Lucas Mann
Managing Partner at Acre Venture Partners
Santa Monica, California
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
2015 - Current
Acre invests in companies creating fundamental change within food and agriculture.
Board Member
2023
Bonsai Robotics provides vision-based automation solutions for off-road vehicles, such as agricultural machines.
Raised $10,500,000.00 from Matt Barnard, Andros, Serra Ventures, Lee Redden, SNR.vc, Travis Deyle, Acre Venture Partners, Fall Line Capital, The E14 Fund and Congruent Ventures.
Board Member
2024
Farm-ng is a robotics company that develops general purpose farm robots that can be used to implement sustainable farming practices.
Raised $10,000,000.00 from Acre Venture Partners, HawkTower and Xplorer Capital.
Board Member
2023
Highlight is a market research platform that facilitates efficient, agile, and scaled at-home product testing.
Raised $26,200,000.00 from HearstLab, Eudemian Ventures, Jag Bath, Ingeborg Investments, Jag Bath, Acre Venture Partners, Ryan Nece, GS Futures and HearstLab.
Board Member
2022
Board Observer
2018
Inari is a biotechnology company that aims to transform agriculture and its impact on society and the environment.
Raised $609,000,000.00 from Flagship Pioneering, Rokos Capital Management, State of Michigan Retirement System, Hanwha Impact Partners, Rivas Capital, NGS Super and CPP Investments.
Board Member
2022
People Science is a tech-led R&D platform for alternative medicine.
Raised $8,500,000.00 from FORM Life Ventures, Thia Ventures, Bluestein Ventures, Acre Venture Partners, Lifeforce Capital, Noetic Fund and Woven Science.