Eric Archambeau

Eric Archambeau is an engineer, former Silicon Valley entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and the co-founder of Astanor Ventures, an impact-led venture capital firm focusing on technology-enabled start-up companies in the regenerative agriculture and sustainable food sectors. Before Astanor, Eric was an early investor and key advisor to the founders of disruptive technology companies across the US, the UK and the EU. Over the past two decades, he has worked as investor and mentor with social...See more

Eric Archambeau is an engineer, former Silicon Valley entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and the co-founder of Astanor Ventures, an impact-led venture capital firm focusing on technology-enabled start-up companies in the regenerative agriculture and sustainable food sectors. Before Astanor, Eric was an early investor and key advisor to the founders of disruptive technology companies across the US, the UK and the EU. Over the past two decades, he has worked as investor and mentor with social entrepreneurs addressing key social and environmental challenges, including with Maven Clinic, a digital health clinic for women, in New York, and DASRA-Social Impact, a social impact accelerator in Mumbai. Eric was an early supporter of social entrepreneurship network Ashoka in Europe, and a founding member of the Ashoka Support Network. Eric has also lectured at INSEAD, where he founded the social entrepreneurship program, and served as Global Chairman of the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation, providing food education for children across the world. He is a past chairman of the impact investment program of the UK Government's NESTA. See less