One of Europe's oldest impact firms lines up €100m foodtech fund: ‘Silicon Valley playbook doesn’t work here’
29 Jun 2026
13:06
While agrifood tech investors chased quick exits and burned billions on vertical farms and cultivated meat, Amsterdam's Pymwymic built a 30-year playbook doing the opposite.
Now it is raising its largest venture fund yet, Impact Loop can reveal.
In this exclusive interview, Rogier Pieterse, managing partner at Pymwymic, shares:
→ Details about the new fund
→ Why he thinks foodtech investors "got their fingers burnt"
→ The firm's strategy for funding food and ag
Now it is raising its largest venture fund yet, Impact Loop can reveal.
In this exclusive interview, Rogier Pieterse, managing partner at Pymwymic, shares:
→ Details about the new fund
→ Why he thinks foodtech investors "got their fingers burnt"
→ The firm's strategy for funding food and ag
The team at one of Europe's oldest impact investing firms has witnessed its fair share of hype cycles in foodtech – and learnt how to wait patiently for returns.
"We have created a certain playbook for this sector which so far has worked quite well compared to others where they burned their fingers," managing partner Rogier Pieterse tells Impact Loop over video call.