The 21st century presents a series of trillion-dollar opportunities as we chart a course towards a sustainable future. Those who create breakthrough ideas the fastest will create new markets, exponential financial returns and a better future for us all. Aera VC will be right behind them.
We are an early-growth VC focusing on investing in the next generation of start-ups that will transform the world. We are remote-first with partners, operations and scouts around the globe.
Aera VC set out to prove that the pursuit of a better world makes better investment opportunities possible. We are sector and geography agnostic but invest in deep technology with fluid thematics underpinned by the UN Sustainable Development Goals. These include Climate and Carbon, Future of Food, Future of Health and Future of Work and Education.
Location: New Zealand, Auckland
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2017
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Portfolio 1
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 09.02.2023 | Michael Fo... | fablefood.... | $6.5M | Australia,... |
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| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 06.04.2023 | BREAKING: Aqua Cultured Foods closes $5.5m seed round to exp... | Chicago-based Aqua Cultured Foods has raised $5.5 million in a seed round led by Stray Dog Capital t... | agfunderne... |
| 23.02.2022 | Climate Tech Venture Firm Aera VC Raises $US30M | Aera VC, a Singapore-based climate tech venture firm, announced a $US30m first close of its new fund... | finsmes.co... |
| 22.02.2022 | Grata raises $25 million to help private equity firms find t... | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign ... | fortune.co... |
| 22.02.2022 | Grata raises $25 million to help private equity firms find t... | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign ... | fortune.co... |
| 28.10.2021 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Daring, Fabric & World Fund ra... | Farmer marketplace DeHaat made headlines this week with India’s biggest-ever agtech round. Elsewhere... | agfunderne... |
| 27.10.2021 | Aqua Cultured Foods closes $2.1m pre-seed round for fungal a... | Aqua Cultured Foods, a US company that makes seafood analogs via a fermentation process, has raised ... | agfunderne... |
| 12.08.2021 | Fable raises $4.8m from AgFunder, others for Heston-endorsed... | Disclosure: AgFunder, AFN’s parent company, is an investor in Fable Food Co. Australia’s Fable Food... | agfunderne... |
| 14.04.2020 | 54gene Closes $15M Series A | 54gene, the African genomics research, services, and development company has closed a Series A round... | citybizlis... |
| 16.03.2018 | Ag Industry Brief: More Exec Churn at Chipotle, EU Changes P... | Top Marketing Executive at Chipotle Steps Down In the latest in a series of executive transitions a... | agfunderne... |