Fresh Ventures

Overview

Fresh Ventures is a venture building program and startup studio based in the Netherlands, focusing on regenerative food system innovations. They collaborate with mission-driven founders to co-found businesses that address pressing challenges in the food system. Their approach includes matching founders with complementary co-founders, providing access to a talent pool, and offering a clear program setup that supports founders in building scalable impact. Their strategy involves a comprehensive program that starts with digital preparation, followed by a core program that includes problem identification, solution validation, and early-stage venture building. At the end of the program, selected teams are invited to join the Fresh Ventures studio to accelerate their ventures. The studio offers year-round support, including access to funds, talent, and expertise, working alongside the entrepreneurial team to test and rapidly develop their propositions. Fresh Ventures focuses on cultivation and production systems, aiming to address critical barriers and unlock key capacities that enable the broader sector to shift to a fundamentally sustainable state. Potential areas of focus include health, food and soil connection, complex agroforestry and agro-ecological land use, regenerative inputs and seed sovereignty, on-farm hardware and mechanization, data and software innovation, farmer transition support and business model diversification, regenerative product innovation and brand development, decentralized processing and production, market building and value chain innovation, financial and legal innovation, and regenerative consciousness building.

Investment Focus

• Mission alignment
• Entrepreneurial grit
• Growth mindset

Portfolio Companies