Kharis Food Tech
Fund.

Secular forces are reshaping the €6.0 trillion global F&B industry:

• Consumer shifts & fragmentation
• Surging demand for healthy and personalised nutrition
• Environmental & social challenges
• Mounting supply chain and efficiency challenges

Food Tech is driving an unprecedented pace of innovation across the whole food chain. Following a fundamental sector reset, it is at the onset of a new growth cycle.

Kharis is purpose-built to back Food Tech entrepreneurs.

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• Seasoned team with 100+ years of combined experience in operating and investing in Food & Beverage companies
• Outstanding track record in F&B investing across maturity stages and geographies
• Core capability in scaling F&B companies through internationalisation, channel management and brand building
• Deep bench of sector-leading advisors in F&B and Tech

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• We back talented management team committed to building a world-class company
• We focus on innovative companies with proven technology and product-market fit
• We invest primarily in Series B/C rounds, selectively participating in Series A
• We target equity investment of €7.5-15m per company over multiple rounds
• We focus on Europe, including the UK and Israël
• We actively support management teams leveraging our extensive sectorial expertise and networks

The food industry faces acute environmental and social challenges:

• Global population expected to reach 8.5bn by 2030
• Agriculture and food production contribute 30% of GHG emissions.
• The industry consumes about 70% of global freshwater and occupies 50% of habitable land.
• 30-40% of food produced globally goes to waste.
• 1 billion people are clinically obese, of which 150m children
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As an Article 8 fund under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation(SFDR), Kharis Food Tech fund actively integrates ESG criteria into every investment decision:

• We target companies whose business models inherently address these environmental and social challenges
• We apply rigorous ESG screening using the B Impact Assessment framework to evaluate sustainability performance
• We actively partner with portfolio companies to set clear ESG goals, implement impactful action plans, and continuously track measurable outcomes.
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Our contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals will be most tangible in the following areas: