S2G Investments
Venture capitalChicago · Series A–Late Stage · 67 people tracked
Investment thesis
S2G Investments concentrates on the overlap between highly interconnected, commodity-driven, and policy-sensitive sectors — food & agriculture, oceans, and energy — that share hard-to-abate emission challenges. Rather than following a siloed investment approach, the firm looks for scalable solutions across these connected systems. In food & agriculture, it invests holistically across the food system in market-based solutions that improve environmental and human health outcomes. In oceans, it backs technologies and business models that can shift the trajectory of ocean health and climate resilience while enabling a prosperous blue economy. The firm supports entrepreneurs and leadership teams building innovative solutions aimed at delivering greater value and improved performance versus traditional alternatives.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 11, 2026.
Team · 67 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 48 of 129 portfolio companiesFoodTech ×20AgTech ×18Climate Tech ×11Cleantech ×10Advanced Manufacturing ×8AI & Machine Learning ×7Consumer ×7Biotech ×6
HQs:United States×41Canada×1Germany×1Latvia×1
Investments · 129 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 22024 · 22022 · 22021 · 12019 · 12017 · 12016 · 22015 · 22014 · 115 dated
Beyond Meat creates plant-based protein products, including burgers and other foods designed to provide nutritional value while supporting environmental sustainability and soil regeneration.
Advanced ManufacturingAgTechClimate TechFoodTechEl Segundo, US
Ethan Brown(Founder & CEO)Teri L. Witteman(Executive Officer)Jonathan Nelson(Executive Officer)Dariush Ajami, Ph.D.(Executive Officer)Drew Lufkin(Executive Officer)John Boken(Executive Officer)
Faeth Therapeutics develops PIKTOR, an oral multi-node inhibitor targeting the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway for cancer treatment, currently in clinical trials for endometrial and breast cancer.
BiotechDigital HealthMedical DevicesAustin, US
Anand Parikh(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Oliver Maddocks(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardAlex Morgan(Director)Jayson Dallas(Director)Robert Gould(Director)Stephen Hahn(Director)
Childhood nutrition company known for organic, cold-pressed baby food and kids' snacks and meals.
Berkeley, US
Megan Bent(Director)John Foraker(Executive Officer, Director)Cassandra Curtis(Executive Officer, Director)Lawrence Waldman(Executive Officer)Ari Raz(Executive Officer)
BoardJared Jacobs(Director)
Washington, US
Mike Hislop(Director)Gary Hirshberg(Director)Mitch Reback(Executive Officer)Scott Belsky(Director)Karen Kelley(Executive Officer)Nathaniel Ru(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Warsaw, US
Ralph Edward Wright(Director)Fred A. Bowman(Director)Ross Christianson(Director)Charlie Flood(Director)Lance Buckert(Director)Wes LaRue(Executive Officer)
Board seatSanjeev Krishnan· per SEC Form D
Johnston, US
MATTHEW HANSEN(Executive Officer, Director)MARY JOHNSON(Executive Officer)ROBERT ARMOUR(Executive Officer)TODD ROBRAN(Executive Officer)COLIN MCDONOUGH(Executive Officer)William Rose(Chief Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatSanjeev KrishnanDan Ripma· per SEC Form D · $32.5M raise · filed Oct 2025
Aurora, US
Alan Hahn(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Peter Lubar(Director)Scott Horner(Director)Ephraim Lindenbaum(Director)Robert Schier(Director)
Board seatSanjeev Krishnan· per SEC Form D
AgTechRockingham, US
Matthew Ryan(Chief Executive Officer)Michael Buckley(Chief Financial Officer)Robert Hoffman(Chief Technology Officer)Larry Pratt(Director)Tyler Mayoras(Director)Philip Karp(Chief Operating Officer)
Board seatSanjeev Krishnan· per SEC Form D · $25M raise · filed Nov 2016
AgTechHarrisonburg, US
Barbara Kite(Vice President of Finance and Human Resources)George Wayne Pace(Director)Tyler Mayoras(Director)Steve Wright(Vice President of Sales and Purchasing)William John Hall(Director)Robert Hoffman(Chief Technology Officer)
Board seatSanjeev Krishnan· per SEC Form D · $8M raise · filed Aug 2015
80 Acres Farms operates vertical indoor farms that grow produce without pesticides, offering products such as salad kits, salad blends, microgreens, herbs, and dressings.
AgTechConsumerFoodTech
Leader in mobile power solutions.
Applied Carbon develops technologies to regenerate soil and sequester atmospheric carbon for climate change mitigation and soil health improvement.
AgTechCleantechClimate Tech
Jason Aramburu(CEO + Co-Founder)inMorgan M. Williams(COO + Co-Founder)in
Atomo produces a beanless coffee alternative made from farm-grown plants like date pits, carob, and sunflower seeds, blended with traditional coffee.
ConsumerFoodTechWellness & FitnessCoachella Valley, US
Andrew Kleitsch(Executive Officer, Director)Sean Vegeler(Executive Officer)Wayne Cheng(Director)Jarret Stopforth(Director)
BoardJordan Schenk(Director)Chuck Templeton(Director)
Back to the Roots is an organic gardening brand offering grow kits, heirloom seeds, peat-free soils, plant food, and raised beds for people growing their own food at home.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceOakland, US
Nikhil Arora(Co-founder)Alejandro Velez(Co-founder)
Bettani produces dairy-free cheese using a proprietary plant-based protein derived from regenerative crop seeds, offering products with comparable taste, texture, and protein content to conventional dairy cheese.
CleantechFoodTechImpact & Social Good
Global renewable energy investment platform.
Brimstone develops co-production processes to manufacture cement, steel, aluminum, and other critical minerals from a single feedstock in an integrated facility.
Advanced ManufacturingCircular EconomyCleantechConstruction TechNew MaterialsOakland, US
Cody Finke(CEO)Hugo Leandri
Marina Del Rey, US
Brett Parker(Executive Officer, Director)Jonathan Kessler(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardHrach Simonian(Director)
Financial technology platform transforming home comfort purchasing and sales across the U.S.
Energy platform enabling households to support local community solar projects.
Corvus Robotics builds autonomous drones that perform warehouse inventory scanning and material handling automation for large enterprises across North America.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningIoTLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Jackie Wu(Founder/CEO)inKabir Mohammed(Director)inMohammed Kabir(Director)
BoardArthur Chow(Director)Shripriya Mahesh(Director)
EarthOptics builds a machine learning platform and remote-sensing system (GroundOwl and SoilMapper) that maps physical, chemical, and biological soil data to measure compaction, moisture, carbon, and nutrient content.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningClimate TechDeep TechArlington, US
Lars Dyrud(CEO)Todd Martin(Executive Officer)Stephanie Landa(Executive Officer)Hunt Bowers(Executive Officer)Adam Gerson(Executive Officer)John Dombrosky(Executive Officer, Director)
Electric Hydrogen develops hydrogen production technology to support decarbonization.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechEnergyMassachusetts, US
Margaret Deane(Executive Officer)Dipender Saluja(Director)Rich Hossfeld(Director)Derek Warnick(Executive Officer)Mark Hutchinson(Director)David Eaglesham(Executive Officer, Director)
Advanced ManufacturingNew York, US
Florentino Torres Meneses(Executive Officer)Andreas Grimminger(Executive Officer, Director)David Juracich(Executive Officer, Director)Luis Fernando Mendez Dupont(Executive Officer)
BoardFrancisco Saraiva Gomes(Director)Larsen Mettler(Director)
Everytable prepares fresh, scratch-cooked meals at approximately $7 per serving, delivered free to workplaces or available for pickup, with menus inspired by culturally diverse communities.
ConsumerFoodTech
Biodegradable, compostable solutions as plastic alternatives
Formic builds enterprise AI for regulated industries such as legal, federal regulation, and defence, using a neuro-symbolic deterministic retrieval architecture that returns answers sourced from an organisation's own documents with citations traceable to the exact source page.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTech
Good Eggs is an online grocery marketplace that curates and delivers fresh, locally-sourced food products with strict standards for quality, flavor, transparency, and ethical sourcing.
E-commerceFoodTechMarketplacesSan Francisco, US
Alon Salant(Executive Officer, Director)Bentley Hall(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Pucker(Director)Rob Spiro(Cofounder)
BoardDanny Rimer(Director)
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Exits · 4
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioBeyond MeatNASDAQ: BYNDFaeth TherapeuticsNASDAQ: FTHOnce Upon a FarmNYSE: OFRMSweetgreenNYSE: SG
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesKuehnle AgroSystems · greenqueen.com.hk · Jul 27, 2026
Beyond Meat · latimes.com · Jul 16, 2026
Mill · marketbeat.com · Jul 15, 2026
Electra · investing.com · Jul 6, 2026
Wildtype · greenqueen.com.hk · Jun 29, 2026
Brimstone · simplywall.st · Jun 26, 2026
Corvus Robotics · robotics.press · Apr 22, 2026
Zero Acre Farms · nosh.com · Apr 22, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does S2G Investments invest at?
- S2G Investments invests at the Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does S2G Investments focus on?
- S2G Investments focuses on AgTech, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Energy, FoodTech.
- Where is S2G Investments located?
- S2G Investments is headquartered in Chicago, US.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamS2G Podcast: Building S2G Investments with Aaron Rudberg
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MVS25 - Fireside Chat with Chuck Templeton of S2G Investments
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S2G Podcast: Turning Soil into Agriculture's Next Frontier with EarthOptics
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S2G Podcast: Navigating Progress and Backlash with Fareed Zakaria
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Systems Investing in the Age of Adaptation
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S2G Podcast: The Illusion of Crowds with Francis O’Sullivan
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Co-investors · 19
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Bloom8 is an investment firm focused on the global food ecosystem, backing companies and platforms across food production, distribution, logistics, consumer brands, and restaurant/foodservice models.
Material Impact is a venture firm that builds and backs deep tech companies powered by material science.
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