Trailhead Capital—a Boulder-based mission-driven venture capital firm—has announced that its inaugural regenerative agriculture investment fund has been fully subscribed with commitments totaling $50 million.

Regeneration Fund I invests in early-stage companies offering tech-enabled solutions to expand regenerative agriculture practices and products globally. Investors include the Wire Group; WovenEarth Ventures; the Zero Gap Fund, an impact investing collaboration between the Rockefeller and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur foundations; the Argosy and Cisco foundations; and the agricultural firms McDonald Pelz Global Commodities and the Rodale Institute. To date, the fund has invested in 22 companies.

According to Trailhead Capital, strong investor confidence in regenerative agriculture-related investments is seen as a signal for future expansion of the strategy.

“It is clear to me that regenerative food and agriculture is a major component of our future, and we are here to help drive its wider adoption,” said Bobby Pelz, Jr., founding partner at both Trailhead and McDonald Pelz.

“Regenerative agriculture can improve [the current food system] through its unique ability to transform an industry from a major carbon source to a huge carbon sink, minimize the 30 percent to 40 percent of food that is wasted every year, and improve the quality of the food we eat,” said Trailhead managing partner Pete Oberle. “Spurred by the convergence of tech progress and consumer demand, we’re honored and humbled to be partnering with our investors and entrepreneurs to make it a reality.”

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