Our Team

We are a mission-driven team with wide-ranging expertise, united by curiosity and a bias toward building. By working across disciplines we are focused on creating a new category rather than competing within old ones.

Naeem Lakhani

Founder and Managing Partner

Exited tech founder and former Chief Data Officer with a track record in impact investing, AI, data and large scale platforms. His investment and technology expertise make him uniquely qualified to develop venture strategies and evaluate technologies that will drive agricultural transformation.

Antony Yousefian

General Partner

With a background in capital markets and a career built in Agri-Food Tech ventures, Antony brings full-stack insight from idea to on-farm operations having led commercial, product and investment strategies. He combines a decade of agricultural technology dealflow with hands-on farming reality.

Dr. Amy Godfrey

Analyst, Healthcare Research

Medical doctor and biologist with over a decade of clinical experience. Amy brings the clinical authority to validate our investment thesis - agricultural innovations translate into real human health improvements - bridging food, biology, and human outcomes.

Saumeel Pachigar

Portfolio Manager

Startup operator and scale-up specialist with a biotech edge. Saumeel is the execution lead, he brings a decade of experience taking ventures from zero to exit across climate, fintech, and beyond.

Olly Sauer

Investor Relations Lead and Internal Ops

Mission driven investor with 15 years of experience across growth cap private equity, early stage venture capital, and credit risk analytics. Olly possesses deep industry knowledge of environmental and social sectors, with ample experience in fund management, fundraising and fund formation.

Bea Ver 1.0

Research and Analysis

Leveraging a trillion parameters not as a tool but as a collaborator to push the boundaries of insight generation.

Our Advisors

Dr. Ichsani Wheeler

World leading geo-spatial soil and carbon methodology scientist.

Koen van Seijen

Founder of top Regenerative Ag and Food Podcast and Investor.

Dr. Rabia Khan

Deeptech geneticist, TechBio founder, and Ex Healtech/Biotech Exec.

Stephanie Mathern

AgTech Investor, Soil Association board, 20 years investment banking.

Simon Pickard

IC Chair, Biodiversity Co-chair & Advisory board member for UBP's Positive Impact equity funds.

Arne Driessen

Exited entrepreneur, Investment Manager of Golden Bird BV impact family office. Top 50 Farmers.

Dr. Kelly Ann Ross

Decarbonisation and sustainable supply chains expert, Ex Barry Callebaut and Syngenta.

Fernando Russo

Serial entrepreneur, Founder of Meraki Impact, Agroforestry practitioner.

Dr. Eric Dinerstein

Scientist and conservationist with 20+ years as Chief Scientist at World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

Ralf Schroeder

Impact investor at Red Rocks Impact, Strategic adviser with 20+ years management experience.

Ecosystem Partners

The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.

— Jonas Salk