Astanor Ventures | Agrifood Impact Investment Firm

Astanor structures its capital deployment around two linked strategies that follow companies through their growth lifecycle. Astanor Venture targets pre-seed through Series B companies, deploying tickets from roughly €1 million at seed stage up to €5-10 million at Series A and B, primarily across Europe and North America. Astanor Growth then supports companies with €10-200 million in revenue through growth equity and small buyout investments of €15-80 million, taking minority or majority positions predominantly without leverage.

Investment decisions draw on a team that combines venture and operational backgrounds with sector-specific expertise across agriculture, food science and technology. Once invested, Astanor provides board participation and hands-on strategic support, including guidance on organizational strengthening, consolidation, bolt-on acquisitions, and international expansion.

The firm frames its work through six sector lenses: sustainable agriculture, sustainable food, food as medicine, waste and circularity, enabling technologies, and sustainable materials. Astanor formalizes impact tracking through six portfolio-wide KPIs covering greenhouse gas emissions avoided, land use avoided, water use avoided, farmers financed annually, healthy products sold, and plant-days analyzed.

The firm’s approach carries external validation: it holds B Corp certification with a B Impact Assessment score of 121.3, and industry membership records classify at least one of its funds as an Article 9 fund under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation. Astanor also participates in sector bodies including the Principles for Responsible Investment and Invest Europe.