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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.

Check size
$1.0M–$2.5M
Portfolio
5 companies on record
Partners
5 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Food / AgTech, Climate / Energy, SaaS, AI / ML
HQ
Mumbai, India
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-07-10

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.

Partners & 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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