Investments
11Portfolio Exits
2Funds
2About AquAgro Fund
AquAgro Fund is a 50M$, fully invested, venture capital fund focused on Israel's innovative water and agriculture technologies, as well as other innovative clean technologies. The fundamental problems in the water, energy and food sectors globally are growing steadily in gravity and magnitude and present a series of challenges to all of us. Along with these challenges come very big opportunities to companies which will create new cost effective and groundbreaking technologies that will provide solutions on a global scale to these very real problems which will stay with us in decades to come.
Latest AquAgro Fund News
Jul 30, 2013
News and commentary on Israel's growing clean technology industry. Sunday, March 8, 2009 Variable Wind raises $2.5m from Quercus Trust, 21Ventures and AquAgro Fund Variable Wind Solutions , a Tel-Aviv, Israel-based startup developing products to improve the efficiency of wind turbines, has raised $2.5m in its latest round of financing. A report in Globes identifies 21Ventures as the lead investor, joined by AquAgro Fund and Brooks Keret Group . 21Ventures' web site , however, names Quercus Trust as the lead investor in Variable Wind. Quercus Trust, funded by multimillionaire David Gelbaum , has quietly become one of the most active investors in the global cleantech industry. According to Greentech Media , David Gelbaum and Quercus Trust have made at least 47 cleantech investments. Five of Gelbaum's cleantech investments, in cooperation with 21Ventures, are in Israeli startups: 3GSolar , BioPetroClean , ETV Motors , TechnoSpin Wind , and Variable Wind . Variable Wind is led by CEO Ian Kaplan , COO Gil Ziv, and CTO Dror Nadam . Information about Variable Wind's products for small wind turbines, large wind turbines, and urban wind farms is available on the company's web site . Related Posts:
AquAgro Fund Investments
11 Investments
AquAgro Fund has made 11 investments. Their latest investment was in AIO as part of their Unattributed VC on January 1, 2022.
AquAgro Fund Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1/3/2022 | Unattributed VC | AIO | $2.66M | Yes | 1 | |
10/20/2009 | Series A | Impel Microchip Ltd. | Yes | 1 | ||
3/17/2009 | Unattributed | Variable Wind Solutions | $2.5M | Yes | 1 | |
12/31/2008 | Unattributed | |||||
10/8/2008 | Seed VC |
Date | 1/3/2022 | 10/20/2009 | 3/17/2009 | 12/31/2008 | 10/8/2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Unattributed VC | Series A | Unattributed | Unattributed | Seed VC |
Company | AIO | Impel Microchip Ltd. | Variable Wind Solutions | ||
Amount | $2.66M | $2.5M | |||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 1 |
AquAgro Fund Portfolio Exits
2 Portfolio Exits
AquAgro Fund has 2 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Desalitech on December 11, 2019.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12/11/2019 | Acquired | 1 | |||
Date | 12/11/2019 | |
|---|---|---|
Exit | Acquired | |
Companies | ||
Valuation | ||
Acquirer | ||
Sources | 1 |
AquAgro Fund Fund History
2 Fund Histories
AquAgro Fund has 2 funds, including AquAgro Fund LP.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1/31/2008 | AquAgro Fund LP | Multi-Stage Venture Capital | Closed | $50M | 1 |
AquAgro Fund II LP |
Closing Date | 1/31/2008 | |
|---|---|---|
Fund | AquAgro Fund LP | AquAgro Fund II LP |
Fund Type | Multi-Stage Venture Capital | |
Status | Closed | |
Amount | $50M | |
Sources | 1 |
AquAgro Fund Team
2 Team Members
AquAgro Fund has 2 team members, including current Founder, Managing Partner, Nir Belzer.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Nir Belzer | Founder, Managing Partner | Current | |
Name | Nir Belzer | |
|---|---|---|
Work History | ||
Title | Founder, Managing Partner | |
Status | Current |
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