Rockstart

AgriFood

We fund and empower purpose-driven founders scaling impactful solutions by leveraging emerging technologies and new business models that improve our food supply system from soil to gut.

Regenerative & future-proof

We look for solutions that restore our soils and oceans to become powerhouses for CO2 capture.

Responsible & circular

We’re interested in innovations that create value from wasted food and reduce food loss with sustainable solutions.

Quantifiable consumption

We seek tools that provide consumers with better access to trustworthy, nutritious food that tastes good and does good.

We invest in early-stage startups with a focus on agritech and foodtech.

We shortcut your scaling journey through domain focused content and mentorship, market introductions and co-investments up to Series B.

We are especially interested in startups innovating in

  • Alternative packaging & proteins
  • Smart fulfilment & logistics
  • Bio alternatives to chemicals and plastic
  • Precision food production
  • Data & vertical data libraries
  • Production capacity growth tools
  • Upcycled products
  • Tools to sequestrate CO2
  • Supply chain traceability
  • Molecular farming & genomics
  • Impact certification in carbon markets
  • Human health

Timeline

We accept applications year-round, and we also have regular in-person events: the Rockstart Community Weeks! These multi-day events are a great chance for our portfolio companies to network, learn from experts, and grow through peer-to-peer connections.
  • September 9 — 12, 2024

    Community Week in Copenhagen
  • Early December, 2024

    Community Week in Amsterdam

Calling all purpose-driven founders with a vision for a greener future

Start making an impact today and join our international community of purpose driven founders.

Founder success stories

Our portfolio companies have made exceptional achievements both financially and in terms of positive impact.
Some of our AgriFood portfolio companies
Contributing to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals

Our AgriFood Ecosystem

We’ve built an AgriFood ecosystem of mentors, investors, and corporates, providing founders with ample industry-specific expertise and a launching pad to take their solutions directly to market. Our investors bring a wide range of expertise and experience, from industry leaders to corporate organizations, as well as institutional investors. Most of all they all have one thing in common: the drive to help entrepreneurs succeed. 

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Investors

Our investors bring a wide range of expertise and experience, from industry leaders to corporate organizations, as well as institutional investors.

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Mentors

We work with select mentors who share our mission to empower purpose-driven founders. If you are interested in working with us, we are happy to explore the possibilities together.

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Corporate partners

Our ecosystem partners support founders in a number of ways, including specialized support and training, customer opportunities, pilot programs and financing.

A selection of our
main list of partners

Would you like to join our ecosystem?