Urban Farming Investors

Thor Urbana is a leading real estate investment and development company based in Mexico City aimed to capitalize on Mexico's strong economic growth and real estate fundamentals. Through a vertically integrated platform, the firm creates value for its investors through the sourcing, acquiring, developing, repositioning, leasing, managing and disposing of uniquely located, underperforming or vacant retail, hotel and mixed-used assets in Mexico's main urban markets and top tourist destinations. The depth and reach of the company´s sponsors and experienced management team, together with key relationships developed over decades of active real estate development and investment throughout Mexico and the US, uniquely positions Thor Urbana in Mexico's growing opportunistic and value-add commercial real estate sand. Passion and persistence are the foundations that have led Thor Urbana to build an avant-garde company aimed to stay ahead of its competition and always attentive to the needs of an increasingly asserted and sophisticated society. Its credibility, local market knowledge, and talented team that blends global vision with a focus on an underserved niche with high demand are fundamental parts of the company´s success.

Urban Innovation Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm dedicated to enhancing the livability, sustainability, and economic vitality of cities. Established in 2016, the firm provides seed capital and regulatory support to entrepreneurs addressing urban challenges, aiming to help them evolve into leading companies of tomorrow. With over $200 million in assets under management, Urban Innovation Fund has invested in more than 60 seed-stage startups across various sectors, including transportation, energy, sustainability, regulatory technology, proptech, edtech, fintech, small business services, health, public safety, and govtech. The firm's investment strategy focuses on early-stage companies that are shaping the future of urban living. Notable portfolio companies include Finli, a provider of mobile-first financial tools for small businesses, and Solarcycle, which specializes in recycling and reusing solar panels and batteries. Urban Innovation Fund is led by Managing Partners Clara Brenner and Julie Lein, who co-founded the firm after their tenure at Tumml, a startup hub for urban tech. Their work has been featured in numerous press outlets, such as MSNBC and TechCrunch. The firm's commitment to diversity is evident, with over half of the founding team members and boards of its portfolio companies being women or people of color. Urban Innovation Fund's mission is to invest in the future of cities by supporting entrepreneurs who are solving today's toughest urban challenges.

Styx Urban Investments is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage and pre-seed investments. The firm seeks to invest in the fields of PropTech & urban PropTech, Green & CleanTech, Smart City, and ConTech industries. The firm primarily invests in European markets, with a particular interest in the DACH region, Nordics, Southern Europe, and the rest of Europe. The firm typically invests up to €0.20 million ($0.23 million) in two tranches and acts as the first lead or co-lead investor, with the possibility of supplying additional capital in one follow-up round led by new investors. Styx Urban Investments was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Mannheim, Germany.

Urban Impact Ventures B.V. is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage, expansion stage. The firm prefer to invest in decarbonization and circularity sectors specifically in city logistics, energy efficiency, energy transition, waste, water, materials. The firm prefer to invest in companies based in Europe. Urban Impact Ventures B.V. was founded in 2020 and is based in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in buyouts and middle market. The firm seeks to make direct investment in oil and gas assets. It seeks to invest in the region ArkLaTex including the Arkansas, Louisiana, and East Texas., Fort Worth/Permian Basins region, in Illinois, in Mid-Continent region it invests in Kansas, Oklahoma, and North Texas, and the Rockies. Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC was founded in 2009 and is based in Plano, Texas.

Farmington Capital Partners, Investment Arm is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in growth capital investments. It primarily invests in incubation, seed/startup, early venture, mid venture, middle market, and emerging growth stages. The firm seeks to invest in the financial services industry with a focus on insurance, risk, banking, and capital market sectors. It considers investments between $5 million and $25 million in companies with revenues between $2 million and $30 million and co-invests along other investors for larger transactions. It seeks board representation in its portfolio companies. Farmington Capital Partners, Investment Arm is based in Hartford, Connecticut with an additional office in Charleston, South Carolina and New York, New York.

Wind Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in pre-seed to series B, seed and early-stage investments. The firm typically invests in the AI, space, and defense, internet, technology, luxury goods, service, new mobility, renewable energy, sustainable building, security, sustainable agriculture, clean air initiatives, climate, deep tech, Exit, fintech, industry 4.0, lifestyle and SaaS sectors. Under new mobility it prefers to invest in urban transport infrastructure, alternative fuels, green logistics. Under renewable energy it prefers to invest in alternative power sources, green batteries & storage, affordable heating. Under sustainable building it prefers to invest in new materials & equipment, energy-efficient construction, autonomous buildings. Under security it prefers to invest in industry security, disaster resilience, consumer guidance, robotics, cyber security. Under sustainable agriculture it prefers to invest in food security, precision farming, agbots, water preservation. Under clean air initiatives it prefers to invest in air pollution reduction, carbon capture, renewables, Green IT, and waste management. It also provides advisory services at a later stage of development, it helps start-ups and SME to define their consolidation or exit strategy, by connecting buy-side and sell-side partners through their network of VCs and industrials based in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The firm primarily invests in French and European companies. The firm prefers to invest between €0.10 million ($0.11 million) and €5 million ($5.86 million). Wind Capital is based in Paris, France, with additional offices in Paris,France, San Francisco, California.

Thrive by SVG Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in pre seed, seed, series A early-stage and later-stage investments. It prefers to invest in agriculture, food & climate technology, regenerative agriculture, soil health, biodiversity & ecosystem restoration, climate resilience & adaptation, sustainable farming practices, novel fertilizers & application, nutrient use efficiency tracking, artificial intelligence & automation, AI-powered farm management platforms, robotics and automation, AI-driven crop health diagnostics, supply chain optimization, data-driven decision making, vertical and urban farming technologies, animal health & nutrition, precision nutrition, disease prevention and management, sustainability in livestock systems, animal welfare and behavior monitoring, genetic and breeding innovations, clean energy & climate tech, renewable energy in agriculture, energy storage and grid solutions for farms, electrification of agricultural equipment, carbon capture and climate-smart agriculture, biofuels & green inputs for agriculture, energy efficiency in ammonia & nitrogen fertilizer production, water & waste management, water conservation & efficient irrigation, waste reduction & recycling in agriculture, nutrient runoff & water pollution control, circular water systems & reuse, organic waste conversion & bioenergy production, post-harvest & foodtech, future crops & novel ingredients, lab-grown & plant-based meats, sustainable packaging & food preservation, AI-driven & advanced processing tech, supply chain & food quality solutions for post-harvest, innovative plant breeding, pest management, resource-efficient technologies, sustainable crop production, biotech, life sciences, crop biologicals, crop protection, crop genomics & gene editing, biotech tools, synbio platforms, food & nutrition, microbiome, alternative protein, performance/healthy foods, aquaculture, supply chain, traceability & transparency resilience, novel equipment, harvest, transport & storage, digital farming, robotics & AI, indoor farming, predictive analytics, data platforms, farm & resource management, health & nutrition, next generation supply chain, novel food & beverage, novel ingredients, novel packaging, quality and shelf life, and robotics & automation. It prefers to invest in Alberta, Canada, U.S. and North America. Thrive by SVG Ventures was founded in 2014 and is based in Los Gatos, California with additional offices in Dublin, Ireland, Calgary, Canada and Melbourne, Australia.

Fonds de solidarité FTQ is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in start-ups, early venture, mergers, business acquisitions, management buyouts, market development project or a buyout, financing for new programs, organic growth and cash flow, growth and expansion financings, development capital, business succession, financial restructuring, business transition financing, family and non-family buyout, consolidations, turnaround, and leveraged management buyouts. It also invests in new markets, product and business line developments, market diversification, interim financings, new product marketing, additional working capital, purchase of tangible and intangible assets, equipment modernization, equipment purchases or upgrades, and integrator projects. The firm has regional funds that do not invest in retail, real estate, farming, biotechnology, and financial services. Fonds de solidarité FTQ invests in small and medium-sized businesses. It typically invests in export projects, forest products, productivity improvement, natural resources, aerospace, agri-food, wood, pulp and paper, chemicals, construction and construction materials, printing, transportation equipment and automobiles, transportation services, furniture and fixtures, combinatorial chemistry and other lead generating technologies, mining and exploration, social economy, textiles, plastics, life sciences, business services, telecommunications, distribution and consumer goods, environment, equipment and machinery, financial services, information and communication technology, metal products, recreational tourism, and culture sectors. Within the culture sector, Fonds de solidarité FTQ seeks to invest in pre-production and creative projects, production projects, infrastructures and services, post-production projects, distribution, and broadcasting and multiplatform broadcasting. Within the environment sector, it invests in waste management and energy conversion for residual waste; air treatment and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; processes to reduce industrial energy and water consumption; water treatment; and soil rehabilitation and decontamination (metals and organic compounds). Within the life sciences sector, Fonds de solidarité FTQ focuses on services for the biopharmaceutical industry; nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals; diagnostics and medical supplies and equipment; biopharmaceuticals and generic drugs; biotechnology, and animal health. Within the tourism sector, it focuses on urban tourism, nature tourism, resort type tourism, and local tourism for Quebecers, and in the textiles sector it invests in companies engaged in development and production of specialty textiles as well as development of industrial applications for the construction, transportation, health and safety, and work apparel industries. Fonds de solidarité FTQ prefers to invest in Quebec and in companies impacting the Québec economy. It focuses on investing in the following regions- Abitibi –Témiscamingue, Bas Saint Laurent, Chaudière-Appalaches, Côte-Nord, Estrie, Gaspésie Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Lanaudière, Laurentides, Laval, Mauricie - Centre-du-Québec, Montérégie, Nord-du-Québec, Outaouais, and Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean. Fonds de solidarité FTQ seeks to invest in projects of $3 million or more and also provides loans of up to $ 2 million. It invests in companies in business succession sector having minimum capitalization of $500,000 and EBITDA of over $35.5 million in case of majority interest; equipment and machinery sector with average investment in excess of $3 million; environment sector with funding needs of more than $500000; financial services sector having net assets between $20 million and $50 million in equity; metal products sector having annual sales of over $5 million and financing needs of at least $2 million; and printing sector having investment needs of over $1 million. In the information technology sector, Fonds de solidarité FTQ seeks to invest $2 million as initial investments while total investments can be more than $10 million. It invests in the form of equity financing (common or preferred shares) and unsecured debt requiring no collateral (debenture). Fonds de solidarité FTQ can take both a minority interest including an equity stake of up to 49 percent as well a majority interest in its portfolio companies in case of business succession financing. It seeks a minority stake for the portfolio companies in the equipment and machinery sector. It typically holds its investments for a period of five to ten years in case of equity financing and for more than ten years in case of business succession financing. Fonds de solidarité FTQ began operation on June 23, 1983. It has its headquarters in Montreal in Canada with additional offices in the same city and Quebec in the same country.

Hivos Impact Investments is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, startup and early stage investments. The firm primarily invests in companies in the creative industry, such as ICT start-ups, (digital) media, (digital) creative services, technologies and innovation to increase access to essential foodstuffs, innovation in core art; and companies in the food and food lifestyle industry, such as local traditional food products, urban farming, biopesticides and organic fertilizers, farming related geodata, solutions for food handling and food transport, track and trace solutions within the food chain, food waste reduction, retail of organic food and beverages, nature-based cosmetics, food media and food marketing that promote healthy and sustainable diets. The firm typically invests in in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), especially in Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon; and in Southern Africa, especially South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi. Hivos Impact Investments was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands, with an additional office in Joahnnesburg, South Africa.

Phatisa Fund Managers L.L.C. is a private equity and venture capital arm of The Phatisa Group specializing investments in management buy-outs and buy-ins, expansions, acquisitions, refinancings, and start-up new ventures in small and medium sized enterprises (SME). It also seeks to invest in real estate projects with a focus on affordable and middle income residential developments and mixed use developments comprising of housing and aligned commercial developments and in urban areas. The firm does not invest in bio-fuels, timber, alcoholic beverages, seed capital, short-term bridging, or debt finance and it does not provide grants or soft loans. The firm also does not invest in informal, micro enterprises or SME companies looking for an investment less than $5 million. For its private equity investments, it seeks to invest in agribusiness companies operating in food production, processing, packaging, primary agriculture, FMCG food, cold storage, distribution in cereals, livestock farming, dairy, fruit and vegetables, crop protection, logistics, fertilizers, seeds, edible oils, smallholders, aquaculture, marketing services, paper and forest product distribution, agri services, and mid-sized companies in the food security and food-related sectors operating across the food value chain. The firm will also follow a series of agri-business investments in palm plantations, edible oil refinery, and commodity trade finance. The firm prefers to make investments in Africa with a focus on sub Saharan Africa. It typically focuses to invest in Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Mozambique, Kenya, and Botswana. The firm seeks to invest between $5 million and $24 million in its investee companies. For SME investments, the firm seeks to invest upto $4 million in companies that require financing between $0.015 million and $4 million. It takes majority or significant minority stakes between 5 percent to 100 percent in its portfolio companies. It takes board representation and other meaningful shareholder rights in its portfolio companies. It seeks to exit its investments through the sale to trade players, majority shareholders, local communities, secondary management buyouts, and listing on local exchanges. It seeks to exit its investments between four to seven years through the sale to trade players, majority shareholders, local communities, secondary management buyouts, and listing on local exchanges. Phatisa Fund Managers L.L.C. was founded in 2005 and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa, with additional offices in Lusaka, Zambia; Bambou, Mauritius; London, United Kingdom; and Nairobi, Kenya.