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Terra Planta Ventures

VC
St. Louis, MOWebsite

Terra Planta Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in St. Louis, MO investing in Food / AgTech, Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $250K–$3.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$3.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
4 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Food / AgTech, Other, AI / ML, Consumer
HQ
St. Louis, MO
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-02-23

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $3.0M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused on early-stage companies innovating in sustainable food products, alternative protein ingredients, and synthetic biology applications for industrial-scale production.

How Terra Planta Ventures invests

Terra Planta Ventures is a vc firm based in St. Louis, MO. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Food / AgTech, Other, AI / ML, Consumer. It does not invest in Consumer Internet, Media.

Terra Planta Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$3.0M per investment.

Terra Planta Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including SynSweet, ClearProtein.

Partners & Team

HW

Harold Wiener

Managing Partner

Biotech & Chemistry
Medical Devices
Wellness
MH

Michelle Hays

Managing Partner

FoodTech
Biotech
Regenerative Agriculture
AM

Astorre Modena

Managing Partner

Efficiency & Sustainability
Digitalization & Smart Cities
Healthcare & Wellness
IoT / Big Data
RN

Raphael Nejman

Partner

Climate Tech
AgriTech/FoodTech
Cross-border fund raising, M&A & Strategic Business Guidance

Industry Focus

Invests In

Food / AgTech
Other
AI / ML
Consumer

Does Not Invest In

Consumer Internet
Media

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

SY

SynSweet

Synthetic Biology
CL

ClearProtein

Ingredients Manufacturing
How to pitch Terra Planta Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Food / AgTech, Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $3.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Harold Wiener, Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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