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    FTW Ventures

    San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2018

    FTW Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm backing disruptive science and technology to transform the global Food & Agriculture industries. The firm invests in breakthrough hardware, software, and biotech solutions across the entire food value chain.

    31% of their portfolio is in Food & Agriculture. Deal activity decreased year-over-year (1 deals in the last 12 months vs 3 prior). Their most common stage is seed (62% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $5.6M (across 9 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    12

    Fund Size

    $19M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    Brian Frank

    Brian Frank

    General Partner

    Rob Wilder

    Rob Wilder

    Venture Partner

    JB

    Jenn Burka

    Investor

    MM

    Min Ma

    NY

    Ni Yan

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    13 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    RavenPack logoRavenPackUnknownDec 2025
    CCYBER Express WashUnknownApr 2025
    Earthodic logoEarthodicSeed$4MOct 2024
    Izote Biosciences logoIzote BiosciencesPre-Seed$2.6MOct 2024
    CharterSpace logoCharterSpaceSeedFeb 2024
    Earthodic logoEarthodicPre-Seed$1.9MMay 2023
    Yali Bio logoYali BioSeed$3.9MFeb 2022
    Phytoform logoPhytoformSeed$5.7MDec 2021
    PPlantible FoodsSeries A$21.5MSep 2021
    Plantible Foods logoPlantible FoodsSeed$4.6MApr 2020
    Spoiler Alert logoSpoiler AlertSeed$2.5MNov 2016
    HHeritable AgricultureSeed
    Brilliant Harvest logoBrilliant HarvestSeed$4M

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    Last updated: 8 September 2026