First part of the investment announcement: Z Bio joins the Brainforest portfolio!
The first investment decision from our Summer Venture Program, an invitation to meet Tommy, and a little something for your summer.
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Brainforest cultivates nature entrepreneurship. We accelerate ventures by leveraging philanthropy, science, technology, entrepreneurship and our unique access to indigenous and local knowledge.
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From landfill to living soil: ZBio joins the Brainforest portfolio
We have news we have been holding onto for weeks. Z Bio, co-founded by Fredric Tanuwijoyo and Carin Jacobs, has been selected to receive the first investment from our Summer Venture Program Cohort #7!
Applications for the 8th Brainforest Cohort are open!
Building a venture rooted in biodiversity and regeneration? This is your invitation.
Hidden rule 02: Nobody goes first anymore
Every nature deal needs one investor willing to take the first hit. That investor is disappearing.
Hidden rule 01: Most nature ventures should not raise VC
And that is OK. Why the reflex to pitch VCs costs founders years, and what the smarter capital path looks like.
Cohort 7 is complete: from Pitch Event to rainy forest, a look back at spring!
The Venture Program is done, the portfolio decision in full discussion, and applications opening 25 July.
Brainforest's Cohort 7: an invitation to investors connected to nature
Meet Cohort 7, peek behind the scenes, and save the date for virtual pitch event!
OnlyPlants Food lands a matching ticket: Wyss Academy for Nature matches Brainforest's investment
Looking back at a Q1 full of milestones: a matched ticket from Wyss Academy for Nature, portfolio achievements across three continents, and a brand new cohort starting.
Brainforest's Learning Series - Nature Tech: Innovations Scaling Climate & Conservation Impact
A Brainforest learning series that covers the basics, the mechanisms, and the real world trade offs of investing in forests and biodiversity.
Brainforest's Learning Series - Risk & Reward: De-risking Nature Investments
A Brainforest learning series that covers the basics, the mechanisms, and the real world trade offs of investing in forests and biodiversity.