Investors
Our investors
Forbion
Forbion is a leading global venture capital firm with deep expertise in Europe and offices in Naarden, The Netherlands, Munich, Germany and Boston, USA. Forbion invests in innovative biotech companies, managing €3.2 billion across multiple fund strategies that cover all stages of (bio-) pharmaceutical drug development.
In addition, Forbion leverages its biotech expertise beyond human health to address ‘planetary health’ challenges through its BioEconomy fund strategy, which invests in companies developing sustainable solutions in food, agriculture, materials, and environmental technologies. Forbion’s team consists of over 30 investment professionals that have built an impressive performance track record since the late nineties with investments in over 110 companies across 9 funds. Forbion’s record of sourcing, building and guiding life sciences companies has resulted in many approved breakthrough therapies and valuable exits. Forbion typically selects impactful investments that will positively affect the health and well-being of people and the planet, as well as meet its financial return objectives. The firm is a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment. Forbion operates a joint venture with BGV, the manager of seed and early-stage funds, especially focused on Benelux and Germany.
FMC Ventures
FMC Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of FMC Corporation, a global agricultural sciences company dedicated to helping growers produce food, feed, fiber and fuel for an expanding world population. FMC is committed to discovering new herbicide, insecticide, and fungicide active ingredients, product formulations and pioneering technologies that are consistently better for the planet. Established in 2020, FMC Ventures invests globally in early-stage startup companies developing cutting-edge technologies that could reshape the future of agriculture. With a focus on innovations such as artificial intelligence, genomics, robotics, biologicals and agri-fintech, FMC Ventures identifies and supports startups that can deliver profitability for growers and a more sustainable future.
Corteva Catalyst
Corteva Catalyst is an investment and partnership platform dedicated to accelerating the development of technologies that enable farmers around the world to sustainably produce more food, feed and fuel. As part of Corteva, Inc., a leading global agriculture company, Corteva Catalyst draws on world-class capabilities to access and bring to market the next generation of agricultural innovations that advance the company’s R&D priorities and drive value creation with a clear focus on translating innovation into impact for our growers. The Corteva Catalyst investment in SOLASTA Bio was advised by Ducera Growth Ventures.
The Yield Lab Europe
The Yield Lab Europe is one of the largest early stage VC investors in early stage Agrifood tech companies in Europe in the pre-seed to Series A range. As an impact investor, it invests in technologies that improve the sustainability of the agrifood industry. It also provides access to the Yield Lab global network of experts, corporates and investors all around the world to help startup companies scale and commercialise internationally.
Rubio Impact Ventures
Rubio Impact Ventures is a leading impact venture fund based in the Netherlands with € 150 million AUM. Rubio invests in world-changing entrepreneurs who unite powerful positive impact with a scalable commercial business; the future-proof approach to successful business. Rubio offers its investments a winning blend of capital, expertise and network access to help them accelerate to the next level.
Cavallo Ventures
Founded in 1921, the Wilbur-Ellis companies are leading international marketers, distributors and manufacturers of agricultural products, animal nutrients and specialty chemicals and ingredients. By developing strong relationships, making strategic market investments and capitalizing on new opportunities, the Wilbur-Ellis companies have continued to grow the business with sales of over $3 billion. Cavallo Ventures, the venture capital arm of Wilbur Ellis, supports early-stage companies that solve real problems in the industries we serve. Beyond capital, we provide deep expertise and market knowledge.
Scottish Enterprise
Scottish Enterprise (SE) is Scotland’s national economic development agency and a non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. It supports businesses to innovate and scale to transform the Scottish economy by focusing on new market opportunities through targeted investment, innovation and internationalisation.
SIS Ventures
SIS Ventures, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Social Investment Scotland (SIS), provides the tools and mission-aligned investment required to help early-stage businesses grow and deliver impact at scale. In return for investment, SIS Ventures seeks a mission lock – where the social and/or environmental mission of the organisation is locked into the Articles of Association and cannot be changed without consent. Launched in 2018 and authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority, SIS Ventures has already raised and deployed £7.2 million among 16 early-stage impact-led businesses. SIS Ventures is a signatory to the Operating Principles of Impact Management which provide a global framework for investors to ensure that impact considerations are integrated throughout an investment lifecycle. Targets for investment include businesses which are committed to progressing the diversity and inclusion agenda and those whose products or services progress the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
UKI2S
UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund (UKI2S, “The Fund”) is an early-stage investment fund backed by UK Research and Innovation (“UKRI”), Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (“Dstl”), the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (“BEIS”)
(through the Government Office for Technology Transfer (“GOTT”)), the UK Atomic Energy Authority (“UKAEA”) and other public bodies (“The Fund Partners”). The Fund supports the most ambitious UK innovators at seed and beyond to facilitate sustainable growth, enhance the health and security of society, improve productivity, and deliver economic gains from the UK’s publicly funded intellectual assets. UKI2S is managed by Future Planet Capital (Ventures) Ltd, which is part of the Future Planet Capital Group (“FPC”).
