Francesca D'Cruz

Francesca focuses on early-stage venture and farmland investing while managing the California region and sourcing deals in Northern California. Her professional background includes experience at Arcadia Biosciences as an associate involved in bringing better-for-you foods to market. She worked as a consultant for The March Fund, an early/late stage food-tech venture capital firm specializing in transformative technology solutions. Francesca served as a Pathways Agricultural Statistician at the USDA, where she reviewed and contributed to the California Agricultural Statistics Review, focusing on fruit, nut crops, and grape crush data. She co-authored a publication in the American Institute of Chemical Engineering CEP Food Engineering Edition. She holds a BS in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems from UC Davis, with University Honors Program Honors.