We help visionary founders tackle Food Security and Climate Change.
We are faced with a profound global challenge: how to continue to feed a growing population and still operate within the means of our planet’s resources.
The climate crisis is intensifying, disrupting traditional agricultural practices, and threatening our ability to maintain consistent and adequate food production.
Our food system contributes significantly to global greenhouse gas emissions, escalating the effects of climate change.
This double-edged sword of rising food demand and dwindling, climate-affected resources underline the urgent need for transformative solutions.
Through our AgriFoodTech Fund, we support extraordinary startups that transform scientific and technological breakthroughs into truly impactful solutions.
These technological advancements present a tremendous opportunity to respond to ourfood system challenges, optimizing & democratizing our food supply whilst minimizing or even eradicating environmental impact.
Therefore, profoundly improving the overall efficiency across our entire food system, from farm to fork.
We are dreamers and doers. We are hands on investors and believe our involvement can have a significant impact on your journey.
We invest in exceptional European and Israeli founders innovating within AgriTech and FoodTech. Together,we're paving the way for a resilient, sustainable, nourishing, and pleasurable food future for all.
Seeding the Future: We actively invest in startups committed to modernizing agriculture through advanced technologies. Together, we're optimizing farming practices, increasing yields, and ensuring global food security.
Feeding the World: We support startups that creatively apply technology to revolutionize food production, processing, and distribution. We're propelling the sector forward to a future of healthier, more sustainable food.
Closing the Loop: We back companies promoting circularity in food systems, driving a shift from linear 'take-make-waste' models to sustainable, regenerative, and resource efficient practices. Our investments help turn waste into resources, fostering an endurable and resilient food future.
Learn more about our exceptional founders. Explore the companies that exemplify our dedication to promoting sustainable and technologically advanced food solutions.
Would You Like To Learn More?
We make our initial investments in late seed and Series A rounds. Come see us, we would like to meet you early. We specialize in helping you scale when your resources are most expensive (equity-wise) and in positioning you strongly for the next round. We do expect you to have strong market validation.
Our initial investment ranges from $750k-$2M depending on the round and opportunity.
Our portfolio companies are best positioned to answer this question, so feel free to reach out to our incredible disruptors! We are active investors. We leverage years of investment experience and very extensive networks worldwide to support you. You will get the attention of the General Partners and our value creation team (Scale Platform). Our Scale Platform is a team of professionals, systems and processes aimed at supporting you in the initial stages. The General Partner’s personalities are different, but we share a common culture. We are straight talkers. We will support you when you are down and ensure you don’t lose perspective when things are going well. We ourselves are entrepreneurs, we founded Cardumen Capital and can empathize with you. We know how hard it is to fundraise and build a company. We will do our best not to waste your time and get back to you promptly. If we pass, we will provide as much feedback as we can. Reach out or check out our Scale Platform page if you would like to find out more.
Yes, Cardumen is a word in Spanish. It means a school of fish of different species, but similar sizes, that unite to protect themselves from predators and move faster. This represents well Cardumen Capital’s stakeholders, our team, our investors and portfolio companies. All different but united for a common cause.
We have a diverse set of investors, geographically spread across Europe, Latin America and Asia. The majority of our shareholders are institutional investors and corporations in the energy, infrastructure, banking, logistics and insurance sectors. The rest of the capital comes from family offices and high net worth individuals that include former CEOs who bring additional value in terms of industry expertise, connections and advice.
We are a generalist investor across the entire Food Value Chain. We invest in anything from farm (biostimulants, precision agriculture, ...) to fork (alternative proteins, novel ingredients).
Yes. We are quick to double down but only follow-on if the entrepreneurs are hitting their milestones. A follow-on round is not guaranteed. We will be very transparent; and you will know at each point in time where we stand in the process.
Absolutely, we invest in European and Israeli entrepreneurs.
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