FI

Finistere Ventures

VC
San Diego, CAWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A

Check Size

$500K – $5.0M

AUM

$200M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

13 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on creating transformational AgTech innovations across supply chains, markets, and payments.

Meet the Team

SG

Steve Goldberg

Partner

AI
IoT
Hardware / robotics in ag value chain
PC

Paul Ciriello

Partner

Boston-Cambridge innovation hub
Technology across food safety, supply chain, enterprise software
DR

Donal Ryan

Investment Director

Animal genomics
Early stage agtech / renewables
European agrifood tech
RA

Rob Ayling

Managing Partner

Global agfood venture investments
Portfolio oversight
Deal-sourcing & execution
DD

David Duncan

Venture Partner

Technology venture investments
AgTech & FoodTech early stage deals
AK

Arama Kukutai

Partner & Co-Founder

Agricultural technology
Green energy portfolio
Sustainability in food systems
SM

Spencer Maughan

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Early stage agrifood technology
Sustainability
Technology-driven companies at the nexus of food value chain
KK

Karl Kerksiek

Principal

Crop Science
Emerging Technologies
Farm Inputs
AP

Adrian Percy

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

R&D Strategy
Regulatory Guidance
Technology Commercialization in AgTech
DD

Dr. David Duncan

Partner

Agricultural Science
Plant Science
Biologicals
OZ

Oliver Zahn

Partner

Innovation Systems
Sustainability
Global AgTech Networks
ER

Eyal Rosenthal

Venture Partner

AgTech innovation in Israel
Cross-border investments
KB

Kirk Belsby

Partner

Investment Strategy
AgTech Innovation

Industry Focus

Invests In

Food / AgTech
Other
Fintech
AI / ML

Does Not Invest In

Consumer

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

CR

CropX

AgTech
TA

Taranis

Supply Chain Tech

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