Acre Venture Partners Core Fund Grant
In context
This call is open to startups and small and medium-sized businesses, at idea and R&D stage, prototype and pilot stage and pre-seed. Funding is an equity investment. Coverage is read from the notice itself: any country.
Acre Venture Partners Core Fund invests in early-stage companies developing breakthrough technologies and infrastructure across agtech and food systems to address challenges in human and environmental health, climate, and responsible production. The fund targets founders building solutions in population health, planetary well-being, and climate mitigation within food and agriculture.
About this grant
Acre Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in companies creating fundamental change in food and agriculture to address large-scale challenges in human and environmental health. The fund partners with companies building breakthrough technologies and critical infrastructure that power a healthier, more sustainable food system. Acre's investment thesis is grounded in the belief that driving positive, lasting change in food and agriculture creates exceptional financial outcomes, with impact and return viewed as intertwined rather than trade-offs. The fund focuses on companies operating across population health, planetary well-being, responsible production and consumption, and climate solutions. The team brings together operators, entrepreneurs, policy leaders, sustainability experts, and investors with deep experience across food, agriculture, and innovation, positioning venture as a service business with active collaboration in shaping meaningful outcomes.
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Eligibility
The page does not specify formal eligibility criteria, geographic restrictions, organization types, or stage requirements. Based on the portfolio companies listed, Acre appears to invest in for-profit companies in food, agriculture, and related sectors, but specific eligibility requirements are not detailed.
How it's scored
No evaluation or scoring criteria are disclosed on this page.
Key requirements
- ✓Company must operate in food and agriculture sectors with focus on fundamental change and breakthrough technologies
- ✓Primary mission must address human health, environmental health, climate solutions, or responsible production and consumption
- ✓Early-stage companies building critical infrastructure across agtech and food systems are prioritized
- ✓Solutions should demonstrate potential for large-scale impact on population health or planetary well-being
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Frequently asked questions
- Who can apply for Acre Venture Partners Core Fund?
- Eligibility covers organisations in GLOBAL; startup, sme. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.
Relevant sectors
About this sector
Food systems funding covers sustainable production, supply-chain resilience, food loss, nutrition and smallholder livelihoods. It is offered by agriculture and development agencies, multilateral programmes and foundations, often with a focus on low- and middle-income countries. Applicants are generally asked to show local partnerships and how benefits reach farmers or consumers.
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