Copia Agro & Food

What is Copia Agro & Food?

COPIA Agriculture & Food Technologies Fund (COPIA) is an Israeli venture capital fund established in 2014, positioned as a global agrifood tech venture capital fund and referred to as the 'Agrifood Venturepreneurs'. They focus on leading the transformation of proven agricultural and food disruptive technologies into robust solutions that enhance sustainability and offer significant value addition across the food supply chain.

COPIA invests in early-stage and seed ventures, targeting innovations in agriculture biotechnology, such as on-farm inputs for crop improvement inclusive of genetics, soil microbiome, and animal health.

They also invest in advanced breeding technologies aimed at more efficient and sustainable crop production, as well as in farm management software, including ag-data capturing devices, decision support software, robotics, big data analytics, and other precision agriculture technologies.

COPIA is particularly interested in innovative food technologies that improve the efficacy and cost of crop production with offerings like cultured meat and dairy, food packaging, and solutions to food wastage.

Additionally, they are keen on climate resilience technologies that decrease greenhouse gas emissions, improve water management, and soil health.

Their investment philosophy includes leading the entire entrepreneurship aspects of a venture from strategy and finance to business, commercial, and operational execution.

COPIA collaborates with academic institutions and independent scientists to convert innovations into market-driven solutions and offers start-ups financing, knowledge, experience, a network of connections, and guidance to scale their ventures into successful businesses. They also provide industrial agrifood companies with access to selected technological breakthroughs from leading scientists and academic institutions to achieve commercial success.