Blue Horizon

Blue Horizon Corporation, founded in 2016 and based in Zurich, Switzerland, is a venture capital investment firm focused on addressing the global challenge of sustainably feeding 10 billion people by 2050. The firm invests in innovative, tech-driven, plant-based products that cater to increasing consumer demand for healthy options. Blue Horizon Ventures, a fund launched in 2019, specifically targets investments in the agriculture and food-tech sectors across Europe. Committed to environmental, social, and governance principles, this fund seeks to achieve positive impact in areas such as health, biodiversity, and ecosystems while supporting the transition to sustainable food systems.

Tanmay Annachhatre

Principal

Derek van Brussel

Principal

Hector Freitas

Partner

Michel Hirschi

Managing Partner

Thomas Kindler Ph.D

Partner

Roger Lienhard

Founder

Björn Witte

CEO

Past deals in Nutrition

Tomorrow Foods

Seed Round in 2021
Tomorrow Foods develops and produces plant based ingredients and aditives for the food industry. It products are used in sport nutrition, meat extenders, pasta, dressing, soups, sauces, snacks, cereals, functional beverages, dairy substitutes, and bakery. The company is based in Pergamino, Argentina.

BIOMILQ

Seed Round in 2020
We leverage our patent-pending technology to produce nutritionally equivalent breastmilk from cultured human mammary cells. With Biomilq, families can achieve the recommended six months of exclusive breastfeeding while alleviating the climate impacts of bovine-based infant formula.

Lighter

Seed Round in 2019
Lighter Culture, LLC, based in Somerville, Massachusetts, specializes in a market network platform that focuses on personalized meal preparation and grocery delivery services. Founded in 2014, the company utilizes software to understand individual food preferences, allowing it to create tailored meal plans for households based on their specific goals, tastes, cooking abilities, and schedules. Lighter offers curated grocery delivery in multiple cities, including Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Boulder, Chicago, the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. The platform also includes a searchable recipe database designed for various users, such as athletes, health enthusiasts, and busy professionals. Additionally, Lighter collaborates with healthcare providers to promote nutritional advice and facilitate dietary changes for patients through its meal planning technology. This holistic approach aims to bridge the gap between dietary recommendations and actionable meal preparation.

Plantable

Seed Round in 2018
Plantable is a food delivery service company that makes it easy with plant-based, chef-crafted meals delivered to their door. The company's Real Food Reboot is a convenient, 28-day program designed to make it easy to improve our health, to feel and look better through eating really tasty, plant-based, good-for-you food. Reboot breaks what we call "The Crappy Food Cycle"​, the common addiction to highly refined grains and added sugar that leads to a broad range of conditions from constant cravings and everyone crashes all the way through to chronic disease.