Food & agriculture
Food & agriculture
With a growing world population, global demand for food will increase >50% by 2050, increasing pressure on land use and freshwater. Yet, one-third of all food produced is wasted. We invest to fuel the transition to a regenerative, protective and waste-free food system.
A regenerative, resource-efficient, and waste-free food and agricultural system.
Food and agriculture sit at the centre of the climate, biodiversity, and resource challenge. Without systemic change, rising demand and inefficient practices will continue to strain land, water, ecosystems, and food security.
Our investment thesis
We invest in technologies that enable a regenerative, resource-efficient, and resilient food system. Our focus spans from primary production to processing and waste, backing solutions that reduce emissions, protect land and water, and increase system efficiency at scale.
What we are looking for
- Technologies that reduce food loss and waste across the value chain
- Ag-tech solutions that lower inputs, emissions, and environmental impact
- Scalable models supporting regenerative and resilient food production
- Solutions that decouple food growth from land, water, and resource intensity
Our investments within food & agriculture
We have backed founders building solutions within precision technologies, novel proteins and circular value chains.
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Rock Flour Company
Nature’s solution to net-negative agriculture
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Agrain
Providing ingredients for the future of food
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PerPlant
Democratising AI in agriculture by supporting sustainable farming
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FoodOp
Digital platform helping kitchens reduce food waste
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"The next food and agriculture system will be regenerative, resource-efficient, and designed to scale - feeding a growing world while restoring nature."
Explore all our investment verticals
- Circular economy
- Built environment
- Biosolutions
- Climate tech
- Energy
- Food & agriculture
Explore all our investment verticals
Our current linear ‘take-make-waste’ system use 60% more resources than the earth can generate every year. We invest in solutions that enable reuse, upcycling and recycling of waste streams to enable a circular economy.
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Have a venture where impact and growth scale together? We invest early and work side-by-side powered by the whole Footprint Firm team.
Jakob brings expertise in management consulting and business development, with an emphasis on strategy and transformation projects. At The Footprint Firm, Jakob specialises in sustainability in private equity at fund and portfolio company level. He has strong experience in working with sustainability in a value creation sense incl. CSRD readiness / DMA, ESG strategy, decarbonization & target setting and sustainability alignment (EU Taxonomy and SFDR / article 9). He also has extensive experience with transaction processes on both the buyer- and seller-side running multiple ESG DD and VDD processes.
Before joining The Footprint Firm, Jakob worked 2+ years as Director of Business Development in Arla Foods responsible for Strategy & Business Development in Arla’s International markets (outside Europe) as well as leading a team of global business development managers across the globe.
Before Arla, Jakob was a Manager at QVARTZ (now Bain & Co), where he advised in the Consumer Goods and Private Equity sector. Jakob’s project experience includes strategy, transformation, commercial excellence, organization, sourcing excellence and M&A. Jakob’s industry experience also covers engagements in the automotive, energy and construction sector.
Prior to QVARTZ, Jakob worked 2 years as a consultant in Booz & Company (now Strategy&) living in Amsterdam.
Jakob holds a Master of Science in Mathematical Modelling & Computation from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) with a focus on applied statistics and operational research. Part of his degree was completed at RMIT in Melbourne.