Behind the fund: The British family investor rethinking agrifood finance
25 Sept 2026
16:20
The investment vehicle of a wealthy British farming family is actively investing in companies and funds across agriculture, energy, chemicals, and water.
Its managing director, a former seed industry dealmaker, says agrifood tech needs a different model from classic venture capital.
"Silicon Valley and Salinas Valley are not the same thing," George Bilkis, managing partner at Aleph Eins Capital, tells Impact Loop.
Its managing director, a former seed industry dealmaker, says agrifood tech needs a different model from classic venture capital.
"Silicon Valley and Salinas Valley are not the same thing," George Bilkis, managing partner at Aleph Eins Capital, tells Impact Loop.
Aleph Eins Capital has a bare website, a holding company in a German university town, and a mystery British farming family backing it.
According to George Bilkis, the firm's managing director, the family is the UK's largest grower of organic crops and is building the country's largest reservoir for farm use.