Astanor Ventures, a private investment firm focused on agrifood tech impact investing, has closed its second venture fund with €360m in capital commitments, brining total firm-wide assets under management to around €800m.
Building upon the success of its first venture fund, Astanor remains committed to its core investment strategy of supporting “early-stage and mission-driven companies that have identified a social or environmental issue and have developed a nature positive solution to resolve it”.
Over the years, Astanor has developed an extensive network of entrepreneurs, experts, scientists, leaders, and policy makers aimed at allowing the firm to identify the technologies that will drive the bioeconomy, with a specific emphasis on solutions that foster regenerative agriculture. Thanks to this ecosystem, Astanor invested in more than 45 promising companies and mission-driven founders all over the world. This focus aligns with Astanor’s core values of climate transition, nature positivity, resource efficiency, and the betterment of social and health outcomes.
