About Us

VentureFruit® is a T&G Global company, offering variety management services to plant breeders and owners, growers and sales and marketing companies.

The VentureFruit® Story

With over a century of knowledge and determined to be the leader in the variety management space, VentureFruit® has evolved out of pioneering fresh produce company, T&G Global.

These strong roots have paved the way for VentureFruit®, established in 2021, to constantly seek opportunities to commercialise exciting new plant varieties with the highest potential to succeed.

Our expertise and success in cultivar development and commercialisation services has been honed over the last 25 years’ and is demonstrated through strong consumer orientated brands, including Jazz™, Envy™, Pacific Rose™ and Pacific Queen™.

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Who are we?

VentureFruit® is a team with a vision to the future.

We are clear about “what to do’ and ‘how to do it’ – with our global expertise, technical knowledge and extensive networks, we have what it takes to deliver value to our partners, and to customers and consumers around the world.

Located on the ground in key global markets, we’re focused on our partners’ success, and able to provide expertise from identifying and growing new varieties, right through to global intellectual property management, brand development and protection. 

Peter Landon-Lane, Managing Director

Peter Landon-Lane

Executive Chair

peter@venturefruit.com

Kate James, Business Development Manager

Kate James

Business Development Manager

kate@venturefruit.com

Morgan Rogers, Head of Innovation & Technical

Morgan Rogers

General Manager

morgan@venturefruit.com

Team Ewan

Ewan Potgieter

Global Variety Development Manager – Berries

ewan@venturefruit.com

Heriberto Jara, Regional Manager South America

Heriberto Jara

Regional Manager South America

heriberto@venturefruit.com

Gary Wellwood, Global Variety Development Manager (Apples)

Gary Wellwood

Global Variety Development Manager (Apples)

gary@venturefruit.com

Team Colin

Colin Bryant

North American Variety Manager

colin@venturefruit.com

Chris Fitzgerald, Global Variety Technician

Chris Fitzgerald

Global Variety Technician

chris@venturefruit.com

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Doug Lichtwark

Head of Asia Development

doug@venturefruit.com

PIC Marc Leprince

Marc Leprince

Europe Programme Coordinator

marc@venturefruit.com

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Johan Otto

Europe Programme Coordinator

johan@venturefruit.com

Team Pablo

Pablo Quarin

Berry Technical Manager – Australasia

pablo@venturefruit.com

Andrea Dyer, Administration Assistant

Andrea Dyer

Administration Assistant

andrea@venturefruit.com

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Julie Jackson

Business Administration Manager

julie@venturefruit.com