444 Peter Herz – The most successful food and agriculture investor you’ve never heard of

Peter Herz spent his career as a serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley deep tech: chips, semiconductors, data storage. Then a doctor's visit in 2010 changed everything. Today he is co-founder and general partner of 1st Course Capital, one of the best-performing food funds you've probably never heard of.

So what does a former chip designer invest in? Alt proteins, vertical farms, AI farm software? Not quite. The portfolio is half tech, half food brands, with no engineered foods. And the better-for-you food brands are outperforming the tech by a mile. So why is it still so hard to raise money for food while investors chase the next big shiny thing in AI?

In this episode, we talk about why engineering tools don’t always work on biology, what Peter learned from firing his doctor, why he’s sceptical of lab-grown meat, and how better food brands could be meeting a demand the market has underestimated.

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