# Top 45 Organic Food Startup Investors in Middle East in October 2023

## ATOORO FUND
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Logistics

An Israeli investment family fund that targets to support innovative entrepreneurs and assist them in building great global companies.

## Sirius Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Pet, AgTech, Farming

Sirius Venture Capital is an angel and venture capital investor to invest in overseas food tech companies. They focused on small and medium-sized companies in Singapore and overseas. Since September 2002, they have led, grown, and invested successfully in numerous businesses. They create value by helping our investee companies with theirentrepreneurial finance expertise, business strategies, IPO successes, and Board governance.Their vision is to partner entrepreneurs to grow their business beyond dreams in the right direction, with the right strategy, competence, and capital.As entrepreneurs themselves, they understand the challenges entrepreneurs face in building and sustaining a business. With their extensive experience, valuable network, and capital, Sirius is a strategic partner to help reach and achieve goals beyond their dreams.

## lool Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Mobile

lool Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early stage Israeli startups.

## Tyson Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Springdale, Arkansas, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Organic Food, Biotechnology

Tyson Ventures is the investment arm of Tyson Foods. We aim to be the strategic partner of choice for disruptive innovators transforming the food industry, and provide sustainable nutrition to a growing global population. Our current areas of interest focus on emerging proteins, technology enablers and sustainability. Let’s build the future offood... together.

## 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.

## Butterfly Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Information Technology

Butterfly Ventures is a seed-stage focused VC in the Nordics, investing in deep tech, hardware, and hardware interfacing software. The company prefers to get involved with companies early on; 80% of Butterfly Ventures portfolio companies don't have any revenue at the time of their entry. Butterfly Ventures was founded in 2012 and ever sincethen it has been one of the most active early stage VCs in the region. The company has offices in Oulu, Helsinki and Stockholm.

## Fortissimo Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rosh Ha'ayin, HaMerkaz, Israel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series C
- Focus: Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology

Fortissimo Capital is a leading private equity fund in Israel investing primarily in technology and industrial companies. We take a unique, hands-on approach to ...

## S2G Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Agriculture, Biotechnology

S2G Ventures is is a multi-stage venture fund investing in food and agriculture.  We're harnessing the power of food innovation to create better outcomes for people and the planet.

## SLJ Investment Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Pet, Animal Feed, Financial Services

SLJ Investment Partners is a privately owned Dutch investment fund

## Walter Beach
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: AgTech, Software, Agriculture

Walter Beach

## Huseyin Karayagiz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Yeniköy, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, AgTech, Farming

Huseyin Karayagiz

## Maverick Ventures Israel
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence

Maverick Ventures (Israel) was founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. They provide funding for Tech Start-Up Companies by high value investors from around the world who are interested in the success of innovative Israeli companies. The word Maverick in Hebrew means brilliant. They seek brilliant ideas and entrepreneurs. 

## Agrinnovation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Food Processing, Biotechnology, SaaS

Agrinnovation is a one-of-a-kind investment fund. While remaining steadfastly independent in all business related issues, the fund has exclusive access and first commercial rights to invest in IP developed in the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment of Israel’s elite academic institution, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. This exclusivestatus grants us extra time to perform a deeper probe into the new technologies and to bring them from lab to market more swiftly, securely and freely.Backed by an experienced SAB, they work closely with HU scientists and researchers to thoroughly test the technological applicability, scalability and patentability of each breakthrough. Once the technology has proven viable, together with their accomplished Commercial Advisory Board, they meticulously research and test the commercial feasibility of the project before investing and turning it into commercial start-up.Agrinnovation was founded in 2015 by Yissum, the distinguished technology transfer company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with over 2 billion dollars in annual sales. Shareholders also include VBS Agri Ventures Pty Ltd., Provident Fund of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd. and Kingenta Livnat Agriscience Development. The fund is managed by Dr. Ido Schechter, who brings with him decades of business experience in hi-tech and agritech.

## Ibrahim Ulukaya
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: AgTech, Farming, Software

Ibrahim Ulukaya

## Arc Impact
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Haifa, Hefa, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, AgTech, EdTech

Arc Impact is a venture capital firm.

## Israel Innovation Authority
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Medical Device, Software

The Israeli innovation agency, the Innovation Authority, was established in 1965 as the Office of the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and was designed as a body that supports R & D conducted in the framework of government research institutes. Industrial development in order to increase industrial exports of high-techproducts. The Chief Scientist focused on reducing the risk by participating in financing the project, which the private companies chose and led.

## Keiretsu Forum Turkey
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Keiretsu Forum is a private equity investment network of angel investors, venture capitalists, and corporate/institutional investors.

## Şerif Aras Doğruel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Organic Food, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage

Sheriff Aras Dogruel serves as Founding Partner at MAYALEGAL Law Firm.

## Kültepe Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kayseri, Kayseri, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS

Kültepe Investment was established by 20 investors within the Erban Angel Investor Network to improve the investment climate of Central Anatolia and to make Kayseri a unique and unique center of attraction for entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs.

## Manta Ray Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Logistics

Manta Ray Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund backing mission-driven founders that provides flexible and patient capital, leveraging time, resources, and networks resources and networks as far as possible to support its portfolio companies.

## Club degli Investitori
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Torino, Piemonte, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Software

Club degli Investitori (Investors Club) is a network of investors and business angels that invest on early-stage SMEs and startups. The community of 300+ Members (entrepreneurs, CEOs, executive managers) actively scouts for investing opportunities on SMEs & startups and invests with a minimum ticket of €200k. The Club supports business byinvesting capital and by leveraging the Members' network and experience.Club degli Investitori is supported by Unicredit and KPMG Italy.

## Kleiner Perkins
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Kleiner Perkins is an American venture capital firm headquartered on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park in Silicon Valley.

## DFJ TelAviv Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Hardware

Tamir Fishman Ventures (TFV) is a venture capital group in Israel with a proven track record, solid partnerships and over $200 million under management.

## TÜBİTAK
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) is the leading agency for management, funding and conduct of research in Turkey. It was established in 1963 with a mission to advance science and technology, conduct research and support Turkish researchers. The Council is an autonomous institution and is governed by a ScientificBoard whose members are selected from prominent scholars from universities, industry and research institutions. TÜBİTAK is responsible for promoting, developing, organizing, conducting and coordinating research and development in line with national targets and priorities. TÜBİTAK acts as an advisory agency to the Turkish Government on science and research issues, and is the secretariat of the Supreme Council for Science and Technology (SCST), the highest S&T policy making body in Turkey.

## Trendlines Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Misgav, HaZafon, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device

Trendlines Group invents, discovers, invests in, and incubates innovation-based medical and agrifood technologies. Trendlines invests principally through medical and agrifood incubators in Israel and in Singapore, its in-house innovation center, Trendlines Labs, and its Funds - the Trendlines Agrifood Fund and the Bayer Trendlines Ag InnovationFund.The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Misgav, Israel.

## Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Cyber Security, Enterprise Software

Investment strategy is spearheaded by a deep expertise in identifying companies from inception and building global industry leaders.

## ACE & Company
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

ACE & Company (“ACE”), founded in 2005, is a global investment group specialized in private investments with total assets of over $1.6 bn across three investment strategies and investment solutions. With headquarters in Geneva and offices in London, New York, and Cairo, ACE’s global presence brings the company in direct contact with sourcingpartners, investment firms, as well as entrepreneurs and provides investors unparalleled access to a network of opportunities. ACE’s passion is for finding investment opportunities where we have an advantage through many years of relationship building, a carefully developed position of knowledge in the sectors which we are active, and a culture of efficiency to gain first mover’s advantage.
ACE’s purpose is to offer investors a long-term and collaborative investment approach that values honesty, transparency and rigorous execution, so that our strategies not only provide unique access to value accretive, risk-managed deals, but fosters what we consider our bedrock—trust.ACE’s progress has been marked by a globally respected track record since the Company was founded in 2005. In the last four years we have increased our total assets by fivefold and in 2017 received the Swiss Financial Supervisory Authority (FINMA) authorization.

## Ve Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: Pet, Apps, Fruit

Veventures is a holding originating in Turkey. Veventures Holding has a vision to make pioneering investments that shape the future.

## Kamil Sözen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: AgTech, Farming, Software

Kamil Sözen

## Rich Products Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Buffalo, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Organic Food

Rich Products Ventures is a venture capital arm of Rich Products Corporation.

## OTTO Holding
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Fruit, Delivery

OTTO Holding is an investment firm.

## Özgür Ülkü
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: AgTech, Farming, Software

Özgür Ülkü

## the Neto Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Organic Food, Biotechnology, Manufacturing

the Neto Group

## Adam Schneider
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Organic Food, Food and Beverage

Adam Schneider

## ACE Investment Partners Ltd.
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Renewable Energy, Collaboration

ACE Investment Partner is a Geneva based investor with a focus on early & venture opportunities.

## 2b AHEAD Ventures Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: AgTech, Computer, Health Care

The first self controlled investment arm of 2b AHEAD Ventures company builder. The fonds gives German top managers the chance to invest in deeptech startups founded by 2b AHEAD Ventures company builder. No other startups will be served.

## Emerald Technology Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Energy, Software

We provide venture capital for companies with cutting-edge technology that solves key issues in the transition to a net zero emissions world.

## Milk and Honey Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Life Science, Organic Food, Biotechnology

The Land of Milk and Honey is an abundant location where life is simple and devoid of need. Both in brand-new real estate development projects and while professionally restoring and renovating houses, Milk and Honey Investments LLC aims to create distinctive spaces of abundance and healthy living.

## the Technology Transfer Company of The Hebrew University
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Organic Food, Biotechnology, Manufacturing

the Technology Transfer Company of The Hebrew University

## HB Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boise, Idaho, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Organic Food, Biotechnology, Manufacturing

HB Ventures is a private investment firm with a focus on technology, health care, and education.

## Henry Soesanto
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## GINCO Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Big Data, Food and Beverage

We invest in Seed through Series B companies around the world. Our focus is to invest in companies where we can add material value through our deep relationships in UAE government as well as decades of developing successful enterprise software implementations. We invest directly and through our partners at Techstars and Human Ventures.


## Threshold
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Internet, Mobile

Threshold is an early-stage venture capital firm that focuses on a high-conviction investment strategy. The firm partners with entrepreneurs building innovative consumer, enterprise, and healthcare technology companies.
Threshold was founded in 2019 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

## Münteha Adalı
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Grant
- Focus: AgTech, Baby, Farming

Münteha Adalı is an angel investor.

## Ahu Serter
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Baby, Information Services

Ahu Serter is the Founder and President of Fark Labs. She previously worked at FARHYM Vehicle Interiors as a Head of Management Committee, Board Member. Ahu Serter attended Pace University.

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