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Sowing Innovation Ventures

VC
Mumbai, IndiaWebsite

Sowing Innovation Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Mumbai, India investing in Food / AgTech, Climate / Energy, SaaS. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$2.5M checks and has 5 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$1.0M – $2.5M

Portfolio

5+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in early-stage startups that innovate in agriculture and clean technology, focusing on sustainable practices.

How Sowing Innovation Ventures invests

Sowing Innovation Ventures is a vc firm based in Mumbai, India. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Food / AgTech, Climate / Energy, SaaS, AI / ML. It does not invest in Consumer.

Sowing Innovation Ventures typically writes checks of $1.0M–$2.5M per investment.

Sowing Innovation Ventures has backed 5 companies in our records, including EcoSoil, EarthOptics, InnerPlant.

Meet the Team

MD

Mohit Desai

Managing Partner

AgTech
Sustainable Practices
MH

Matthias Hebrok

United Therapeutics Corporation

Therapeutics
JD

Jennifer Doudna

Inventor of Crispr

AI
KS

Kevan Shokat

Inventor

Pancreatic Cancer
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Wayne and Gladys Valley Center

Industry Focus

Invests In

Food / AgTech
Climate / Energy
SaaS
AI / ML

Does Not Invest In

Consumer

Portfolio Companies (5)

Other

EC

EcoSoil

Soil Testing
EA

EarthOptics

AgTech / Soil Science·Series A / Series B·Sowing Innovation Ventures I

A soil data measurement and mapping company that uses machine learning and proprietary sensor technology.

IN

InnerPlant

AgTech / Biotechnology·Seed / Series A·Sowing Innovation Ventures I

A biotechnology company that genetically engineers crops to emit optical signals when they are under stress.

LE

Leaf Agriculture

AgTech / Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)·Seed·Sowing Innovation Ventures I

Provides a unified API for agricultural data to integrate and translate data across farm management software.

TR

Trace Genomics

AgTech / Genomics·Early Stage·Sowing Innovation Ventures I

A company that provides comprehensive soil microbiome analysis to help farmers optimize soil health and crop yields.

How to pitch Sowing Innovation Ventures
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Food / AgTech, Climate / Energy, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $2.5M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Mohit Desai, Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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