Two problems that are really one
Manufacturers have cut their own R&D and now buy rather than build, so they need technology that is already proven. Meanwhile proven technology sits unused in university labs, in startups that ran out of money, and in programs that were shelved.
Each side holds what the other is missing. Putting the two together is the whole of what this studio does.
How the studio works
We start the companies ourselves and hold equity from day one.
We establish the problem
With our expert boards, we find out what manufacturers will pay to solve.
We find the science
University labs, startups that ran out of runway, shelved corporate programs.
We assess it properly
Problem, performance, defensibility, and whether it can be licensed or acquired. More than a hundred have been through it.
We co-found the company
We license the technology, recruit the team, fund the first stage and build it with them.
One company so far, and many to follow
SentiaNova was built on licensed technology and reached the market within a year. One is not a track record. It is proof the machine runs, which is what a studio has to establish first.
How SentiaNova was builtThree ways in
You have technology
In a research lab, in a startup that ran out of funds, or on a corporate shelf.
tech@foodfounders.studioYou want to build a company
We co-found with operators. You do not need to arrive with an idea.
Join the talent poolYou have a problem to solve
Tell us what you would pay to fix. Every venture we build starts there.
industry@foodfounders.studio