Trailhead Capital
Denver, Colorado
April 2023
Venture capital firm generating financial, societal, and ecological returns by backing entrepreneurs who are building the regenerative future of food and agriculture
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Omnivore
Mumbai, India
July 2023
Venture capital firm investing in agritech startups, seeking to deliver market-rate VC returns while enhancing smallholder farmers’ lives and promoting environmental sustainability.
Aphea Bio
Ghent, Belgium
January 2024
Microbial biocontrol and biostimulant products to support sustainable farming and strengthen food security.
About
edaphon is an evergreen fund dedicated to restoring the balance between human activity and nature. Our mission is to invest in scalable, innovative solutions that address planetary boundary transgressions, with a focus on sustainable agriculture and the preservation of natural capital.
The scientific word “edaphon” refers to the aggregate of organisms that live in the soil. Choosing this word as our name reflects our founders’ belief that a healthy soil is essential to addressing today’s environmental challenges.
As an evergreen fund, we provide patient capital to nurture and scale solutions that will deliver both financial returns and meaningful environmental impact. We also invest in funds with similar values and complementary perspectives.
Our Investment Scope
Natural ecosystems are the biggest source of carbon removal from the atmosphere. We look for solutions that support these ecosystems in capturing carbon and decreasing carbon emissions. (For example: regenerative agriculture, forest management and ecosystem restoration.)
We also believe in investing in technology and education, and in commercial innovations that help mitigate carbon emissions and threats to biodiversity.
What We Look For
Companies that have already commercialised their product in a manner where the impact is inherent to their commercial success
Teams that gather the right amount of specialised expertise, with a diversity of profiles and experiences
Scalability, as we believe valuable solutions are found in those that can be replicated and scaled to gain systemic impact
Entry Stage
We focus on investing at an early stage of the company’s development cycle (primarily series A to series C).
For How Long
We acknowledge that the projects we support are ambitious and take time to develop to their full potential, we are therefore long-term investors.
Approach
We do not have pre-defined expectations for establishing relationships with the founders or management of our investments.
Our experience and knowledge mean that our partners often ask for advice, coaching, or our presence as a board member.
We may decide to invest in funds that have similar perspectives, in which case we are interested in creating network synergies for our portfolio companies.
Geographic Focus
Being based in Brussels, Belgium, naturally the majority of our investments are in Europe. Nevertheless, depending on our involvement within the company, we are open to global investments and already have several investments outside of Europe.