way on 5 main areas:
Astanor is a recognized leading partner for disruptive agrifood tech entrepreneurs. They are successfully fundraising and deploying capital across key agrifood tech segments since 2017. Astanor raised €264 for their Good Harvest Ventures 1 fund. This is currently invested in 28 portfolio companies who – in under 3 years– became the gold standard of agrifood tech.
Astanor Ventures is lead by a very skilled partner team supported by a broad network for sourcing & diligence. The partners have a divers background of leading positions at organizations like:
Astanor has build up a solid track record of 28 portfolio companies through their Good Harvest Ventures 1 Fund including 3 companies who received an unicorn* status.
*a unicorn is a startup that is privately-owned with a valuation exceeding $1 billion.
Astanor's expertise, network & global advisors in deep science, marketing, manufacturing & finance help us strenghten our governance, manage complex industrial projects & attract the best co-investors.
Astanor envisions a sustainable food system that is not only climate-neutral, but also planet-friendly, nourishing, regenerative and delicious. The fund targets true transformation, like building new supply chains from scratch, and goes the full mile to support entrepreneurs in the process.
Aiming to regenerate food systems, shorten value chains and innovating processes and materials, the fund has identified a set of 20 priority areas, like food waste and plant-based ingredients. For each, it does extensive research to identify the best solutions and find the most promising entrepreneurs that build them.
During diligence, the fund assesses the alignment of founders with Astanor’s mission and principles, as well as a company’s impact potential, to come to an investment decision. Post-investment, Astanor supports companies to do a full life-cycle analysis (LCA) of its products and acts as an impact advisor through quarterly impact calls and by sharing an extensive library of best practices and tools.
Carbon Equity Impact Score
Astanor Ventures achieved a very high score in Carbon Equity’s proprietary impact diligence. You can review the scorecard after requesting more info.
A rapidly growing industry requires the investment team to be ahead of the curve. Astanor is building a leading community of advisors and organizations to stay on top of key food, agricultural & health regulations and standards.
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A summary of our proprietary climate diligence scorecard.
An in-depth overview of the feeder fund + term sheet
Feeder target size | EUR 5,000,000 |
Sector focus | Agrifood tech |
Target net return (MOIC) | 2x |
Setup fee (one-off) | 1% |
Annual management fee | 0.65% |
Start Raise | December 2021 |
First Close | February 2022 |
Fund lifetime: | 10 years |
Minimum investment | EUR 100,000 |
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Target return | x2 |
Duration | 10 years |
Stage | Early stage |
Feeder size | 5 million |
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