First Bight Ventures

First Bight Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in biomanufacturing, aiming to help scale the use of what it calls nature's chemistry as an alternative to materials that rely on extraction and pollution. It targets large industrial sectors, including construction and infrastructure, automotive and transportation, and textiles and apparel, which it says continue to depend on commodity, extraction-based inputs. The firm writes first cheques from seed through Series A, takes board seats, and says it is actively involved in helping portfolio companies scale operations and reduce the risks associated with scaling up new industrial processes. Its first fund backed seven early-stage biomanufacturing companies. First Bight was founded by Veronica, who has more than twenty years of experience scaling industrial processes and who serves as a board member of VF Corporation.