iSelect Fund

iSelect calls its thesis 'Food is Health.' The firm believes poor nutrition is the primary driver of chronic disease and unsustainable healthcare costs, so it invests in companies that improve the nutrition, taste, and affordability of food while simultaneously targeting technologies that enable early detection and treatment of cardio-metabolic diseases. This convergence means its portfolio spans crop science, soil health, protein fermentation, diagnostics, and personalized medicine.

The firm maintains a network of 200 advisors globally, according to its own disclosures, alongside team members in St. Louis, New York, Boston, and San Francisco. This distributed network suggests deal flow comes through expert relationships in agriculture, food science, and health technology rather than a centralized, generalist sourcing function. The firm reports spending up to 120 hours on due diligence for each portfolio company.

An evergreen fund has no fixed termination date, unlike a traditional venture fund that typically operates on a 10-year cycle. For iSelect, this structure offers investors ongoing access with low minimums and avoids the pressure to time commitments to a specific vintage year. It also allows the firm to hold positions indefinitely, which aligns with the long arc required for food-system and health-technology outcomes.

The firm presents its portfolio as a collection of direct venture investments. There is no public indication that iSelect operates as a fund-of-funds or commits to other venture managers. Its platform is built around offering investors access to a researched portfolio of high-growth startups directly, with the firm managing the investments and diligence.

iSelect does not publish a list of excluded sectors. However, its mandate is tightly constrained to the Food is Health convergence, meaning areas outside of agriculture, food technology, health diagnostics, and select resource-efficiency software are effectively out of scope. The portfolio does not include pure-play enterprise SaaS, consumer internet, or fintech companies unrelated to the food and health systems.