Finistere Ventures

Investor type

VC

Founded

2005

AUM

$200 M

Location

Palo Alto, California, United States

Investment Ticket

$0-1 m

Investment Stage

Seed Series A

Region of investment

North America Europe
Investor profile last updated: 16 August, 2026

Profile

Finistere Ventures is a pioneering venture capital firm working to bring change to industrialized value chains, especially with respect to food production and consumption. Our office is in Silicon Valley and we have a global network of partners across Israel, Europe, Australia & New Zealand. Our team combines deep technical knowledge with domain operating experiences to help entrepreneurs build industry-defining companies powering the next Green Revolution. Our philosophy is to work hand in hand with the leaders of our portfolio companies to build game-changing technology companies in Agriculture.

Finistere Ventures invests in technology at the nexus of improving productivity and sustainability in food, alternative energy crops, novel Ag production systems, animal health, supply chain, energy and logistics among others.

Industry

Financial Services Fintech Food and Beverage Foodtech Healthcare Services Real Estate Robotics Software Energy HealthTech Agriculture AgriTech Marketing and Advertising Pharmaceuticals MedTech Life Sciences Infrastructure AdTech Biotechnology

Finistere Ventures Funds

Name Type
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Industry
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Stage
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Region
Size AUM Launch date
Finistere II
Venture Capital (VC)
Agriculture
Biotechnology
Food and Beverage
Foodtech
Healthcare Services
Software
Pre-seed
Seed
North America
Europe
$5-10 m
$150 M
January 2020
Finistere Aotearoa Fund
Venture Capital (VC)
Agriculture
Biotechnology
Food and Beverage
Foodtech
Software
Pre-seed
Seed
North America
Europe
Middle East
$5-10 m
$24 M
April 2021

Contacts

Name
Title
Email
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David Duncan Venture Partner
Venture Partner
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Dave Duncan Director
Director
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FAQs about Finistere Ventures

Finistere Ventures is a venture capital firm. It backs companies at Seed and Series A, writing tickets of $0-1 m.
Finistere Ventures is located in Palo Alto, California, United States.
Finistere Ventures was founded in 2005.
Finistere Ventures invests in companies and startups in Financial Services, Fintech, Food and Beverage, Foodtech, Healthcare Services, Real Estate, Robotics, Software, Energy, HealthTech, Agriculture, AgriTech, Marketing and Advertising, Pharmaceuticals, MedTech, Life Sciences, Infrastructure, AdTech, Biotechnology.
Finistere Ventures invests in companies and startups in North America, Europe.
Finistere Ventures invests in companies and startups at Seed, Series A.
Finistere Ventures usually invests $0-1 m on average.
Finistere Ventures has around $200m assets under management.
Finistere Ventures last fund was created/launched in 2021-04-13
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