MG

Manuel Gonzalez

General Partner at AgFunder

San Francisco Bay Area

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • General Partner

    2020

  • Advisory Board Member

    2017

  • Founder & Managing Partner of Global RIFF (Revolution in Food Fund)

    2018

    An integrated platform that discovers, selects, invests and develops founders leading the revolution in food and fuels the growth of their ideas. We’re looking for: Investors, food innovators with big ideas, and companies small and large to join us on our mission. If you'd like to connect to learn more, please reach out.

  • Advisory Board Member

    2018

  • Advisory Board Member

    2018

  • Global Head of B4F Start-up Innovation

    2015 - 2018

    Founder of FoodBytes! Started in 2015 in San Francisco and expanded globally by 2018. Founder of TERRA, the F&A accelerator that redefined the idea of pilots at scale. Uniting the most innovative corporations in the F&A space with the entrepreneurs who want to feed the world sustainably.

2012 - 2018

  • Global Head B4F Start-up Innovation

    2017 - 2018

    Created the Food & Agriculture (“F&A”) Startup Innovation Group and the new global platform and impactful brands (FoodBytes! and TERRA) that brought the F&A innovation ecosystem to Rabobank.

  • Nort America Head Start-up Innovation

    2016 - 2017

  • Managing Director, Head Corporate Clients West Coast Region / Founder FoodBytes!

    2012 - 2016

2007 - 2013

  • Executive Board Member

    2007 - 2013

1996 - 2012

  • Country Head, Mexico

    2008 - 2012

  • Head of Risk and Legal, Mexico

    2003 - 2008

  • VP Corporate Finance

    2000 - 2003

  • Senior Project Manager, Agri-Project Finance

    1996 - 2000

  • Founder and CEO

    1987 - 1995

  • Co-Founder and Head of Business Development

    1988 - 1994