Hamburg, November 24, 2025 – YPOG provided comprehensive advice to Oyster Bay on legal, tax, andregulatory issues in structuring its second generation of funds. The fund significantly exceeded its original target and closed with a total volume of over EUR 100 million. Leading institutional investors as well as numerous entrepreneurs and companies from the national and international agri-food sector have invested in the fund.
Oyster Bay invests across the entire food value chain – in technologies, products, and business models that are driving the transformation of the global food system. The food sector is the world's largest industry, accounting for >10 percent of global economic output, 40 percent of all jobs, and USD 10 trillion in sales. At the same time, less than eight percent of climate-related VC investments worldwide have gone into food and agri-tech to date. Oyster Bay is specifically addressing this structural imbalance.
The new fund generation has already invested in several high-growth food and agri-tech companies, including goodBytz (robotic solutions for professional kitchens), Nukoko (alternative cocoa production), Arda Biomaterials (upcycling brewers spent grain), and seedalive (AI-supported rapid tests to determine seed germination capacity).
Oyster Bay's first fund generation, also advised by YPOG, had already invested early on in companies such as Air-Up, True Gum, and Oatly and, according to industry benchmarks, ranks among the top ten percent of its European peer group.
“The successful launch of the second generation of funds underscores Oyster Bay's strong position in the European food and agritech ecosystem,” says Dr. Julian Albrecht, partner at YPOG. "The team combines deep entrepreneurial expertise with a clear impact ambition. We are delighted to have supported the structuring process and thus contributed to enabling innovative founders to actively drive change in the global food industry."
About Oyster Bay
Oyster Bay is a venture capital firm that invests in healthy, sustainable, and functional food and beverage companies, as well as disruptive agri-tech companies. Further information is available on the Oyster Bay website: https://www.oysterbay.vc/#about
Team
Dr. Julian Albrecht (Lead, Funds), Partner, Hamburg
Dr. Nick Tamburello (Funds), Associate, Hamburg
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About us
YPOG stands for You + Partners of Gamechangers – forward-thinking legal and tax advice. Supporting companies that are focused on emerging technologies, YPOG embraces change as an opportunity to develop cutting-edge solutions. The YPOG team offers comprehensive expertise in the areas of Funds, Tax, Transactions, Corporate, Banking, Regulatory + Finance, IP/IT/Data Protection, Litigation, and Corporate Crime + Compliance + Investigations. YPOG is one of the leading law firms in Germany for venture capital, private equity, fund structuring, and the implementation of distributed ledger technology (DLT) in financial services. Both the firm and its partners are regularly recognized by renowned national and international publications such as JUVE, Best Lawyers, Chambers and Partners, Leaders League, and Legal 500. YPOG is home to more than 180 experienced attorneys, tax advisors and tax specialists as well as a notary, working across offices in Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg, Munich, Cambridge and London.
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