What ZORA Ventures does

ZORA Ventures is a privately-held impact venture capital firm headquartered at HaMenofim Street 10 in Herzliya, Israel, operating with a 1-10 employee footprint. The firm invests in leading Israeli scientists and entrepreneurs building B2B deep tech solutions to two intertwined challenges: reversing climate change and building sustainable food systems. Sourcing draws on Israel's deep scientific talent pipeline in chemistry, biology, engineering, and computational sciences, with the firm conducting rigorous impact diligence alongside exhaustive business, financial, and legal due diligence before deploying capital. Operating geographies are concentrated in Israel, with portfolio technologies intended for global corporate offtake.

The firm operates two distinct investment vehicles: the ZORA Israel Impact Fund, which targets Israeli deep tech across food, agriculture, and climate, and the ZORA Carbon Capture fund, a verticalized mandate for carbon removal technologies. The portfolio currently includes Forsea Foods (cultivated eel meat via organoid technology, $5.2M seed round October 2022), Earth Force Technologies (teleoperated wildfire prevention, $8.6M seed raise November 2022), Wasteless (dynamic pricing to reduce grocery food waste, $5M seed round May 2021), PlanetWatchers (crop monitoring), and Amai Proteins (sugar-replacement sweet proteins, Extreme Tech Challenge 2022 global winner). Portfolio companies receive hands-on support across fundraising, business development, strategy, and organizational growth — an operating-support model more typical of conviction-driven early-stage VCs than passive financial investors. End-customer demand is concentrated in Fortune 100 corporates seeking cleaner, lower-capex, seamlessly integrable inputs for sustainability and regulatory-driven transitions.

The revenue model follows standard venture capital mechanics: management fees on committed capital supplemented by carried interest on successful exits. No fund size, AUM, or revenue figures are publicly disclosed. Distribution is direct and bilateral — investee companies are reached via direct outreach and the [email protected] application channel, while Limited Partner capital is sourced through the firm's website, newsletter, LinkedIn thought leadership, and direct network engagement. Marketing is content-led and brand-light, focused on demonstrating impact credentials rather than fund performance, reflecting the firm's impact-investor positioning.

Name

ZORA Ventures

Legal name

ZORA Ventures LLC

Website

https://zora.vc

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ZORA Ventures is a privately-held, Herzliya-based impact venture capital firm (1-10 employees) investing in Israeli scientists and entrepreneurs developing deep tech B2B solutions for climate change mitigation and sustainable food systems, deploying capital via the ZORA Israel Impact Fund and ZORA Carbon Capture fund.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital (Climate and Impact Investing)

NAICS

Open-End Investment Funds (525910)

SIC

Miscellaneous Business Credit Institution (6159)

akta.pro primary industry

Climate / Clean Tech & Decarbonization Funds (FSANAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Energy & Sustainability / Climate Growth Equity (FSANACAG)

Keywords

• Venture capital investment
• Climate tech funding
• Deep tech investing
• Impact investment funds
• Early stage startups

Headquarters

HQ city

Herzliya

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Fund Management: Standard VC revenue model comprising management fees on committed capital and carried interest (performance fees) from successful portfolio company exits.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ZORA Ventures is a venture capital firm that manages investment funds (ZORA Carbon Capture and ZORA Israel Impact Fund) deploying early-stage capital into Israeli-founded deeptech startups building B2B solutions for climate change, greenhouse-gas remediation, food security, and agricultural sustainability. The firm sources, vets, finances, and supports portfolio companies across food, agriculture, and climate verticals, including Forsea Foods, Earth Force Technologies, Wasteless, Amai Proteins, and PlanetWatchers.

Product overview

ZORA Ventures is a venture capital firm that operates two main investment funds: ZORA Carbon Capture and the ZORA Israel Impact Fund. The firm invests in Israeli scientists and entrepreneurs developing deep tech innovations for climate change mitigation and sustainable food systems. Their portfolio includes investments in cultivated seafood (Forsea Foods), wildfire prevention technology (Earth Force Technologies), food waste reduction (Wasteless), agricultural monitoring (PlanetWatchers), and alternative sweeteners (Amai Proteins), among other companies working on solutions for a more sustainable future.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ZORA Carbon Capture: Portfolio brand focused on carbon capture technologies
• ZORA Israel Impact Fund
• ZORA Additional Companies

Products and services

• ZORA Carbon Capture Fund Dedicated venture capital fund for early-stage Israeli deeptech startups developing carbon capture and greenhouse-gas remediation solutions, deployed as limited-partnership capital with active portfolio support.
• ZORA Israel Impact Fund Venture capital fund backing Israeli scientists and founders building B2B deeptech solutions for climate change, food production, and agriculture, structured as an LP-style investment vehicle with hands-on portfolio engagement.
• Portfolio company investments (Forsea Foods, Earth Force Technologies, Wasteless, Amai Proteins, PlanetWatchers and additional portfolio) Equity investments plus ongoing portfolio support (board involvement, strategic and operational guidance) provided to early-stage Israeli deeptech portfolio companies in climate, food, and agriculture, including cultivated seafood (Forsea Foods), agricultural earth observation (PlanetWatchers), computational protein design (Amai Proteins), food-waste reduction (Wasteless), and additional climate-tech ventures (Earth Force Technologies and others).

Quantifiable outcome

• $105 trillion will be spent in the next 30 years to reach net-zero emissions
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• The Kitchen FoodTech HubcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2022Israeli foodtech venture builder and incubator that nurtured Forsea Foods from research out of Tel Aviv University. Also supported founding of the company with initial capital from Israeli Innovation Authority (IIA) and Strauss-Group.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Breakthrough Energy Ventures: Climate-focused early-stage venture fund backed by Bill Gates investing in deep tech decarbonization solutions globally. Directly comparable to ZORA as an impact/climate deep tech VC fund targeting breakthrough technologies.
• Lowercarbon Capital: Climate-focused venture fund investing across climate mitigation, food, and decarbonization. Closely comparable mission and stage focus to ZORA's impact deep tech mandate.
• Congruent Ventures: Early-stage venture firm investing in companies that transform resource-intensive industries including food, energy, and mobility. Directly comparable as an early-stage climate/sustainability deep tech investor.
• Prelude Ventures: Sustainability-focused early-stage VC investing in transformative technologies across energy, food, and mobility. Comparable impact-oriented thesis and seed/Series A stage focus similar to ZORA.
• Third Sphere: Climate-focused early-stage VC explicitly referenced as co-investor alongside ZORA in portfolio company Earth Force Technologies. Closely comparable as a thematic climate deep tech investor.
• PeakBridge VC: FoodTech-focused VC that co-invested with ZORA in Forsea Foods. Comparable focus on the food/agtech side of ZORA's mandate with overlapping portfolio exposure.

Regional players

• OurCrowd: Israel-based global venture investing platform with multiple sector-focused funds. Regional comparable that shares ZORA's Israel-centric sourcing ecosystem but operates broader than climate/foodtech.
• Pitango Venture Capital: One of Israel's largest venture firms with deep tech and climate-tech exposure. Regional peer sharing Israeli talent sourcing and LP base, comparable in stage range and sector overlap.
• Grove Ventures: Israel-based deep tech venture firm investing in enterprise, health, and climate technologies. Comparable as an Israeli deep tech investor drawing from the same scientific talent pipeline ZORA accesses.

Broad incumbents

• DCVC (Data Collective): Deep tech-focused venture firm investing in computational and engineering-driven solutions across climate, health, and industrials. Comparable as a deep tech investor overlapping on technical climate bets, with broader sector mandate.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments17 records

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