# Top 50 Organic Food Startup Investors in Asia in October 2023

## Ivan Lee
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Beauty, Wellness, Lifestyle

Ivan Lee - Founder @ Raging Bull

## Openspace
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology

Openspace Ventures is a leading venture capital firm finding and backing Southeast Asian companies creating a transformative impact where tech meets life.

## Beyond Impact
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, News, Seafood

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## Gobi Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Internet

Gobi Partners is the most interconnected Pan-Asian venture capital firm with US$1.5 billion in assets under management (AUM). Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong, the firm supports entrepreneurs from the early to growth stages and focuses on emerging and underserved markets.Founded in 2002, Gobi has raised 15 funds to date, invested inover 350 startups and nurtured 10 unicorns. Gobi has grown to 15 locations across key markets in Bangkok, Beijing, Cairo, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, Lahore, Manila, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore and Surabaya.As a Participant of the United Nations Global Compact, Gobi Partners is committed to aligning strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption to ensure long-term value creation and sustainability across our portfolio.

## K3 Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

K3 Ventures provides venture capital for technology startups in various sectors such as finance, education, healthcare, food and agriculture and others. The firm is headed by Kuok Meng Xiong.

## Boom Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical

Boom Capital is a pre-seed fund for deeply technical, under-networked founders trying to build their companies. It was incorporated in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.

## Chartwell Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Nutrition, Organic Food

Chartwell Ventures is an investment firm.

## VegInvest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Seafood

VegInvest provides early-stage capital and guidance to companies striving to replace the use of animals.

## Cento Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Finance, Internet

Cento Ventures is a venture capital firm specialised in under-invested emerging digital markets, primarily Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. Since 2011, we have been backing digital companies that blend local insights with proven digital business models. We support entrepreneurs in their ambition to build companies thatare regional leaders in Southeast Asia.Cento is a Series A investor, committing on average US$1M initially, and up to US$4M over the lifetime of each investment.

## Bits x Bites
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Food Processing

Bits x Bites is a food tech VC that invests in early-stage startups tackling global food system challenges. It targets companies innovating across the food supply chain, from farming, production, distribution, and logistics, to consumer goods and food services.

## Toyo Seikan Group Holdings
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Medical, Seafood, Health Care

Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. primarily manufactures, markets, and sells metal, plastic, and glass packaging products and containers. The Company specializes in food, 18-liter, and other beverage cans. Toyo Seikan also produces steel products such as steel sheets.

## Mindshift Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Education, Wellness, Health Care

Investing in global, female entrepreneurs. 

## Alpha Impact Investment Management Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Biotechnology

AiiM Partners invests in technology-enabled companies addressing climate change and equity/access, targeting a $17 trillion market opportunity in oceans/water, air/energy and land/agriculture. AiiM Partners' team has a combined 160 years of investment, operating, and industry experience in building global, successfulbusinesses. Women founders and CEOs form half of the AiiM Partners Fund assets while over half of the assets are with people of color.

## Blue Horizon Corporation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Biotechnology

Our mission is to accelerate the transition to a new Sustainable Food System that delivers outstanding returns for investors and the planet.

## Alpha JWC Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Jakarta Pusat, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Financial Services

Alpha JWC Ventures is an Indonesia-focused value-adding venture capital firm with expertise in FinTech and the Consumer tech sector. Alpha JWC Ventures is an independent and institutional firm that believes in investing in a disciplined manner combined with an active portfolio management approach. The firm was founded in 2015 and is based inJakarta Pusat, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia.

## Twynam Agricultural Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Agriculture, Food Processing, Seafood

Twynam Group is a leading Australian Funds Manager investing in early-stage climate tech. We also operate an agricultural and property portfolio.

## Novel Tycoon
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Nutrition, Organic Food

Novel Tycoon

## Lisa-Marie Tse
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Nutrition, Organic Food

Lisa-Marie Tse is a Chief Brand Officer and Founder of Allklear.

## Ryan Bethencourt
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Biotechnology, Food Processing, Food and Beverage

Ryan is a co-founder and CEO at Wild Earth and a co-founder and Partner at Sustainable Food Ventures, bringing years of experience in leading, building and advising high-growth food and biotechnology companies. Ryan is a biotech entrepreneur, investor, and one of the founders of the biohacker movement. He’s a co-founder and former Program Directorat IndieBio and has invested in over 130 early stage biotech startups and served as the head of life sciences at the XPRIZE Foundation. As an ethical vegan, Ryan is passionate about the future of biology as a technology, applied across all industries to solve some of humanity’s most intractable problems. Ryan fosters dogs for Rocket Dog Rescue and is passionate about mindfulness, meditation, and mentoring. His work at the interface of science, food, and business has been covered by many major publications.

## Henry Soesanto
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Organic Food

Henry Soesanto serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Monde Nissin Corporation.

## Youcef Oudjidane
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Organic Food

Youcef Oudjidane is the founder of Byld Ventures and co-founder of Bloom (YC W22)

## Aqua Spark
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Biotechnology, Aquaculture, Seafood

Aqua-Spark is an investment fund with a focus on sustainable aquaculture businesses around the world. The small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) they invest in are working toward the production of safe, accessible aquatic life, such as fish, shellfish and plants, in ways that do not harm their oceans. Their investors value the fact that each investmentaims to create triple impact—specifically, each investment is chosen for its potential to generate significant financial returns while also activating positive environmental and social outcomes.Aqua-Spark believes that committing to a long-term vision is the way to realize effective and lasting impact results. When it comes to investments, they do not seek quick exits; instead, they look for entrepreneurs who strive to build and scale toward the future, who see their business as major economic opportunities that can also help solve looming environmental and food security challenges over the long-term. As an essential of each investee, Aqua-Spark seeks sustainability.

## Aavishkaar Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, Manufacturing, Finance

With Impact Investing at its core, Aavishkaar Capital caters venture capital requirements to scale businesses in the new markets.

## Lemonilo
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Organic Food, Sustainability, Food and Beverage

Jual Aneka Makanan sehat, Produk Alami dan Natural, Harga Terbaik dan Terlengkap | Dapat poin belanja, harga jujur, gratis ongkir ke seluruh Indonesia.

## Thibault Villet
- Type: Angel
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Organic, Organic Food, Sustainability

Thibault Villet

## Junsan Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology

Junsan Capital Investment was established in 2003, is a direct stake in China's domestic investment / acquisition market pioneer, one of the earliest means of equity investment trusts platform to conduct business, professional bodies, which laid the corporate governance norms in the field of private equity, transparent business tradition.After decades of accumulated business and professional heritage, Jun Sheng has developed into a set of venture capital investment (VC), equity (PE), real estate (REITS) and acquisitions (M & A fund) and other private equity investment fund products integrated asset management company.

## Fundturn Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Software, Nutrition

Fundturn Capital operates as an investment firm.

## Jahangir Alam
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, B2C, Grocery

Jahangir Alam COO of eFoli.

## Gansu Modern Agriculture Industry Venture Capital Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lanzhou, Gansu, China
- Relevant deals: 1

Gansu Modern Agriculture Industry Venture Capital Fund engaged in venture capital and business consulting services.

## Shahjahan Jewel
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, B2C, Grocery

Md Shahjahan Jewel Chief Executive Officer at WPMangeNinja LLC

## United Family Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Organic Food, Sustainability, Food and Beverage

United Family Capital is an investment firm.

## Shandong Head
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zibo, Shandong, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: GreenTech, Organic Food, Manufacturing

Shandong Head manufactures industrial chemicals.

## Foshan Tianmeiran Food
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Foshan, Guangdong, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Health Care, Organic Food, Food and Beverage

Foshan Tianmeiran Food is engaged in wholesale and retail of pre-packaged food and bulk food.

## Angel Plus China
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A, Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Health Care

Angel Plus is a China-based venture capital firm.

## FEBE Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

FEBE Ventures (“For Entrepreneurs, By Entrepreneurs”) is an early stage Venture Capital fund supporting outstanding entrepreneurs in Vietnam & Southeast Asia. The fund is managed by 4 entrepreneurs with +28 years of experience building and scaling companies in Vietnam & Southeast Asia, and investing in tech startups in Asia, Europe andSouth America. We apply a value-added approach, backing the best founders and offering our local business expertise, operational know-how, and global network.

## Global Founders Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech

Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.

## Crystal Stream Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet

Crystal Stream Capital specializes in making early-stage investments in the technology, media, and telecommunications sector.

## Aera VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Food Processing

Aera VC invests at the frontier of deep technology and sustainability to accelerate the world to a better future. Those who create breakthrough ideas the fastest will generate new markets, exponential financial returns, and a better future for us all. Aera VC will be right behind them.We believe sustainability is the largest investmentopportunity of our lifetime. We have been generating outstanding financial returns since 2016 while investing in the pursuit of a better world. The companies we have backed are the best illustration of what we invest in, aspire to, and can achieve. We are excited that these companies are only just getting started and we have already established a truly global footprint. 70% of Aera Portfolio companies are co-founded by women or those from minority backgrounds.

## Mekong Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ho Chi Minh City, NA - Vietnam, Vietnam
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Private Equity, Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Retail, Service Industry

Mekong Capital is a Vietnam-focused Private Equity firm, specializing in consumer driven businesses. Mekong Capital’s investee companies are typically among the fastest growing and market leading companies in Vietnam’s consumer-driven sectors such as retail, restaurants, consumer products and distribution.Established in 2001, Mekong Capitalhas the most extensive private equity track record in Vietnam. Our funds have completed 30 private equity investments, of which 22 have been fully exited and 1 has been partially exited. Mekong Capital has managed 5 funds, one of which is currently making new investments. Mekong Capital has a team of 50+ full-time people in our offices in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, who have an average tenure at Mekong Capital of around 6 years. Three Partners with combined 31 years at Mekong Capital.Mekong Capital invests in fast-growing companies, with ambitious expansion plans, and a strong commitment to building management teams that will apply best practices and successfully execute on those expansion plans. These companies are typically well-established companies in their sectors, but which typically operate in fragmented and fast growing markets which present attractive growth opportunities.Mekong Capital is strongly committed to adding significant value at each of its investee companies – through operational improvements, building management teams, introduction of best practices and outside experts, and applying other elements of our Vision Driven Investing framework.

## John Friedman
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: AgTech, Farming, Seafood

John Friedman is the Director of Makana Ventures.

## TRIREC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar

TRIREC is an investment holding company incorporated in the Republic of Singapore with key focus on renewable energy and clean technology.

## Jungle Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services

Jungle Ventures is one of Southeast Asia's largest independent venture capital firms based in Singapore. We invest in early and growth-stage startups in Southeast Asia and India, focused on building category-defining businesses that stand the test of time.

## Vectr
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech

Vectr is a drawing tool that lets you create vector images – graphics that are scalable without the loss of resolution – easily and intuitively. Instead of using pixels, vector graphics use mathematical equations to draw out your creations. Vectr performs the math behind-the-scenes, so the only thing they need to focus on is what they'recreating. With its easy-to-use interface, anyone can use Vectr to become an illustrator or graphic designer we’ll show them how in no time.Vectr was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

## Haier
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Qingdao Shi, Shandong, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Smart Home

Haier India is one stop solution for buying home appliances. We help you discover a wide range of home appliances with latest technology including Refrigerators, Washing Machines, TVs, ACs and more. Explore the latest range of Appliances for exciting deals & offers.

## kaoputou.com
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Angel
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Catering, Restaurants

kaoputou.com is a fund that focuses on an early investment in the catering industry.

## Ningbo Angel Capital Guiding Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A, Seed
- Focus: Hardware, Manufacturing, Information Technology

Ningbo Angel Capital Guiding Fund is a non-profit-oriented policy fund set up by the municipal government.

## AENU
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Seed
- Focus: Renewable Energy, CleanTech, Software

AENU is an evergreen impact fund that focuses on stage-agnostic long-term investments in climate-tech and social impact companies.

## Alex Payne
- Type: Angel
- Location: Portland, Oregon, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Data Visualization, Software, Food Processing

Alex Payne the co-founder and CTO of BankSimple, an online banking disruption startup. Previously he was an Engineer at Twitter and led the API team.

## DBS Bank
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Post-IPO Debt, Debt Financing, Series A
- Focus: Energy, Manufacturing, Financial Services

DBS Bank is a Singapore-based bank, providing full range of services in consumer, SME, and corporate banking activities across Asia and the Middle East. It is committed to expanding its pan-Asia franchise by leveraging its growing presence in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan to intermediate the increasing trade and investment flows betweenthese markets. Likewise, DBS Bank is focused on extending its end-to-end services to facilitate capital within fast-growing countries in Indonesia and India.As a bank that specializes in Asia, DBS Bank leverages its understanding of the region, local culture, and insights to serve and build lasting relationships with its clients. It has over 17,000 staff, representing over 30 nationalities. The bank was founded in 1968 and is based in Singapore.

## Creative Gorilla Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Organic Food, Sustainability, Food and Beverage

Brand & venture builders empowering creative D2C & Web3 leaders through early-stage consumer investment.

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