Esther Barak-Landes

FLORA Ventures is a new early-stage fund that is identifying, backing, and partnering with the best purpose-led entrepreneurs redefining the $8T AgriFood & Sustainability industries to make food that is good for people and kind to the planet. The fund’s investment thesis is focused on the intersection of the AgriFood industry with Planetary & Human Health, all underpinned by deep-tech. FLORA Ventures is accessing a proprietary deal-flow and supporting those ventures with our hands-on deep industry know-how, global network, and access to smart capital. The fund is d backed by leading Institutional and Strategic Limited Partner investors. FLORA Ventures is led by two experienced and complimentary General Partners: Gil Horsky & Esther Barak-Landes. Gil Horsky is a food industry executive with +16 years of global leadership experience from Mondelēz, Kraft Foods, PepsiCo & Nestle. Gil Horsky co-founded the Mondelēz corporate venture investment arm (CVC) and has vast experience in developing and commercializing new branded food innovation and FoodTech platforms that generated >$800MM in revenues. Esther Barak-Landes has over 20 years of proven track record of successfully leading VC investments in disruptive tech startups. She led the first investments into multiple, later to become publicly traded unicorn tech companies (Payoneer, Playtika, Amwell, etc.) and facilitated M&A deals in $billions of her portfolio companies. Esther also founded the Nielsen Innovate Fund, an early-stage incubator.