Fundraising FoxFall Line Capital
Venture capitalSan Mateo · Series A–Series C · 11 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Fall Line Capital is a specialist investment firm with deep roots in the global food system, drawing on combined experience as investors, operators, owners, entrepreneurs, and executives. It organizes its investing around three themes: Resilience (reinforcing the planet's core systems), Intelligence (integrating the physical and digital world), and Endurance (improving human health and wellbeing). The firm invests across a platform spanning venture capital and real assets such as farmland, seeking synergies across agriculture, agtech, food, and related technologies.
Source: firm website, verified Oct 13, 2026.
Team · 11 people
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Eric O'Brien is co-founder and Managing Director of Fall Line Capital, a private equity firm that invests in farmland and agricultural technologies across the United States. Before founding the firm, he spent 11 years as a Managing Director at Lightspeed Venture Partners, focusing on early and growth stage technology investments in the US and China. He holds an AB in Economics from Harvard and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
What they invest in
from 36 of 40 portfolio companiesAgTech ×14Biotech ×13AI & Machine Learning ×9Deep Tech ×8Climate Tech ×7FoodTech ×7SaaS ×7Consumer ×6
HQs:United States×26Canada×1France×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 9 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×42 founders×13 founders×34+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 11 founders with education data
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2The University of Texas at Austin ×2University of Chicago ×2University of Washington ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 12 founders with field-of-study data
Life Sciences ×4Business & Management ×2Chemistry ×2Engineering ×2Mathematics & Statistics ×2Physics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 13 founders with career history
NASA Ames Research Center ×3Space Generation Advisory Council ×2
Investments · 40 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 22024 · 32023 · 12022 · 52021 · 12020 · 12019 · 12018 · 12017 · 12015 · 12013 · 119 dated
Steel Dynamics is a North American steel producer and metals recycler that manufactures steel products from recycled scrap using electric arc furnaces, while also operating downstream steel fabrication and aluminum production divisions.
Advanced ManufacturingCircular EconomyConstruction TechNew MaterialsColumbia City, US
Micropep develops natural crop protection solutions using micropeptides—short protein molecules that regulate plant genes and proteins—for farmers seeking sustainable alternatives.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningBiotechClimate TechToulouse, FR
Thomas Laurent(Founder & Strategic Advisor)inGeorg Goeres(Chief Executive Officer)inMikael Courbot(Chief Technology Officer)in
Co-investorsSupernova InvestSofinnova PartnersZebra Impact Ventures
Pluton is developing a sun-powered, soil-surface biological nutrient system that uses photosynthetic microbial consortia to fix atmospheric nitrogen, improve phosphorus availability, and add carbon to soil for crop growers.
AgTechBiotechClimate TechSt. Louis, US
Barry Goldman(Co-founder)inElizabeth Gallegos(Chief Executive Officer)inJerry Steiner(Executive Chair)inCharlie Walch(Executive Officer, Director)inGlendon Schuster(Director)
Co-investorsFirst In VenturesIllumina VenturesRadicle GrowthGrantham FoundationRA CapitalThe Yield Lab+3 more
Maximiliano LandreininAlejandro Larosa(Founder)
Co-investorsAcre Venture PartnersCapria VenturesGLOCAL LatamSP VenturesYara Growth VenturesUnitus Ventures
Rantizo provides drone-based technology adapted from military applications for use in agriculture, aimed at improving efficiency and reliability for farming operations.
AgTechHardwareRoboticsHouston, US
Co-investorsInnova Memphis, Inc.ISA Ventures
Ansa provides an enzymatic DNA synthesis platform that directly synthesizes complex sequences up to 900 bp and delivers constructs up to 50 kb without assembly-based methods.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtechEmeryville, US
Dan Lin-Arlow(Founder)inSebastian Palluk(Founder)inDaniel Hillel Lin-Arlow(Executive Officer, Director)Jason T. Gammack(Executive Officer, Director)inDaniel Lin-Arlow(Founder)Jared Ellefson(Founder)
Co-investorsCarbon SiliconCerberus VenturesDauntless VenturesFifty YearsJude GomilaMetaplanet+14 more
Ansa builds a stored value platform for merchants to manage customer funds, increase retention, process incentives, and reduce payment costs.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
JT Cho(Founder)inSophia Goldberg(Founder)in
Co-investorsBain Capital VenturesBoxGroupRenegade PartnersThe Fintech Fund
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Arzeda designs proteins and metabolic pathways using computational tools, including its Archytas protein design software and Scylax metabolic pathway design software.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechFoodTechNew MaterialsSeattle, US
Alexandre Zanghellini(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)inEric Althoff(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inDavid Baker(Co-founder and Scientific Advisor)Bill Baum(Director)inAndrew Ban(Executive Officer)Daniela Grabs(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsCirculate CapitalSofinnova PartnersSustainable Conversion VenturesContinental Grain CompanyLewis & Clark AgriFoodOS Fund+2 more
Confluence Genetics (operating at bensonhillbio.com) is a seed innovation company that develops soybean genetics using AI-driven plant science and proprietary tools such as eMERGE Genetics and CropOS.
Durham, US
Matthew B Crisp(Executive Officer, Director)Lee Palles(Executive Officer)inNadine Carozzi(Executive Officer)Todd C Mockler(Executive Officer)Thomas Brutnell(Executive Officer)
BoardDaniel J Broderick(Director)
Co-investorsActivant CapitalAlexandriaBioGenerator VenturesCultivation CapitalGV (Google Ventures)iSelect Fund+7 more
Benson Hill develops soybean seed varieties using plant genetics and AI-driven plant science to produce more nutritious and energy-dense soy for agriculture and food markets.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningFoodTech
Matthew Crisp(Founder)
Co-investorsActivant CapitalBioGenerator VenturesGV (Google Ventures)iSelect FundLewis & Clark VenturesManta Ray Ventures+4 more
Bonsai is an all-in-one platform for agencies and small businesses that combines project management, time tracking, invoicing, and client relationship management in a single integrated system.
B2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkSaaSBoulder, US
Matt Nish(Founder)inMatt Brown(CEO)inBenjamin Stanfield(Product Development \u0026 Design Intern)inRedon Gjika(CEO)Neha Naik(Recruiter)Anika Neil(HR)
Co-investorsBrass Ring VenturesJude GomilaMatrixSparkland CapitalY CombinatorABB Technology Ventures+8 more
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
Tyler Niday(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAcre Venture PartnersBetter Food VenturesBison VenturesCIBUS ENTERPRISE FUND II LPCongruent VenturesRadicle Impact+3 more
Chunk Foods makes plant-based meat alternatives produced through fermentation, including a whole-cut product designed for slicing, slow-cooking, marinating, and roasting.
BiotechConsumerFoodTechNew Materials
Amos Golan(Founder)inAmir Gueron(CFO)inItay Uri(VP R&D)inAlex Malamud(VP Business, US)Michal Gayer(Director of Operations)inJoe Loria(Director of Marketing)in
Co-investorsCheyenne VenturesFLORA VenturesKey1 CapitalStray Dog CapitalThe E14 FundFootPrint Coalition+1 more
Ethernovia builds deterministic Ethernet networking infrastructure for real-time perception, decision, and action in physical AI systems at scale.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareMobility & TransportationSemiconductors
Co-investorsQualcomm VenturesRaptor GroupSocratic PartnersTaiwania CapitalAMD VenturesMaverick Silicon
FarmWise builds AI and computer vision weeding and precision cultivation equipment for farmers.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningRoboticsSanta Clara, US
Sebastien Boyer(Director)Thomas Palomares(Executive Officer, Director)Tjarko Leifer(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardJason Schoettler(Director)inBruce Leak(Director)inClay Mitchell(Director)
Co-investorsCastor VenturesGV (Google Ventures)SBXiXplorer CapitalCalibrate VenturesLemnos VC+1 more
San Francisco, US
Sid Gorham(Executive Officer, Director)Mike Preiner(Director)
BoardJohn O'Farrell(Director)David Kellog(Director)Mike Kourey(Director)Michael O'Connor(Director)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzReventAcurio VenturesNorrsken VCValo Ventures
GreenLight Biosciences develops RNA-based solutions for agriculture and pest control, including a Colorado potato beetle bio-insecticide and a Varroa destructor mite-control product for sustainable food production.
AgTechBiotechImpact & Social GoodMedford, US
Andrey Zarur(Executive Officer, Director)inMarta Ortega-Valle(Executive Officer)inWilliam Blake(Executive Officer)in
BoardDavid Furneaux(Director)Jonathan Fleming(Director)James Swartz(Director)
Co-investorsBaird CapitalFuture VenturesLewis & Clark VenturesPrelude VenturesS2G InvestmentsSpruce Capital Partners+3 more
Impossible Foods produces plant-based meat alternatives, including beef, pork, chicken, and sausage products designed to replicate the taste, nutrition, and cooking properties of conventional animal meat.
ConsumerFoodTechHealthtechRedwood City, US
Pat Brown(Founder)inDavid Lee(Executive Officer)inPeter McGuinnessinPatrick O. Brown(Founder)in
BoardBart Swanson(Director)inSamir Kaul(Director)in
Co-investors1435 CapitalAliya Capital PartnersAllied Venture PartnersAngelDAOBlue Horizon CorporationBVP Investors+33 more
Lithos Carbon uses enhanced weathering of basalt spread on croplands to remove atmospheric carbon dioxide and store it in ocean carbonates.
AgTechCircular EconomyCleantechClimate TechSeattle, US
Mary Yap(Founder)inNoah Planavsky(Founder)inChris Reinhard(Founder)inRob Hranac(Chief Operating Officer)inJake Schneider(Head of Research Commercialization)Elliot Chang(Head of Research Partnerships)in
Co-investorsBain Capital VenturesCarbon Removal PartnersCavallo VenturesGreylock PartnersKayak VenturesKyber Knight Capital+1 more
Lumo is a rent-tracking application for landlords managing rooms, replacing paper notes and spreadsheets with a single dashboard that shows each room's payment status and history.
PropTechSaaS
Co-investorsKfundActive Impact Investments
Developer of oral vaccines for livestock with cost-effective delivery.
BiotechSt. Joseph, US
Joel Harris(Director)Kevin Fields(Director)Jennifer Filbey(Executive Officer, Director)John Howard(Director)
Co-investorsISA VenturesNext Level VenturesWestern Technology Investment
Mermade is a biotech company offering a patented microalgae-based process to recycle spent cell-culture media for biomanufacturing, recovering nutrients and removing waste metabolites.
BiotechCircular EconomyFoodTech
Tomer Halevy(Co-founder & COO)Daniel Einhorn(Co-founder & CEO)Rotem Kadir(Co-founder & CTO)
Lumo is a precision irrigation platform for specialty crop growers that automates scheduling, valve and pump control, and provides block-level monitoring of flow and pressure with real-time alerts and water-use reporting.
AgTechIoTSaaSSanta Rosa, US
John Hinnegan(Founder)
Co-investorsMSIVRolling Fun GP
Nulixir appears to be a beverage or wellness product company that formulates drinks with herbal extracts, amino acids, and vitamins.
BiotechConsumerDeep TechFoodTechHealthtechSaaSWellness & Fitness
Dr. Ehsan Moaseri(Founder)
Co-investorsFine Structures VenturesMiddleland Capital
Planet operates a web-geo platform that provides daily satellite imagery and foundational analytics of Earth's landmass for businesses, governments, and research institutions.
AgTechData & InfrastructureDeep TechSpace TechSan Francisco, US
Will Marshall(Founder)inRobbie Schingler(Founder)inChristopher R. Boshuizen(Executive Officer, Director)inRobert H. Schlingler Jr.(Executive Officer, Director)Chris Boshuizen(Founder)
BoardZachary Bogue(Director)in
Co-investors137 VenturesAME Cloud VenturesBright Success CapitalDBL PartnersDCVC (Data Collective)Felicis Ventures+27 more
This appears to be a sports streaming platform (Xoilac TV) rather than Plutoshift.
Climate TechConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSports TechDublin, US
Prateek JoshiinShail Khiyara(Executive Officer, Director)inKirsten Edwards(Director, Promoter)inPatrick Lee(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardJack Seaver(Director)
Co-investors500 GlobalComet LabsNat TurnerUnshackled Ventures
Ripple Foods makes plant-based milk, shakes, and half & half products from yellow peas, marketed as sustainable alternatives to dairy and other plant-based milks.
Climate TechConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTechImpact & Social GoodBerkeley, US
Adam Lowry(Founder)Dr. Neil Renninger(Co-founder)Neil Renninger(Founder)
Co-investorsBloom8Collaborative FundEvolution VC PartnersGroundForce CapitalGV (Google Ventures)Material Impact+9 more
Smartwyre provides software, data, and services that connect commercial programs across essential industries, helping organizations manage incentives, pricing, and costs.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSDenver, US
John Brubaker(Chief Executive Officer)inRich Fleck(SVP, Professional Services & CS)inDan Covill(SVP, Engineering)inElias Tavarez(Chief Revenue Officer)inBilyana Petrova(VP, Finance)
BoardDudley Hawes(Director)in
Co-investorsCavallo VenturesHigh AlphaRevolutionAnterra Capital
Sound Agriculture develops bio-inspired soil and crop solutions that reduce synthetic fertilizer use and improve nutrient efficiency for growers.
AgTechCleantechClimate TechImpact & Social Good
Eric Davidson, PhD(Co-Founder)Travis Bayer, PhD(Co-Founder)Paul Beck(Chief Executive Officer)
Co-investorsMission Biocapital
AgTechEmeryville, US
Eric Davidson(Director)inTravis Bayer(Director)inPaul Beck(Executive Officer)inDave Vosburg(Executive Officer)Adam Litle(Executive Officer, Director)inDerek Norman(Director)in
Co-investorsCavallo VenturesCultivian Sandbox VenturesS2G InvestmentsFootPrint CoalitionLeaps by BayerNorthpond Ventures+2 more
Swift Navigation provides low-cost, high-accuracy GPS and GNSS positioning solutions for autonomous vehicles, mobility applications, and mass-market uses.
Deep TechHardwareMobility & TransportationCalifornia, US
Timothy Harris(CEO and Co-Founder)
Co-investorsClear VenturesEnerTech CapitalEssentia VenturesEvolution VenturesFirst Round CapitalFraser McCombs Capital+19 more
Trace Genomics, now part of Miraterra, provides soil analysis and genomic sequencing to give growers and agronomists insights on nutrients and pathogens across more than 70 crops and 225+ pathogens.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningBiotechBurlingame, US
Poornima Parameswaran(Executive Officer, Director)Diane Wu(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Toelle(Director)Joe Pianelli(Director)William Buckner(Director)
Co-investorsATEL VenturesBeast VenturesOspraie Ag ScienceS2G InvestmentsWP Global PartnersRabo Ventures+1 more
Ukko develops immuno-therapeutics for life-threatening food allergies using a computational protein design platform.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthMountain View, US
Anat Binur(Founder)inYanay Ofran(Founder)inJudith Weiss Paltiel(PhD, VP Development)in
BoardScott Brady(Director)Samir Kaul(Director)in
Co-investorsIsrael Biotech FundKhosla VenturesSanara CapitalWestern Technology InvestmentLeaps by BayerPeakBridge VC
Uncaged Innovations is a biomaterials company that makes grain- and plant-based leather alternatives using its proprietary BioFuze platform, which replicates the collagen structure of animal leather.
Advanced ManufacturingBiotechCircular EconomyNew MaterialsWhite Plains, US
Stephanie Downs(Chief Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsAlwyn CapitalGreen Circle Foodtech VenturesPonderosa VenturesStray Dog CapitalGolden SeedsInMotion Ventures+1 more
Vaulted Deep repurposes oil and gas infrastructure and expertise to enable carbon removal and waste management at scale.
Circular EconomyClimate TechDeep TechHouston, US
Julia Reichelstein(Co-Founder & CEO)inOmar Abou-Sayed(Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsLowercarbon CapitalCollaborative FundPlug and Play VenturesPrelude VenturesRethink ImpactEarthshot Ventures
Vaulted is an app that lets individuals buy, own, and store physical gold and silver, with automated recurring purchases to build a precious-metals portfolio.
ConsumerFintech
Julia Reichelstein(Founder)Omar Abou-Sayed(Founder)
Co-investorsEarthshot VenturesLowercarbon CapitalRethink Impact
Verge Aero develops and operates fully integrated drone show systems for professional production teams and entertainment events.
Creator EconomyHardwareManchaca, US
Chris Franzwa(CTO)inAnthony Merlino(CEO)inTony Samaritano(VP of Flight Operations)inNils Thorjussen(Executive Chairman)in
Co-investorseLab VenturesOsage Venture PartnersSP VenturesYamaha Motor Ventures
Verge Ag offers Equipment Explorer, a tool that models agricultural equipment performance on specific fields by calculating effective productivity, GPS accuracy impact, and section control value to compare configurations.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureRoboticsSaaSCalgary, CA
Ryan Johnson(Founder)inGodard, PhD(Founder)in
Co-investorsArtesianCapria VenturesYamaha Motor VenturesSP Ventures
Wild Microbes uses synthetic biology to engineer microbes sourced from diverse wild biomes into production hosts for biomanufacturing high-performance ingredients.
BiotechDeep TechNew Materials
Timothy Wannier(Founder)in
Co-investorsAgronomicsCoalitionCollaborative FundFREEFLOWJuniperSiddhi Capital+2 more
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Exits · 3
2 IPOs · 1 acquisitions · showing 1SteeldynamicsNASDAQ: STLD
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesEthernovia · landerjob.com · Aug 18, 2026
Nulixir Inc. · bebee.com · Aug 12, 2026
Impossible Foods · forgeglobal.com · Jun 25, 2026
Lithos Carbon · aventure.vc · Jun 18, 2026
Swift Navigation · finsmes.com · Jul 23, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Fall Line Capital made?
- Fall Line Capital has 40 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Fall Line Capital invest at?
- Fall Line Capital invests at the Series A, Series C stages.
- What sectors does Fall Line Capital focus on?
- Fall Line Capital focuses on AgTech, Biotech, Cleantech, Climate Tech, FoodTech, Robotics, SaaS, Space Tech.
- Where is Fall Line Capital located?
- Fall Line Capital is headquartered in San Mateo, US.
- Does Fall Line Capital lead rounds?
- Fall Line Capital typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Fall Line Capital co-invest with?
- Fall Line Capital most often shares deals with Prelude Ventures, S2G Investments, Future Ventures, among 64 tracked co-investors.
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