About This Fund
Investbridge Capital Agtech Fund is a specialist venture capital vehicle launched in February 2022 by Investbridge Capital, a Dubai-based alternative asset manager with over USD 5 billion in advised and transacted deals across real estate, private credit, and venture capital. The fund was established to invest in scalable and innovative technology companies revolutionising global food production, at the intersection of software-driven agricultural transformation and climate impact mitigation. Nicholas Francis, co-founder of Unity Technologies, committed USD 10 million as cornerstone investor and joined the investment committee, bringing a track record of predicting software-adoption inflection points across major industries.
The fund targets early-stage and Series A AgriTech companies applying data analytics, robotics, artificial intelligence, and precision agriculture to improve farm productivity, supply-chain efficiency, and environmental sustainability. Its investment thesis rests on two converging megatrends: the digitalisation of agriculture—one of the last industries to be transformed by software—and the global imperative to reduce the near-25% share of greenhouse gas emissions attributable to the food and agriculture sector. The fund's team combines agricultural domain expertise through advisor Keith Norman (former technical director at Velcourt, with 40 years of experience) and venture capital execution through partner Kelvin Au (Cell Capital Partners), alongside the operational network of Investbridge Capital's London and Dubai offices.
The fund's portfolio includes WNWN Food Labs, a UK-based startup developing cacao-free chocolate alternatives, in which Investbridge co-invested in a USD 5.6 million Series A round in February 2023 alongside FoodLabs and other institutional investors. Additional portfolio companies include Micron Agritech and Infrascreen, both operating in precision agriculture and crop-monitoring technology. Nicholas Francis's dual role as cornerstone LP and investment committee member provides ongoing strategic input from a proven operator background in high-growth software ventures.