Better Bite Ventures Core Fund Grant
In context
This call is open to startups, at idea and R&D stage, pre-seed and seed stage. Funding is an equity investment of Up to $200,000. Coverage is read from the notice itself: Asia, Se-Asia and South-Asia and 2 others.
Better Bite Ventures invests pre-seed and seed cheques into food and agriculture climate startups across Asia Pacific, focusing on alternative proteins, sustainable ingredients, rice decarbonisation, algal innovation, and palm oil alternatives. The fund targets founding, pre-seed, and seed-stage companies.
About this grant
Better Bite Ventures is an early-stage venture investor backing innovation in food and agriculture across Asia Pacific. The fund targets climate opportunities in the region, with a focus on reducing emissions in rice cultivation, improving crop yields and reducing synthetic fertiliser use, food waste reduction, sustainable ingredients and proteins, algal innovation, and land-use solutions such as palm oil alternatives that lower deforestation. The page states the firm has invested early into 34 startups to date. The investment stages listed are founding, pre-seed and seed. Checks are described as normally starting at around $100k to $200k and up. The firm prefers YC-style SAFEs and says it is also open to convertible notes or equity. Its stated process runs from an initial deck submission to [email protected], through a first informal call, a deeper diligence phase, a term sheet, and finally funds transfer after due diligence. Beyond capital, the firm describes post-investment support for portfolio companies and runs Asia Climate Hub, a free open database of climate startups and investors in Asia Pacific.
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Eligibility
The page describes the firm's investment focus on startups tackling climate opportunities in food and agriculture in Asia Pacific. It does not explicitly state legal-entity, incorporation, or prior-recipient restrictions. Stage focus is founding, pre-seed and seed. No warm introduction is required, and founders are invited to send a deck directly.
How it's scored
The page says the firm assesses whether a project 'moves the ball forward on impact' and runs a go/no-go decision after a first call and a diligence phase covering market, technology and team. No scoring weights or panel composition are disclosed.
Key requirements
- ✓Food and agriculture climate focus (alt protein, sustainable ingredients, rice decarbonisation, algal innovation, palm oil alternatives)
- ✓Operating in or targeting Asia Pacific region
- ✓At founding, pre-seed, or seed stage
Recent past awardees
Knowing who's won the last rounds tells you whether you're in the strike zone.
- Pivot Eat
- Blue Canopy
- Green Rebel
- Next Gen Foods (TiNDLE)
- Liberate Foods (Shaka Harry)
- Miruku
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Frequently asked questions
- How much funding does Better Bite Ventures offer?
- Better Bite Ventures Core Fund offers up to $200K.
- Who can apply for Better Bite Ventures Core Fund?
- Eligibility covers organisations in ASIA, SE-ASIA, SOUTH-ASIA, EAST-ASIA, OCEANIA; startup. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.
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About this sector
Alternative protein funding backs plant-based, fermentation-derived and cultivated proteins, along with the ingredients and processing they depend on. Support includes research grants, scale-up programmes and investment from specialist funds. Calls usually look for regulatory awareness, a route to lower production cost and partnerships with food manufacturers.
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