Sustainable Food Ventures (SFV) is an early-stage venture capital rolling fund focused on backing founders building sustainable food companies — especially in plant-based, cell-based, and recombinant protein sectors aimed at transforming the future of food and grocery retail.

Pre-Seed / Seed: Core focus — early institutional capital, typically one of the first checks for founders innovating in alternative protein and sustainable food technology.
Follow-On: May participate indirectly as companies attract additional investors; SFV itself is primarily an early investor via a rolling fund model.

Typical Check Size: SFV generally writes smaller seed checks in the ~$50K–$150K range per company as part of its rolling fund deployments.
Equity Taken:
• Sustainable Food Ventures does not publish a fixed equity percentage it always takes — equity ownership is negotiated deal-by-deal based on valuation and total round size (consistent with early institutional investors).
• Founder expectations (industry context): Given typical check sizes and seed-stage dynamics, early institutional investors like SFV often end up with minority ownership positions at entry, generally in the rough range of ~5%–15% for a lead participant at seed stage. The exact equity percentage depends on valuation, round terms, and co-investor mix negotiated with founders and other investors (this range is inferred from early VC norms where no firm-specific target is published).
• Total dilution: In a typical seed round with multiple investors, overall founder dilution is often ~10%–25% of total equity to all participating investors — SFV’s stake would be proportional to its capital contribution relative to that round.
Equity Structure: Investments are typically structured as priced preferred equity, SAFEs, or convertible instruments depending on what founders and lead investors agree to in that financing.

Submission Method: SFV operates as a rolling fund on AngelList, meaning founders often engage via traditional pitch channels or through warm introductions; rolling fund structure enables investors to commit quarterly but does not usually provide an open founder portal publicized on its own website.

Sector Focus: Early-stage sustainable food tech — including plant-based products, cell-based meats, recombinant protein food solutions, and related innovations that avoid conventional animal agriculture.
Geography: Primarily U.S. and global startups aligned with SFV’s thesis.
Stage: Pre-seed and seed.
Team: Founders with deep commitment to sustainability and ability to scale within sustainability food markets.

Initial Intake & Screening: SFV’s team screens early submissions (industry fit, mission alignment, team).
 Investor Review: Due diligence among fund partners and rolling investors.
 Term Negotiation: Valuation and ownership terms negotiated with founders and co-investors.
 Close: Investment documents executed; founders and SFV align on rights and caps.

Strategic Capital: Early–stage institutional funding to prove proof of concept and accelerate growth. 
 Specialized Focus: Access to investors with expertise and networks in sustainable food, alternative proteins, and food tech.
 Signal & Network: A credible anchor for future co-investors, increasing access to additional capital.