Early stage venture capital harnessing the power of #IT & communications technology to improve #FoodTech & #AgTech. Affiliated with @Mixingbowlhub.
Location: United States, California, Menlo Park
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2013
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 23
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 10.07.2026 | Olfactive ... | olfactive.bio | - | - |
| 10.07.2026 | Local Line | localline.co | - | - |
| 10.07.2026 | Bonsai Rob... | bonsairobotics.ai | $28.5M | Anguilla |
| 10.07.2026 | Beagle | beagle-tech.com | - | United Sta... |
| 10.07.2026 | Agscent | agscent.com | - | - |
| 10.03.2023 | Breedr Ltd | breedr.co | $18.65M | United Sta... |
| 09.08.2022 | farm-ng | farm-ng.com | - | United Sta... |
| 20.05.2021 | Milk Moove... | milkmoovement.com | $23.2M | Canada, No... |
| 04.03.2021 | Four Growe... | fourgrowers.co | - | United Sta... |
| 22.01.2021 | Edifice He... | edificehealth.com | $12M | United Sta... |
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News 23
| Date | Title | Description |
| 21.10.2022 | CROP ROBOTICS 2022, BEYOND THE VALLEY OF DEATH | Are we finally starting to see the adoption of labor-saving robots in agriculture? The short and unfulfilling summary answer is “It depends”. Undeniably, we are seeing clear signs of progress yet, simultaneously, we see clear signs of more ... |
| - | Investing into the Future of Restaurant Tech: Navigating the “New Normal” | “Normal” noun: the usual, …typical state or condition. As we have all experienced during this pandemic, we know that nothing has been “usual” or “typical”, particularly for restaurants as they have had to fight and innovate just to survive... |
| - | 2019 Food Tech State-of-the-Industry Report | This Food Tech Industry Landscape and state-of-the-industry analysis are intended to help operators, entrepreneurs and investors in the food system to understand the quickly evolving themes and trends currently impacting the food tech indus... |
| - | Reflections on Agrifoodtech in a Time of Danger & Opportunity | We believe technology is the single biggest lever available to help address the challenges of the massive, impactful sector of food and agriculture—and realize the multitude of opportunities. Our two organizations, The Mixing Bowl and Bette... |
| - | The Future of Restaurant Tech: Serving the Next Course | In collaboration with TechTable, a platform and annual summit dedicated to innovation at the intersection of hospitality and technology, we are sharing an updated 2019 Restaurant Tech EcoSystem map, and our thoughts on the emerging themes a... |
| - | Fruit Logistica: Interview with Rob Trice | Better Food Ventures founder, Rob Trice, speaks gives an interview at the Fruit Logistica Conference in February 2020 prior to his keynote remarks. Investing in IT for positive impact now in food & agriculture Join us at The Mixing Bo... |
| - | Farm Foundation September 2020 Forum: Investing in Agriculture - What Does the Future Hold? | Speakers discussed the future of agricultural investments in several key areas, including new technology, land, commodity, and processing investments. In each area, experts addressed what they saw as new market opportunities as well as sec... |
| - | Livestock Tech Landscape 2018 | Investing in IT for positive impact now in food & agriculture Join us at The Mixing Bowl About Portfolio Landscapes Insights Contact |
| - | What I Got Wrong About The Future Of Food Production | As we begin to emerge from a pandemic that will reshape nearly every aspect of our global, national, regional, and local economies, the fragility of one sector, in particular, will be reexamined in a manner not seen since the post-war era m... |
| - | Crusonia Conversations: Eve Turow-Paul & Rob Trice | Crusonia Conversations hosts Eve Turow-Paul, globally recognized thought leader and recent author of Hungry: Avocado Toast, Instagram Influencers, and Our Search for Connection and Meaning to discuss how the Digital Age has impacted Millenn... |
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Mentions in press and media 17
| Date | Title | Description |
| 21.09.2021 | Soil health through the lens of the tech stack | Seana Day is a partner at Culterra Capital, based in Turlock, California. Thanks to Rob Trice of Better Food Ventures for his contributions to this piece. The views expressed in this guest article are the authors’ own and do not necessarily... |
| 18.05.2021 | Investing along the curve: Revealing the best opportunities across the food supply chain | Editor’s note: Seana Day and Brita Rosenheim are partners at Culterra Capital and venture partners at Better Food Ventures. Based in the US, they each have 20-plus years of investment, M&A, and strategy experience in agrifoodtech. Their... |
| 16.04.2021 | Canadian startup Milk Moovement secures US $ 3.2 million in seed round | Milk Moovement, a Nova Scotia (Canada) based startup, announced on 15th April 2021 that it has raised US $ 3.2 million in its seed funding round. The round was led by Dynamo along with participation from Techstars, SOSV, Better Food Venture... |
| 17.03.2021 | Indoor agtech: An evolving landscape of 1,300+ startups | Editor’s note: Chris Taylor is a senior consultant on The Mixing Bowl team and has spent more than 20 years on global IT strategy and development innovation in manufacturing, design, and healthcare, focussing most recently on indoor agtech.... |
| 28.12.2020 | AFN’s top 20 guest articles in 2020 | As we count down the final few days until 2021, we on the AFN editorial team have been taking some time to look back at what has been a momentous year in agrifoodtech. Our coverage of this cutting-edge industry wouldn’t be complete if not f... |
| 16.12.2020 | Delivering the goods: Food supply chain tech market map & predictions for 2021 | Editor’s note: Seana Day and Brita Rosenheim are partners at Culterra Capital and venture partners at Better Food Ventures, each with 20-plus years of investment, M&A, and strategy experience in agrifoodtech. Their analyses on the agrif... |
| 09.06.2020 | Farm Tech Market Map: Why it’s time to distinguish farm tech from the messy supply chain | Editor’s Note: Seana Day is a partner at Better Food Ventures and The Mixing Bowl, with 15 years of finance, M&A, and technology experience. She is the author of the 2019 AgTech Landscape and Livestock Tech Landscape. Seana now lives in... |
| 29.05.2020 | What Kind Of Innovation Will We Apply To Build Our Post-COVID Food System? | By Rob Trice, Founding Partner of Better Food Ventures & The Mixing Bowl |
| 14.05.2020 | Forget sourdough, these sisters are launching a starter to create authentic Asian food | For immigrants in the United States, representation can feel complex, celebrated and oftentimes a mix of the two. And that’s exactly why sister duo Vanessa and Kim Pham launched Omsom, a seed-stage food startup that sells packaged “starters... |
| 02.04.2020 | Agri-foodtech VCs assess Covid-19’s impact on the sector and portfolios | As we all “shelter in place” and “socially distance” ourselves, we are learning a lot about what we can live without. And what we can’t. Agri-foodtech investors seem to be collectively counting their blessings in that respect. “We probably ... |
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