Better Food Ventures
Venture capitalSilicon Valley · Pre-Seed–Series A · 3 people tracked
Investment thesis
Better Food Ventures invests in businesses that harness information technology to create a better food system. The firm focuses on the intersection of food, agriculture, and technology, supporting portfolio companies working to improve how food is produced, distributed, and consumed. It also publishes landscape analyses and shares broader industry insights through its Mixing Bowl newsletter.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 20 of 25 portfolio companiesAgTech ×13AI & Machine Learning ×10FoodTech ×8Retail Tech ×4Robotics ×4SaaS ×4B2B Marketplaces ×2Biotech ×2
HQs:United States×6Canada×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 12 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×62 founders×53 founders×1
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 25 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathCo-investorsArmory Square Ventures
Afresh provides an AI platform for grocery retailers and distributors that converts operational data into ordering and inventory decisions.
AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSaaS
Co-investorsLeadX Capital PartnersMaersk GrowthImpact Engine
Afresh offers an AI platform for grocery retailers and distributors that uses data models of products, inventory, and operations to guide ordering and merchandising decisions.
AI & Machine LearningFoodTechRetail Tech
Matt Schwartz(Founder)inNathan Fenner(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlack Jays VenturesBright Pixel CapitalCaesar VenturesDesigner FundDoon CapitalGroundForce Capital+4 more
Agriculture.com is a media site publishing farming news, machinery coverage, and market commodity prices (corn, soybeans, wheat, cattle, hogs) for farmers and agricultural professionals.
AgTechMedia & Entertainment
Agscent develops technology to detect and measure methane emissions from livestock, aiming to link emission data to livestock productivity.
AgTechClimate TechHardware
Co-investorsFlying Fox VenturesMandalay Venture Partners
New York City, US
Jason Cohen(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Lewis Cohen(Director)Karl Gemperli(Director)
BoardNaoki Kamimaeda(Director)
Co-investorsGlobal BrainSony Ventures CorporationTechstarsBits x BitesHyperplane Venture CapitalLeawood Venture Capital Llc
Beagle Technology develops AI-powered mechanical systems for agricultural tractor operation that automate field labor tasks with precision control.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningRobotics
Co-investorsAIX VenturesOspraie Ag ScienceTSVC
Bonsai Robotics develops autonomy technology and equipment, including its Amiga lineup powered by Bonsai Intelligence, to automate off-road jobs for operations ranging from small businesses to large companies.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningRobotics
Co-investorsAcre Venture PartnersBison VenturesCongruent VenturesSerra VenturesSoundproof VenturesThe E14 Fund+2 more
Bountiful provides machine learning-based crop yield forecasting and transparent supply chain insights for specialty crop farmers.
Advanced ManufacturingAgTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketplacesSan Francisco, US
Megan Nunes(Founder/CEO)in
Co-investors2.12 AngelsCavallo VenturesY Combinator
Breedr is a cattle management app that tracks individual animals from conception to carcass and turns that data into insights on performance, profitability, and beef quality.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningSaaSAustin, US
Ian Wheal(Founder)James Law(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardGeorge Easley(Director)inJustin Sherrard(Director)Rob Schultz(Director)Remus Brett(Director)
Co-investorsMolten VenturesOutsidersSerra Ventures
Byte Technology builds controlled-access smart kiosks for unattended, 24/7 food and retail sales, with software for inventory monitoring, temperature tracking, and dynamic expiration-based pricing.
FoodTechHardwareRetail Tech
Co-investorsLemnos VC
DecisionNext provides AI and machine learning-powered forecasting and decision support systems for price and supply chain optimization across commodity industries.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Mike Neal(Co-Founder/CEO)Bob Pierce(Co-Founder/Chief Scientist)Graeme Stanway(Co-Founder/EVP Strategy Delivery)
BoardLarry Lowry(Director)Hau Lee(Director)
Co-investorsDalus CapitalRally Ventures Management, Llc
DineMarket operates a B2B foodservice marketplace and app that connects restaurants, bars, caterers, hotels, and other food businesses with wholesale suppliers to place, compare, and manage orders.
B2B MarketplacesFoodTechRetail Tech
Edifice Health offers the Inflammatory Age test, a biomarker composite scoring system that measures and monitors a person's inflammatory and immune health for early detection and prevention of chronic disease.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtechLongevitySan Mateo, US
David Furman, PhD(Co-Founder & Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board)Mark Davis, PhD(Co-Founder & Scientific Advisory Board Member)inWolfgang Daum(Executive Officer, Director)David Goldberg(CEO)inDavid Furman(Director)
BoardNaveen Krishnan(Director)
Co-investorsJoyance PartnersPaladin Capital GroupSocial StartsAhren Innovation CapitalLeaps by Bayer
AgTechAI & Machine LearningRobotics
Co-investorsAcre Venture PartnersSanta Cruz VentureXplorer Capital
Four Growers develops robotics technology for greenhouse growers of tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers, including an automated tomato harvesting robot that also performs quality checks and storage.
AgTechFoodTechRobotics
Co-investorsCathexis VenturesOspraie Ag ScienceTaver Capital
Love With Food operated a subscription service that shipped monthly boxes of snack samples to consumers.
FoodTechHealthtech
Aihui OngGrace Xia
Co-investors500 GlobalKapor Capital
Taranis provides AI-powered crop intelligence, using drone-collected submillimeter imagery and machine learning to detect crop conditions such as weed severity, disease, insect damage, and nutrient deficiencies at the plant level.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningSaaS
Ofir Schlam(Founder)inEli Bukchin(Founder)in
Co-investorsCavallo VenturesHoxton VenturesInven CapitalK3 VenturesMindset VentureSeraphim Space+5 more
Milk Moovement provides real-time software for managing dairy supply chain operations, enabling stakeholders across the dairy industry to access shared data and make coordinated decisions.
AgTechEnterprise SoftwareFoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSHalifax, CA
Jon King(Founder)Rob Forsythe(Co-founder)
Co-investorsBread And Butter Ventures, LlcMatchstick VenturesTechstarsDynamo Ventures
Co-investorsUncork CapitalUpfront Ventures
Olfactive Biosolutions runs a discovery platform (TruePath) that identifies food-derived molecules which activate olfactory and taste (ectopic chemosensory) receptors throughout the body to trigger physiological signaling pathways.
BiotechDigital HealthFoodTech
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioFarm Ngacq. by Bonsai Robotics
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesBonsai Robotics · trysignalbase.com · Nov 20, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Better Food Ventures made?
- Better Food Ventures has 24 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Better Food Ventures invest at?
- Better Food Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Better Food Ventures focus on?
- Better Food Ventures focuses on AgTech, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, FoodTech, Hardware, Impact & Social Good.
- Where is Better Food Ventures located?
- Better Food Ventures is headquartered in Silicon Valley, US.
- Who does Better Food Ventures co-invest with?
- Better Food Ventures most often shares deals with Acre Venture Partners, Ospraie Ag Science, Techstars, among 36 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamExpert Talk with Rob Trice (Better Food Ventures)
FRUIT LOGISTICA · Rob Trice
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