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Finistere Ventures

VC

USIEILAUNZGBCADeep TechBio/PharmaClimateAI/MLOther

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Investment thesis

Finistere Ventures is a pioneering venture capital firm working to bring change to industrialized value chains, especially with respect to food production and consumption. The firm invests in technology at the nexus of improving productivity and sustainability in food, alternative energy crops, novel agricultural production systems, animal health, supply chain, energy, and logistics. With offices in Silicon Valley and a global network of partners across Israel, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, Finistere's team combines deep technical knowledge with domain operating experience to help entrepreneurs build industry-defining companies powering the next Green Revolution. The firm partners with entrepreneurs using data and technology to revolutionize scaled industries while ensuring food sustainability, investing from early-stage through growth-stage companies across global centers of excellence in AgTech.

Notable quotes

We are excited by the promising technologies and companies in the Agtech space that need both capital and the strategic, technical, and operating expertise that we bring as partners and investors.

Arama Kukutai · Pulse2.com – Finistere Ventures: $150 Million Closed For New Agtech Fund · 2020-01-29

If you look at the current AgTech pipeline, there's a huge funding gap. Everyone is racing to invest in startups, but no firm has truly dedicated itself to helping those startups mature upon proof of concept.

Spencer Maughan · AgFunderNews – Finistere Ventures and International Farming Corp Open New Growth Capital Agtech Fund · 2019-01-01

The timing for a new Fund coincides with the new wave of innovation needed to create the next Green Revolution in agriculture. By partnering with the expanding VC interest, we can build on the positive results we've had in this sector.

Jerry Caulder · Pulse2.com – Finistere Ventures: $150 Million Closed For New Agtech Fund · 2020-01-29

Team

Arama Kukutai

Co-Founder and Partner

Deep TechClimateBio/PharmaOther

Spencer Maughan

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Deep TechBio/PharmaClimate

Adrian Percy

Chief Technology Officer / Partner

Deep TechBio/PharmaOther

David Duncan

Venture Partner

Other

Ingrid Fung

Partner

Bio/PharmaDeep Tech

Jennifer Place

Partner

Deep TechClimate

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