Venture capital fund · 3 deals
Every published round Astanor Ventures took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Role | Alongside | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BioScout | Seed | 8 Aug 2026 | $6.8m | Lead | agrospectrumasia.com, finsmes.com, agroempresario.com, winssolutions.org, This Week in Australian Startups, app.fundz.net, agritechdigest.com, Dealroom, AgFunderNews | |
| 4AG Robotics | Series B | 2025 | $29m | Lead | AgFunderNews, ontariofarmer.com, 4ag.ai | |
| v2food | Series B | Aug 2021 | $72m | Lead | Startup Daily (30 May 2024), Startup Daily (11 May 2023), Beef Central / Grain Central |
Companies Astanor Ventures has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4AG Robotics | 2025, Series B | 1 | 1 | |
| BioScout | 8 Aug 2026, Seed | 1 | 1 | |
| v2food | Aug 2021, Series B | 1 | 1 |
Fund closes reported for Astanor Ventures, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Astanor Ventures has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Astanor Ventures did.
Stories naming Astanor Ventures. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Mushroom-robot maker 4AG Robotics announced a CAD 40m Series B, with Astanor Ventures and Cibus Capital leading and Voyager Capital arriving as a fresh backer beside five returning investors.
KPMG administrators took control of ProForm Foods, the company behind the Meet brand, and the piece recalls earlier raises at v2food and All G Foods as the plant-based sector cools.
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup: raises for Overstory, FarmInsect, GoodBytz and others; Ever.Ag buys Austin Data Labs; grants for Wadhwani AI and Notpla; SLM and Impact Ag roll out a carbon fund; URB-E rebrands.
Also AgFunderNews
Plant-based meat maker v2food changed course and is shutting its Wodonga factory after founder-CEO Nick Hazell's departure, with Tim York now chief executive; the story recalls its two Series B raises.
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup covering funding rounds for Pure Salmon, FreshToHome, SwarmFarm and others, acquisitions of Delphi and Soylent, layoffs at Impossible Foods and GreenLabs, and plant-based labeling news.