Brett Morris, CFA

Managing Director | Venture Capital & Private Equity | Agriculture, Food, Energy | Kauffman Fellow

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 19 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2023
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19
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5
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3
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Oct 2023
Building a vaccine for cattle to reduce their methane emissions
Board Observer
Jul 2023
Grey ammonia contributes 2% of global carbon emissions. Talus Renewables supports a cheaper, cleaner alternative: Green Ammonia. We are proud to introduce the world’s first modular green ammonia system that enables local production of low-cost, carbon-free fertilizers and renewable fuels. Our technology replaces a costly and unreliable supply chain, bringing equity in a sustainable future for all.
Board Observer
Feb 2023
SOLASTA Bio is an ambitious bioinsecticides start up with a unique proposition: nature-inspired small molecule insect control products for the global agricultural market. We are a small but passionate and world-leading team - join us!
Board Observer
Dec 2022
Windfall Bio has developed the first-ever solution to capture and transform climate-harming methane emissions into organic fertilizer. This nature-based solution harnesses methane-eating microbes to transform methane from any source into valuable outputs. The company’s solution allows methane emitters across industries, such as agriculture, oil and gas, and waste management, to reduce their carbon footprint, as well as enables farmers to improve their profitability and environmental impact.
Investor
Aug 2022
Agtonomy is an AI and software services company specializing in intelligent automation for agriculture, turf, and beyond. Through partnerships with leading equipment manufacturers, Agtonomys platform is embedded into industrial machinery to enable automation in complex, real-world environments. Its platform boosts efficiency, safety, and sustainability, while allowing operators to retain command over every task.
Board Observer
Jun 2022
At Bond were working with some of the worlds most progressive veterinarians, scientists and technologies to understand how to take bigger leaps with pet food. Leaps that can lead to food thats exceptionally cleaner, kinder and nutritious.
Investor
Jun 2022
We remove atmospheric carbon for a fraction of the cost while increasing crop yields. Our process is highly efficient, increases soil health, and repurposes post-industrial waste. Then we sell the carbon credits to companies and split revenue with our regenerative growers. With a world-class team leveraging expertise in soil chemistry, agronomy, geochemistry, machine learning, and logistics, we are engineering the most cost-effective, and scientifically rigorous solution to enhanced rock weathering at scale. 🌎 🌾 🚜
early stageBiotechnology
Board Observer
Mar 2022
Koidra is an intelligent automation company, dedicated to modernizing the automation of manufacturing facilities, with the greenhouse industry being the core market. Our AI Automation enables systems to reason, adapt and make optimal decisions in real-time to improve efficiency, scalability, and sustainability. Interested in how AI Autonomation can transform your operations or accelerate your innovation roadmap? 👉 Contact us at hello@koidra.ai
Investor
Nov 2021
Debut is an unconventional innovation company, integrating breakthrough biotechnology and brand creation to build businesses that represent the next generation of sustainable wellness. With proprietary screening, testing and cell-free biomanufacturing technology, we unlock novel actives to power global personal care and health brands. Our mission is to set a new standard for big business through our dynamic intrapreneurial model and to create purposeful brands that push humanity forward.
Board Observer
Oct 2021
Omeat is a food startup that has pioneered a scalable way to produce cultivated meat that’s delicious, affordable, orders-of-magnitude more sustainable than conventional meat, and doesn’t involve sacrificing an animal. The secret to Omeat is a proprietary process that harnesses the intrinsically regenerative factors within cows plasma to foster cell growth. Omeat’s growth media is a cost-effective alternative to fetal bovine serum and can be used to cultivate any kind of meat. Omeat is based in Los Angeles, founded in 2020 by world-renown tissue biologist Dr. Ali Khademhosseini. The company is currently building a pilot plant and rapidly expanding its team toward commercial readiness.
Board Observer
Sep 2021
ZymoChem is breakthrough science for a fossil-free future. We accelerate the transition to a real-zero economy by developing bio-based materials for everyday products. Are you interested learning more about how our high performance biomaterials are replacing petrochemical ingredients? We are seeking candidates who are motivated by science & innovation and have a passion to push the boundaries of materials performance. We are collaborative, multidisciplinary, and relentlessly committed to creating a chemicals & materials industry in tune with the 21st century. If this sounds exciting, we want to hear from you! Please visit: www.zymochem.com/careers ZymoChem. Creating the Fossil-free Future.
Board Member
Aug 2021
Andes empowers biology to enable positive action against climate change.
Board Observer
Dec 2019
We are improving how we farm and what we eat by unleashing the natural power that exists in plants to create a more agile and resilient agriculture system.
Founding Team and Board Member
Jan 2019
RNAissance Ag LLC is an ag biotechnology startup creating RNAi-based insecticides for crop protection. The company was formed following the successful completion of a project, funded by TechAccel and the Danforth Center, to demonstrate a sprayable technology to apply RNA interference (or RNAi) technology as a biopesticide targeting insects. RNAissance Ag holds the exclusive license to this proprietary RNAi technology. The company will focus on developing a sprayable bio pesticide effective for insect pests that previously were considered resistant to RNAi.
early stageBiotechnology
Investor
Dec 2018
GreenLight Biosciences is a mission-driven public-benefit corporation using the power of RNA to tackle some of humanitys greatest challenges, including pandemics, rare diseases, biodiversity and climate change.
late stageBiotechnology
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Experience · 23 entries
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2023
Investor
Oct 2023
Building a vaccine for cattle to reduce their methane emissions
Board Observer
Jul 2023
Grey ammonia contributes 2% of global carbon emissions. Talus Renewables supports a cheaper, cleaner alternative: Green Ammonia. We are proud to introduce the world’s first modular green ammonia system that enables local production of low-cost, carbon-free fertilizers and renewable fuels. Our technology replaces a costly and unreliable supply chain, bringing equity in a sustainable future for all.
Board Observer
Feb 2023
SOLASTA Bio is an ambitious bioinsecticides start up with a unique proposition: nature-inspired small molecule insect control products for the global agricultural market. We are a small but passionate and world-leading team - join us!
2022
Board Observer
Dec 2022
Windfall Bio has developed the first-ever solution to capture and transform climate-harming methane emissions into organic fertilizer. This nature-based solution harnesses methane-eating microbes to transform methane from any source into valuable outputs. The company’s solution allows methane emitters across industries, such as agriculture, oil and gas, and waste management, to reduce their carbon footprint, as well as enables farmers to improve their profitability and environmental impact.
Investor
Aug 2022
Agtonomy is an AI and software services company specializing in intelligent automation for agriculture, turf, and beyond. Through partnerships with leading equipment manufacturers, Agtonomys platform is embedded into industrial machinery to enable automation in complex, real-world environments. Its platform boosts efficiency, safety, and sustainability, while allowing operators to retain command over every task.
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