Anterra Capital reaches $100M first close for Fund III to back next-gen food and agritech innovation
Anterra Capital, a specialist venture firm investing in food and agriculture, today announced its $100 million first close of Fund III. Founded in 2013 with offices in Amsterdam and Boston, the firm ... As food and agriculture faces mounting pressures from climate change, resource constraints, and regulation, Anterra is backing technologies designed to transform how the sector operates.
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- VC Fund Anterra Capital reaches $100M first close for Fund III to back next-gen food and agritech innovation As food and agriculture faces mounting pressures from climate change, resource constraints, and regulation, Anterra is backing technologies designed to transform how the sector operates.
Cate Lawrence 3 hours ago Share Share Send email Copy link Anterra Capital , a specialist venture firm investing in food and agriculture, today announced its $100 million first close of Fund III.
- "The firm has now successfully navigated two capital cycles in food and agriculture," said Maarten Goossens, Partner at Anterra Capital.
"Each one rewarded the same discipline: backing companies that deliver real returns for their customers and to their investors.
- Global investment in food and agriculture technology surged to a historical peak of nearly $52 billion in 2021 before falling back to roughly $16 billion - 2016 levels.
Much of that generalist capital backed ambitious, capital-intensive bets that failed to scale: indoor vertical farms, plant-based processed meat alternatives and 10-minute grocery delivery.
- "What's changed is that the world has finally caught up to that thesis.
The technology is here, the valuations make sense, and the founders building in this sector are the best we've ever seen.
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- #Anterra Capital, a specialist venture firm investing in food and agriculture, today announced its $100 million first close of Fund III.
- #Cate Lawrence 3 hours ago Share Share Send email Copy link Anterra Capital , a specialist venture firm investing in food and agriculture, today announced its $100 million first close of Fund III.
- #Founded in 2013 with offices in Amsterdam and Boston, the firm manages over $500 million across three funds.
- #" Food and agriculture remains the largest industry on the planet, roughly $10 trillion in size, employing around 1.
As food and agriculture faces mounting pressures from climate change, resource constraints, and regulation, Anterra is backing technologies designed to transform how the sector operates. VC Fund Anterra Capital reaches $100M first close for Fund III to back next-gen food and agritech innovation As food and agriculture faces mounting pressures from climate change, resource constraints, and regulation, Anterra is backing technologies designed to transform how the sector operates. Cate Lawrence 3 hours ago Share Share Send email Copy link Anterra Capital , a specialist venture firm investing in food and agriculture, today announced its $100 million first close of Fund III.
Founded in 2013 with offices in Amsterdam and Boston, the firm manages over $500 million across three funds. Anterra invests in and builds companies that apply life-science and software innovations to food and agriculture. The Fund III's first close marks an important milestone for Anterra.
The firm was built on the conviction that the tools that had already transformed other industries - life science tools that reshaped human health, and software that rewired sectors from logistics to financial services - would eventually transition to, and transform, food and agriculture. "The firm has now successfully navigated two capital cycles in food and agriculture," said Maarten Goossens, Partner at Anterra Capital. "Each one rewarded the same discipline: backing companies that deliver real returns for their customers and to their investors.
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