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
- Food & agricultureabout /verticals/food-and-agricultureFood & agriculture
- Agrain about ?overlay=agrain
Agrain
Providing ingredients for the future of food
- Food & agricultureabout /verticals/food-and-agricultureFood & agriculture
- PerPlantabout ?overlay=perplant
PerPlant
Democratising AI in agriculture by supporting sustainable farming
- Food & agricultureabout /verticals/food-and-agricultureFood & agriculture
- FoodOpabout ?overlay=foodop
FoodOp
Digital platform helping kitchens reduce food waste
- Food & agricultureabout /verticals/food-and-agricultureFood & agriculture
"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.
- Circular economyabout /verticals/circular-economyCircular 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.
Rock Flour Company
Nature’s solution to net-negative agriculture
Investment vertical
- Food & agricultureabout /verticals/food-and-agricultureFood & agriculture
Stage
- Seed
Website
www.rockflour.co about https://www.rockflour.co/The challenge
Global agriculture faces two major crises: feeding a growing population while reducing carbon emissions. Conventional farming often depletes soils, struggles to meet rising demand, and contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions. Solutions that improve crop yield while also sequestering carbon are scarce and difficult to scale.
The solution
Rock Flour Company distributes Greenlandic Glacial Rock Flour to croplands worldwide, offering a triple impact solution. The rock flour improves crop yields by up to 30 percent, sequesters 250 kilograms of CO₂ per ton applied, and creates economic opportunities for Greenland. By scaling the collection and global deployment of this natural mineral, Rock Flour Company turns soil amendment into a net-negative, sustainable approach to agriculture that feeds the world and fights climate change.
Footprint team
- Beth Gillies about ?overlay=beth-gillies
bgi@thefootprintfirm.com about mailto:bgi@thefootprintfirm.comBeth Gillies
Senior Associate