FTW Ventures

FTW Ventures FTW Ventures was founded in 2018 by Brian Frank in San Francisco with a $4M fund targeting 15-20 startups. tiny by venture standards but highly specialized in deep food technology. With 14 investments to date, the fund explicitly focuses on "systematic problems in the Food & Agriculture value chain" that require hard tech solutions: breakthrough hardware, software, and biotech for food production. Portfolio companies include Boston Bioprocess (fermentation), Plantible Foods (altern