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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  • 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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Phil Doolan

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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.

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Sofie brings a decade of experience in investment, corporate finance, and strategy. Having worked across private equity, growth capital, and venture capital, she has been deeply involved in investments, advisory boards, and sustainability initiatives. Before joining us, Sofie was part of the investment team at SEB Private Equity, where she was responsible for investing capital from top tier, third party institutions into private equity on a global scale in different structures. Sofie worked as a sparring partner, serving on the advisory board of top tier private equity firms and led numerous co-investments spanning private equity, growth capital and venture capital.

In the Nordics, Sofie led the acquisition and divestment of majority and significant minority investments and served on the board of companies like Planday, VaccinDirekt and Better Jusage. Additionally, her experience includes running mandates and raising external funds, as well as being a driver of the sustainability strategy and serving on the ESG Committee.

Academically, Sofie holds an MSc in Corporate Finance from Cass Business School (now Bayes Business School) in London and a BSc in Business Administration from Lund University (including a secondment at the University of Melbourne).