The Food Tech Lab
Also known as TheFoodTechLab, TFTL, theFoodTechLab SL
Madrid agrifood-tech venture investor advising TheFoodTechLab Climate Fund I (FCRE, €30–50m target); seed to Series A B2B startups in Europe and Israel.
- HEADQUARTERS
- Madrid, Spain
- FOUNDED
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- AUM
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- OUTSIDE CAPITAL
- Yes
- TEAM LISTED
- 5 people
Focus
- STAGES
- SeedSeries A
- ASSET MIX
- Venture capital
- GEOGRAPHY
- EuropeIsrael
Overview
The Food Tech Lab is a Madrid group of agrifood-tech investors with an office in Binyamina, Israel. It advises TheFoodTechLab Climate Fund I, a closed-ended European venture capital fund (FCRE) managed and marketed by an asset manager, that invests in B2B startups in nutrition and health, alternative protein, circular economy and agtech. The fund targets more than €30m with a €50m hard cap and 20–25 companies; its site lists eight portfolio companies, including Maolac, Better Juice, Brevel and Treetoscope.
Investment thesis
Disruptive, scalable B2B food technologies from proof of concept with solid patents, at seed to Series A, in four verticals (nutrition and health, alternative protein, circular economy, agtech), in Europe and Israel; takes an active board seat.
PORTFOLIO (8)
- Food & Agriculture
- Food & Agriculture
- Food & Agriculture
- Food & Agriculture
- Climate & Energy
- Food & Agriculture
- Food & Agriculture · since 2025
- Food & Agriculture · since 2025
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Frequently asked questions
The Food Tech Lab is a VC fund based in Madrid, Spain.
Yes. The Food Tech Lab invests its own capital in private companies.
The Food Tech Lab invests at Seed and Series A stages in Food & Agriculture and Climate & Energy.
The Food Tech Lab's stated ticket size is €100K–€1.5M.
Key people at The Food Tech Lab include Juan Cividanes (Managing Partner, Portfolio Manager), Ricardo Nadal (Managing Partner, Investment Manager), Emilio Restoy (Managing Partner, CEO) and Roni Eiger (Venture Partner, Head of Israel Office).
The Food Tech Lab's investments include Maolac, Better Juice, Brevel, Treetoscope, Pack2Earth, Ama Drinks (Wild Ferment), Gavan Technologies and BlueRedGold.
The most recent publicly reported investment by The Food Tech Lab is Gavan Technologies (€500k investment by TheFoodTechLab Climate Fund I (announced with BlueRedGold, also €500k; made “in recent months” per the July 2025 release)), announced in Jul 2025.
Yes. The Food Tech Lab manages capital from outside investors.