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    EIT Food

    Leuven, BelgiumFounded 2017

    EIT Food is Europe's largest food innovation community, established by the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) to transform how food is produced, distributed, and consumed. It provides funding and support to early-stage agrifood startups and scaleups through programs such as the EIT Food Impact Fund.

    33% of their portfolio is in Food & Agriculture. Their most common stage is series-a (42% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $23.4M (across 7 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    10

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Abbie Roberts

    Abbie Roberts

    Director of Value Delivery

    Begoña Pérez-Villarreal

    Begoña Pérez-Villarreal

    Director of Ecosystem Development

    Benoit Buntinx

    Benoit Buntinx

    Director of Business Creation

    Dr. Maarten van der Kamp

    Dr. Maarten van der Kamp

    Director of Education

    Dr. Martine van Veelen

    Dr. Martine van Veelen

    EIT Community Director

    Elvira Domingo

    Elvira Domingo

    Director of Thematic Leadership – Resilient Agriculture

    Gulsah Uysal

    Gulsah Uysal

    Director of Partnership and Corporate Services

    Lorena Savani

    Lorena Savani

    Director of Thematic Leadership – Biotech and Protein

    Nicole Parisis

    Nicole Parisis

    HR Director

    Peter Ulrich-Koziel

    Peter Ulrich-Koziel

    Brand & Communication Director

    Rene Berendse

    Rene Berendse

    Director of Advocacy and Marketing

    Simon Sprock

    Simon Sprock

    Finance Director - interim

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    12 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    PPFx BiotechSeed—Jun 2025
    NNorwegian Mycelium AS (NoMy)Seed—May 2025
    Fyteko logoFytekoSeries B—Jan 2025
    NNew Wave BiotechSeed—Dec 2024
    Onego logoOnegoSeries A$40MApr 2024
    Onego Bio logoOnego BioSeries A$14MApr 2024
    Onego Bio logoOnego BioSeries A$40MJan 2024
    SENCROP logoSENCROPSeries B$18MJan 2022
    SwissDecode logoSwissDecodeUnknown$4.1MJan 2021
    Onego logoOnegoSeries A$40M—
    OOrbiskSeed——
    Gavan logoGavanSeries A$8M—

    Top Co-Investors

    Tesi4 shared
    Maki.vc4 shared
    Agronomics4 shared
    Barclays2 shared
    Innovate UK1 shared
    Farvatn1 shared
    Bpifrance1 shared
    SFPIM1 shared
    Lever VC1 shared
    MoreVC1 shared
    Clay Capital1 shared

    Last updated: 7 October 2026