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Five Seasons Ventures

Seed–Series B · 12 people tracked

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Stage
Seed–Series B
Founded
2016
Tracked investments
25

Team · 12 people

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Ivan Farneti· Managing Partner

Co-Founding Partner at Five Seasons Ventures with 25 years of venture investment experience. He made his first VC investment in 1997 at Deutsche Bank's venture fund and co-founded Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures in 2000, with extensive expertise in structuring investments, governance for growth, and managing exits including a Nasdaq IPO.

Niccolò Manzoni· Managing Partner

Co-Founding Partner at Five Seasons Ventures with over 10 years of investment experience in consumer and technology companies. He began his career as a strategy consultant at Monitor Group and McKinsey & Company, and has invested in pioneering food-tech companies including Impossible Foods, Beyond Meat, and Just since 2014 as part of a leading European family office.

Sam Kaplan· Partner

Partner at Five Seasons Ventures focused on consumer and consumer technology investment. Previously co-founded and exited a sport technology business and served as venture partner and advisor to leading consumer funds. He led venture and growth-stage investments at Burch Creative Capital and began his career as an investment banker at Citigroup covering financial sponsors.

Saskia Hoebée· Partner

Partner at Five Seasons Ventures since March 2020 with four years of prior experience at Rabobank International on food and agriculture innovation and startup financing. She focuses on portfolio board management and advancing diverse and female-led management teams within the fund's portfolio.

Giancarlo Addario· Strategic Advisor

Principal at Five Seasons Ventures since February 2018 with 20+ years at Barilla covering quality assurance, food safety, and research and development roles. He led open innovation collaborative projects with research institutes and startups, and provided mentorship to food accelerators including StartupbootcampFoodTech and MassChallenge.

Andre Purits· Associate

Associate who joined Five Seasons Ventures full-time in 2023 after interning with the investment team. Previously worked at Align17, a New York-based private investment platform focused on climate-tech deals, and holds an MBA in Finance and Private Equity from London Business School.

Gaetan Kerloc'h· Head of Sustainability

Head of Sustainability at Five Seasons Ventures with five years of consulting experience in strategy and sustainability. Previously worked at Kea & Partners and INDEFI, where he helped asset managers and food companies develop sustainability and ESG strategies.

Justine Boucher· Office Manager and PA

Office Manager and Personal Assistant at Five Seasons Ventures with prior experience as a PA in transport and energy sectors, and roles in hospitality and travel as an event coordinator.

Lucie Paté· Associate

Associate at Five Seasons Ventures who transitioned from an analyst internship to permanent staff. She is passionate about fast-moving consumer goods and previously completed internships at fashion brand Jonak and Carrefour, where she focused on circular economy initiatives.

Mehdi Raza· Chief Financial Officer

Chief Financial Officer with over 12 years of venture capital experience structuring equity transactions in France. Previously served as VP Finance at Partech and held roles at Deloitte and Boston Consulting Group, with expertise in finance operations and corporate valuation.

Sebastian Zipfel· Analyst

Analyst who joined Five Seasons Ventures full-time in May 2025 after completing an internship. He previously held operational and strategic roles at Berlin startups including Rocket Internet and Choco, and holds a Master in Management from Nova School of Business and Economics.

Valerie Evans· Senior Associate

Senior Associate at Five Seasons Ventures since April 2024 with experience in consumer growth investing and M&A advisory for Fortune 500 retail and consumer companies. She worked at The Craftory leading their women's health vertical and at TPG before obtaining an MBA from INSEAD, where she headed the diligence team for the INSEAD Student Impact Fund.

What they invest in

from 2 of 25 portfolio companies

AgTech ×1Biotech ×1Circular Economy ×1Consumer ×1FoodTech ×1

HQs:United Kingdom×2

Investments · 25 tracked

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Air Upair-up.com
arrowthis.co

THIS manufactures consumer products positioned as environmentally and socially responsible, with B Corp certification validating both product and business practices.

Circular EconomyConsumerFoodTech

Artahartah.co
Barkynbarkyn.com
Butternut Boxbutternutbox.com
Cortiliacortilia.it
Dash Waterdash-water.com
Her Oneher.onein
Hey Holyheyholy.com
Just Legendsjust-legends.com
Just Spicesjustspices.de
KoRokorodrogerie.dein
La Fourchelafourche.frin𝕏
Mammalymammaly.de
Puresportpuresport.co
Pyxopyxo.frin
spacegoodsspacegoods.com
Tallow + Ashtallow-ash.com
The Nu Co.the-nu-company.com
Tropic Biosciences

Biotech company utilising advanced plant breeding and gene editing to develop high-performing commercial crops such as coffee and bananas.

Untameduntamedcatfood.com
VIEWtropic.bio

Tropic develops improved varieties of tropical crops using gene editing and gene silencing technologies to enhance yield, disease resistance, and climate resilience. The company serves farmers and global consumers by creating staple crops like bananas and rice that reduce pesticide dependency and environmental impact.

AgTechBiotechNorwich, GB

Vlyvlyfoods.com
Yamoyamo.bio
yfoodyfood.eu

Frequently asked questions

What stage does Five Seasons Ventures invest at?
Five Seasons Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.

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