PlantForward Capital — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($500K–$1.5M Checks)
PlantForward Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Food / AgTech, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $500K–$1.5M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$1.5M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Food / AgTech, AI / ML
- HQ
- San Francisco, CA
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-05-27
Pre-Seed, Seed
$500K – $1.5M
2+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
PlantForward Capital backs early-stage startups innovating in cannabis cultivation technology, predictive analytics, and operational optimization, particularly for licensed facilities.
How PlantForward Capital invests
PlantForward Capital is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Food / AgTech, AI / ML. It does not invest in Media, Consumer.
PlantForward Capital typically writes checks of $500K–$1.5M per investment.
PlantForward Capital has backed 2 companies in our records, including GrowIQ, LeafLabs.
Partners & Team
Michael Rafferty
Managing Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
GrowIQ
LeafLabs
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Food / AgTech, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $1.5M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Michael Rafferty, Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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