为技术和创新提供风险投资资金以扩大再生农业规模.pdf

1、Agricultural Outlook Forum|February 2025Trailhead Capital is a venture capital firm seeking to create outstanding financial,societal,and ecological returns by backing entrepreneurs building the regenerative future of food and agriculture.2Who are we?Mark LewisMANAGING PARTNERDenver,COWho|Why|How|Wha

2、ts NextThe Key Stats:Fund I raised$50M with a 2021 Vintage YearNearly 100 investors(“LPs”)across HNW,Institutional Capital,&Fund of FundsInvesting in Seed&Series A stage companiesCheck sizes range from$500K-$1.5M,plus follow on capital29 going on 30 investments(“Portfolio Companies”)MOIC as of Q424

3、is 1.3x(Gross;unaudited)Now raising Fund II with same focus334%of total global GHG emissions come from the food system50%of global habitable land is used for agriculture86%of total species w/extinction risk due to agriculture80%of global deforestation caused by agriculture70%of global freshwater wit

4、hdrawals are used for agriculture78%of global ocean and freshwater pollution attributed to agricultureSources:Our World In Data,Nature FoodWhy did we form?Global food systems and nature are at a crossroadsWho|Why|How|Whats NextRegenerative agriculture is our single best solution for simultaneously s

5、olving six large threats to human and planetary prosperity:4It all starts and ends with the soil.Who|Why|How|Whats NextRegenerative Ag can be our solution!“I know sustainable is a popular buzzword today.Everybody wants to be sustainable.But my question is:“Why in the world would we want to sustain a

6、 degraded resource?We instead need to work on regenerating our ecosystems.”-Gabe Brown,Regenerative Famer and author of Dirt to SoilREGENERATIVE AG INVESTMENTS5Our biggest win for the planet is severely underfunded(1)Pitchbook,(2)Financial Times,(3)DealRoomjust 0.15%of VC investment in the last 3 ye