Tenacious Ventures
tenacious.venturesWe invest in early-stage startups developing innovations that transform food and agriculture toward a carbon neutral and climate change resilient future, with a strategic focus on Australia as a hub but global ambitions for impact.
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Tenacious Ventures believes that innovation in agriculture and food systems represents one of the most underinvested opportunities to drive meaningful climate impact and systemic change alongside healthy financial returns. They operate at the intersection of capital, innovation, adoption, and systems change, backing early-stage companies that solve pressing problems today while building infrastructure for tomorrow’s transformation. The firm rejects pure disruption narratives in favor of what they term the ‘productive middle’—companies that simultaneously lift the floor (solving immediate problems) and raise the ceiling (building toward system change) by respecting biological timescales, regulatory complexity, and geographic variability.
What Sets Them Apart
- Sector-specific deep knowledge through team expertise in food systems innovation, agtech commercialization, and agricultural operations
- Sophisticated understanding of agrifood-specific challenges: recognizing that VC speed paradigms don't align with biological realities, regulatory frameworks, and adoption curves
- Multi-modal engagement model combining investment with insights, advisory services, and ecosystem convening through podcasts, reports, events, and thought leadership
- Focus on 'productive middle' companies that balance near-term revenue generation with long-term transformational potential, avoiding traditional disruption narratives
- Strong networks across Australian agricultural value chains with team having 'strong networks across the value chain'
- Commitment to progressive de-risking and staged innovation rather than expecting rapid scaling
Portfolio Highlights
Azaneo
Agtech
Cecil
Agtech
Earthodic
Agtech
Geora
Agtech
Goterra
Agtech
Jupiter Ionics
Agtech
Nbryo
Agtech
Phyllome
Agtech
+ 5 more companies in their portfolio
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