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    Yara Growth Ventures

    Oslo, NorwayFounded 2021

    Yara Growth Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Yara International ASA, a global crop nutrition and agriculture company. The team invests in startups and venture capital funds at the intersection of science and technology in the food and agriculture industry, with typical initial investments around USD 3 million.

    45% of their portfolio is in Food & Agriculture. They made 3 investments in the last 12 months. Average disclosed round size is $28.8M (across 15 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    16

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series B

    Last 12 Mo

    3

    Team

    Erkki Aaltonen

    Erkki Aaltonen

    Managing Director

    Dr Björn Heinz

    Dr Björn Heinz

    Investment Director

    Dr Stian Nygaard

    Dr Stian Nygaard

    Investment Director

    Dr Sasha Eremina

    Dr Sasha Eremina

    Investment Associate

    Emily Jones

    Emily Jones

    Investment Associate

    Abdo Drrah

    Abdo Drrah

    Portfolio Manager

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    20 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Sabanto logoSabantoSeries B—Jul 2026
    Plasmaleap Technologies logoPlasmaleap TechnologiesGrowth—Apr 2026
    Plasmaleap Technologies logoPlasmaleap TechnologiesSeries A$20MMar 2026
    VERQOR logoVERQORUnknown$7.5MNov 2023
    Sabanto logoSabantoSeries A$17MAug 2022
    Sabanto logoSabantoSeries A$17MAug 2022
    Apollo Agriculture logoApollo AgricultureGrowth—Mar 2022
    Apollo logoApolloSeries B$40MMar 2022
    Apollo logoApolloSeries C$40MJan 2022
    Apollo Agriculture logoApollo AgricultureSeries B$40MJan 2022
    H2Pro logoH2ProSeed$75MJan 2019
    Agrofy logoAgrofySeries C$30M—
    Tarfin logoTarfinSeries A$8M—
    Boomitra logoBoomitraGrowth$4M—
    Boomitra logoBoomitraSeed$4M—
    Jai-Kisan logoJai-KisanSeries B$50M—
    GGreenizon Agritech ConsultancySeries B$50M—
    AAgrofySeries C$30M—
    AAzane Fuel SolutionsGrowth——
    Verdagy logoVerdagySeries B——

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    Last updated: 20 October 2026