Gareth Asten co-founded Acre Venture Partners specifically to redefine the food system, bringing prior operating experience as a key executive team member scaling multiple businesses rather than a purely financial background. He backs companies that democratize information and access for growers while emphasizing mission alignment with founders' values, such as supporting efforts to reconnect families to where their food comes from.
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Acre Venture Partners
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Food & Ag, Climate, Biotech, Robotics, CPG / D2C
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Seed - Series B+
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$100K - $10M
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Acre Venture Partners originated as a $125M fund created exclusively by Campbell Soup Company but later transitioned to institutional ownership when Campbell sold its stake to StepStone—an unusual evolution from corporate-backed to traditional VC structure. The fund positions itself as "a climate fund using food and agriculture as our mode of action" and features partner Sam Kass, former White House Chef and Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition to President Obama, bringing rare policy expertise at the intersection of food, health, and regulation.
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