Funding Details
- Awarder
- RSS - climateinsider.com
- Date Award
- September 01, 2021
- Vertical
- Food and AgTech
- Funding URL
- View Funding Page
Company Info
- Founding Year
- 2021
- Traction
- The fund has already invested in six companies, including Erthos and ArkeaBio.
- Organizations Involved
- Realize Capital Partners, Boann Social Impact, Canadian government’s Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative
- Founders
- Alison Sunstrum
- Company Description
- The51 is a women-led venture capital firm dedicated to investing in diverse founders who are transforming the food and agriculture sectors with advanced technologies. The firm focuses on early-stage startups, providing investments between $350,000 and $2 million per company, targeting pre-seed to Series A rounds.
- Market
- Agriculture
- Location
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Calgary,
Alberta,
Canada
- Coinvestors
- Farm Credit Canada, Alberta Enterprise Corporation, National Bank of Canada, ATB Financial
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