The Venture Codex

Participated · Seed · Mar 2026

Anchr is a New York City–based company developing an AI-driven “Enterprise Resource Automation” platform for food distributors. The software overlays existing ERP systems and embeds AI teammates that handle order intake, purchasing, inventory planning, and financial reconciliation while providing real-time margin intelligence for businesses operating on thin margins. Within 12 weeks of commercial launch, the company achieved seven-figure revenue and now serves customers ranging from regional seafood distributors to a publicly traded enterprise with $5 billion in revenue. With its fresh capital, Anchr plans to deepen automation across every operational layer of food distribution and to extend its platform into broader physical supply-chain markets. The company is led by co-founders and co-CEOs Tzar Taraporvala and Smayan Mehra. Its immediate focus is on scaling the engineering team and accelerating product development to maintain rapid growth and expand market reach.

Led · Series B · Jul 2025

Founded in 2022, BiomEdit is an animal-health biotechnology company that harnesses the microbiome, synthetic biology, and artificial intelligence to create next-generation solutions for livestock and companion animals. Its current flagship effort is the Rumen Digital Twin, a generative AI foundation model that will analyze data from more than 20,000 cattle across 25+ countries to pinpoint the most effective methane-mitigation and productivity strategies. The company is also advancing microbiome-based feed additives aimed at cutting enteric methane in cattle, a program launched with a $4.5 million Gates Foundation grant in 2023. BiomEdit plans to offer an open-access, cloud platform allowing researchers and nonprofits to simulate interventions and fine-tune feed or microbiome approaches, while retaining commercial licensing pathways. Backers include venture investors Anterra Capital, Viking Global, Nutreco, AgriZeroNZ, Elevate and Betagro Ventures. The new Bezos Earth Fund award further bolsters the firm’s non-dilutive funding base, complementing its venture backing and positioning it as a leader in climate-smart animal agriculture.

Participated · Series B · Mar 2025

Dalma offers pet insurance via an AI-embedded app that lets customers customize coverage in two clicks, analyses and reimburses claims instantly, and provides unlimited 24/7 veterinary advice by chat and video. The product also includes fee-free contracts and educational programs developed with animal welfare experts. The company protects over 60,000 pets across France and Germany and reports 700% growth since its Series A. Dalma has achieved profitability in France. Founded in 2021, it emphasizes faster claims processing compared with industry norms. With new capital, Dalma plans to introduce a direct payment system for policyholders and launch an e-shop featuring curated pet health and wellness products.

Participated · Equity · Mar 2024

Founded seven years ago, La Fourche operates a members-only e-commerce platform for organic groceries, charging €59 per year to give shoppers prices up to 50 % below traditional retailers. The company has built a community of more than 150,000 paying members and has posted strong top-line growth: +36 % year-to-date in 2024 after +43 % in 2023 and +76 % in 2022. Management forecasts revenue to exceed €100 million in 2025 and is targeting profitability by the end of that year. The fresh capital will be used to further automate its warehouse—particularly the packing line—improve logistics tracking, and expand its carrier network to ensure a flawless monthly shopping experience. Internationally, La Fourche already operates Ackerherz in Germany, has launched in Austria, and is eyeing Switzerland next, localizing assortments to favor short supply chains. Certified B Corp since 2022 and now a société à mission, the firm also offers free memberships to low-income households to democratize access to organic food. This counter-cyclical, subscription-based model has enabled it to scale efficiently while minimizing digital marketing spend.

Participated · Series D · Feb 2024

ProducePay offers a combination of supply-chain monitoring tools and financing products to help fresh produce growers and distributors manage volatility and reduce waste. The company supplies working capital for operating expenses, tech upgrades and land acquisitions, and extends post-harvest liquidity to improve growers' cash positions. ProducePay also bundles financial products with supply-chain visibility and agronomy support through “predictable commerce programs” that lock in pricing and volume before the growing season. Its platform connects growers and buyers across a network of roughly 1,000 clients and covers more than 60 commodities across 20 countries. Financial traction includes having funded more than $4.5 billion in harvests, revenue growth of 76% year over year (compared to 2022), trade volume up nearly 3x and transaction volume on track to reach $2 billion by late 2023. The company employs about 300 full-time staff and plans to expand into Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. ProducePay provides a product suite for the fresh produce industry that includes grower financing, market pricing data and analytics, and a marketplace connecting growers, distributors, and suppliers. Its financing products cover every stage of the harvest cycle with flexible payment terms, funding in two weeks or less, and no obligation to pay until produce ships. The company’s Insights and InsightsPro platforms are used by more than 10,000 growers and distributors for real-time pricing data and analytics, and its marketplace includes over 700 vetted growers and distributors. ProducePay has financed $3 billion of produce across 12 countries in North and South America. Founded in 2014 by CEO Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck and based in Los Angeles, the company plans to use new capital to invest in technology development and infrastructure, grow its direct sales team, and expand further throughout Latin America. ProducePay offers farmers cash advances throughout the growing season and buys produce ahead of delivery, positioning itself as an intermediary between distributors, growers and grocers. The company operates a centralized marketplace that launched in October and bundles pricing and payment certainty for growers with better pricing for supplies and services such as seed, equipment and logistics. Since its 2015 launch the marketplace has seen $1.5 billion worth of produce flow across it, with $750 million of those transactions occurring in the last year. The marketplace has already seen $100 million in purchases since its October debut. ProducePay is based in Los Angeles and is led by founder and CEO Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck. The company plans to use new financing to expand its purchasing model and marketplace to empower more farmers and distributors. ProducePay supplies fresh-produce farmers and distributors with short-term financing, online trading tools and market data to increase cash flow and transparency in the supply chain. The company created a way to securitize perishable produce as a financial asset using technology. It provides immediate access to financing for growers and distributors in the United States, Mexico, Canada, Honduras and Chile. ProducePay financed $400M of produce in 2017 (up from $17M in 2015) and has financed over $850M of produce in under four years, providing liquidity to more than 600 growers and distributors across six countries. The company has launched online trading and data-insight tools to streamline sales, discovery and real-time pricing. ProducePay was founded in 2015 and is based in Los Angeles. The Series B will be used to scale its financing business and to develop its software platform. ProducePay is a Los Angeles-based fintech that helps farmers better manage cash flow. It offers next-day advances on produce when shipments go to suppliers, provides pre-season advances, and operates its own market for distributors. The company’s product suite centers on cash-flow advances tied to produce shipments and a marketplace for distributors. ProducePay raised $77M in funding split between $7M in equity and $70M in debt. The funding was led by CoVenture with participation from Menlo Ventures, Arena Ventures, Red Bear Angels, Social Leverage, and Moonshots Capital. ProducePay is led by Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck; the source of the debt funding was not announced.