Astanor Ventures

Astanor Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on high-impact, technology-enabled European companies in the agricultural technology and food technology sectors. Astanor Ventures is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium and was co-founded in 2017 by Eric Archambeau and George Coelho, who serve as partners. The firm's stated mission is "as an impact investor...to find, support and scale the most disruptive, impactful solutions to accelerate progress towards global sustainability targets."

Astanor Ventures seeks to invest in entrepreneurs and companies with solutions that will create systemic change across the agrifood value chain, and that are committed to sustainability to bring about a future of food that is nourishing, regenerative, scalable, trusted, and fresh. The firm has defined a set of six impact KPIs that it uses to capture a holistic image of companies’ impacts on both people and the planet across the entire agrifood value chain. These KPIs— GHG emissions, water use, biodiversity, social, health, and climate tech data—are used to assess a how a company addresses the challenge of climate change, measure contributions to improving social and health crises, and assure collective advancement towards global climate goals.

Astanor Ventures has invested in Notpla, Artemis, PhytlSigns, Monarch Tractor, Calyxia, Stockeld Dreamery, Plantible Foods, v2food, Cervest, ProducePay, Modern Meadow, Ynsect, Apeel Sciences, Aphea.Bio, Smallhold, and Bio. A notable exit of Astanor Ventures is Artemis.