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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.

    43% of their portfolio is in Food & Agriculture. Deal activity decreased year-over-year (1 deal in the last 12 months vs 3 prior). Their most common stage is seed (57% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $6.6M (across 16 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    16

    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

    21 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    RavenPack logoRavenPackUnknown—Dec 2025
    CYBER Express Wash logoCYBER Express WashUnknown—Apr 2025
    Earthodic logoEarthodicSeed$4MOct 2024
    Izote Biosciences logoIzote BiosciencesPre-Seed$2.6MOct 2024
    Charter logoCharterSeed—Feb 2024
    Earthodic logoEarthodicPre-Seed$1.9MMay 2023
    Izote Biosciences logoIzote BiosciencesPre-Seed$2.6MJan 2023
    Yali Bio logoYali BioSeed$3.9MFeb 2022
    Phytoform Labs logoPhytoform LabsSeed$5.7MDec 2021
    PPlantible FoodsSeries A$21.5MSep 2021
    Plantible logoPlantibleSeries A$21.5MSep 2021
    Plantible logoPlantibleSeries A$21.5MSep 2021
    Plantible logoPlantibleSeed$4.6MApr 2020
    Plantible logoPlantibleSeed$4.6MApr 2020
    Debut Biotechnology logoDebut BiotechnologySeed$100KJan 2019
    Spoiler Alert logoSpoiler AlertSeed$2.5MNov 2016
    HHeritable AgricultureSeed——
    Brilliant Harvest logoBrilliant HarvestSeed$4M—
    DDebut BioSeed$2.6M—
    Galley logoGalleySeed$2.5M—
    Galley logoGalleyPre-Seed——

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    Last updated: 20 October 2026