Miguel Jordao

Miguel Jordao is passionate about building better food systems and founded Newland in 2022 to support the leading Food and Agtech founders in Europe with capital and *actual* value-add. He has than a decade of professional experience in Ag and Finance and has been angel investing in food & agtech for the past 5 years. His portfolio includes companies such as Heura, THIS, Allplants, Taster. At Newland, he has led investments in Extracellular, Cala and Messium.

In addition to Miguel’s work with Newland, he runs strategy and finance at Gardin Agritech, which he joined as an early employee and helped raise Europe’s largest ever impact seed round. As a member of Gardin’s leadership team, he is responsible for developing Gardin’s business strategy and optimizing resource allocation. The business has since gone from 0 to 1 and its customers include some of the leading Ag companies globally. Prior to Gardin, Miguel worked for c.8 years in financial services, having held diverse roles across investing, business development, and sales & trading. He is a CFA charterholder and a graduate of London Business School (MBA).