Granot Ventures

Granot Ventures is the investment arm of the Granot regional organization, owned by 43 Kibbutzim and Moshavim located in central Israel between Tel Aviv and Haifa. Founded in 1992, Granot is a private Israeli boutique investment firm dedicated to identifying, growing, and commercializing high-potential innovative technologies, with deep roots in Israeli agricultural and rural settlement. The organization is the largest holder of Tnuva shares among Tnuva's Israeli shareholders and holds a 4% stake in One Technologies, one of Israel's largest IT companies. CIO Esty Naftaly oversees the investment portfolio. Granot is also establishing a $150 million agritech investment fund in partnership with Israeli and international companies. Granot leads and co-invests at the seed, Series A, and Series B stages with check sizes of $1 million to $10 million. The portfolio of 28 investments concentrates on agritech, cleantech, food technology, and biotech. Notable investments include N-Drip (smart irrigation technology, where Granot led a $20 million Series B and participated in a Series C in June 2023, with co-investors including Bridges Israel, Hamilton Lane, and Metzer Group), NRGene (agricultural genomics), BarAlgae (algae cultivation, NIS 10 million investment), GreenOnyx (indoor farming), Entoprotech (insect protein and agritech), Dairycs (dairy technology), Hortica (agriculture), and Hydrogen Catalyst (industrial chemicals and clean energy). Granot Ventures' distinctive positioning stems from its ownership structure: the collective interests of 43 Kibbutzim align the firm's investment mandate directly with agricultural innovation, dairy, and sustainable farming. The fund's entry into agri-food-tech and agricultural innovations reflects both the parent organization's core activities and a calculated bet on the long-term commercial value of Israeli agricultural technology.