Seventure Partners, a European Life science microbiome investment firm, has launched AVF, an innovative venture capital fund, targeted at supporting companies in the field of animal health, feed and nutrition.
The first close of AVF at €24m, is corner stoned by Adisseo, an industry leader in the animal feed sector.
At a global level, AVF’s investment strategy focuses on two segments at the forefront of the modern agricultural and livestock revolution: animal health, feed and nutrition and digital technologies serving the livestock industry.
Within the animal health sector, food digestibility, its nutritional value and energy potential, and the traceability of the entire animal food chain are major opportunities, as well as addressing the challenges around limiting the environmental footprint of the industry.
In addition to the animal health and nutrition sector, the digital agricultural technology field has seen exponential growth, partly driven by climate change and scarcity in resources and biodiversity, as well as heightened pressure from increasingly demanding consumers.
AVF will also finance digital innovations applied to the livestock value chain, such as smart breeding and diagnosis, control and traceability tools. It will primarily invest in innovative companies in Europe, North America and Israel, but will also be open to investment proposals from other geographies, including Asia.
AVF will be led by Isabelle de Cremoux, CEO and Managing Partner, Seventure Partners.
FinSMEs
21/03/2018