S2G (Seed 2 Growth) Ventures is a venture capital firm that was founded in 2014 by Victor E. Friedberg, Sanjeev Krishna, and Chuck Templeton that is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. S2G Ventures focuses its venture capital investments in primarily American food and agriculture companies. The firm claims to invest in "soil to shelf" to cover companies operating within the entire food supply chain which includes the following industries: agriculture, ingredients, infrastructure & logistics, Information services, food safety & technology, restaurants, and brands.
Timeline
Funded Companies
An Israeli startup company that is working to make sustainable "animal-free" cell-based meat products available at the local level by adapting the distributed manufacturing model
An industrial biotechnology company using a bioprocessing platform to produce chemical products.
Good Eggs is an online grocery delivery service based in the Bay Area, offering fresh local produce, weeknight meal kits, everyday staples, and wine, beer, and spirits .
A company replacing chemical pesticides with plant based products
An agricultural biotechnology company developing crop design platform to increase intrinsic crop yield
Biotechnology for foodwaste prevention company
Natural barcode for safe food traceability company
Augean Robotics is a company founded by Charles Andersen.
MycoTechnology utilizes fungi based food-processing platforms to transform the flavor and value of agricultural products.
Kuli Kuli, Inc. is an Oakland, California-based company.
People
Aaron Rudberg
Managing Director and COO
Alex Casey
Administrative Assistant
Audre Kapacinskas
Vice President
Chuck Templeton
Co-Founder and Managing Director
Cristina Rohr
Vice President
Dan Ripma
Associate
Erin Cain
Office Manger
Jessica Murphy
Business Development Manager
Mathew Walker
Managing Director
Michael Robinson
Associate
Mike Wise
Associate
Sanjeev Krishnan
Co-Founder, Chief Investment Officer, and Managing Partner
Walter Robb
Executive in Residence
Further reading
AgSharks Competition seeks innovative agtech ideas
Chris Koger
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OpenTable's founder is still betting on food start-ups despite a troubled market
Lora Kolodny
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S2G Ventures Officially Launches $125m Food and Ag Fund - AgFunderNews
Louisa Burwood-Taylor
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S2G Ventures Partners with Former Whole Foods Co-CEO Walter Robb
Jordan Okumura
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S2G Ventures Wants to Professionalize AgriFood Tech Investing with $180m Fund, New Hires - AgFunderNews
Louisa Burwood-Taylor
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Venture-capital firm expanding in Fulton Market
Danny Ecker
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Documentaries, videos and podcasts
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