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.
- Rock Flour Company about ?overlay=rock-flour-company
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
Come venture with us
Pitch us
Have a venture where impact and growth scale together? We invest early and work side-by-side powered by the whole Footprint Firm team.
FoodOp
Digital platform helping kitchens reduce food waste
Investment vertical
- Food & agricultureabout /verticals/food-and-agricultureFood & agriculture
Stage
- Pre-seed
Website
foodop.io about https://foodop.io/The challenge
Approximately 5 million tonnes of food are wasted each year in the EU alone. In professional kitchens, food waste is often a symptom of inefficient operations, resulting in unnecessary CO₂ emissions, higher costs, and lost productivity. Many kitchens lack the tools to track waste or optimize menu planning, making it difficult to improve their environmental footprint.
The solution
FoodOp provides a digital platform that helps professional kitchens reduce food waste, CO₂ emissions, and administrative workload. By tracking food consumption and waste patterns, FoodOp delivers actionable data for smarter menu planning and more efficient kitchen operations, enabling kitchens to improve sustainability while maintaining quality and productivity.
Footprint team
- Trine Carlsen about ?overlay=trine-carlsen
tca@thefootprintfirm.com about mailto:tca@thefootprintfirm.comTrine Carlsen
Senior Associate