15 industry experts,
four boards

They see every technology before we commit, and they tell us when we are wrong. Between them they have worked at Impossible Foods, Nestlé, AB InBev, Novonesis and more.

What the boards are for

A venture studio's hardest problem is saying no accurately. It is easy to fall in love with a technology and easy to dismiss one that needed a second look.

The boards make that judgment less ours and more the industry's. Market experts say whether anyone will buy it, technology experts whether it can be made at scale. Then we decide.

It is also why demand is established before a company exists, rather than discovered after it.

01

Advisory Board to the Studio

Investors and entrepreneurs who advise on how the studio itself is built.

Linda Armbruster
Founder, CEO @ Bluemorrow
ex. Creative Docs, SparkWorks
David Bassani
Partner @ Maia VC
ex. ZX Ventures, AB InBev
Matthew Burris
Partner @ Venture Studio Associates
Venture studio expertise
Amir Zaidman
Founder, Chief Business Officer @ The Kitchen Hub
Israeli foodtech ecosystem
Undisclosed
FMCG executive
Global ambition to build a game-changing initiative
Undisclosed
Food startup CEO
Hard truths about surviving the food startup journey
02

Market Expert Board

Commercial leaders from food companies who tell us which problems manufacturers will pay to solve.

Christine Gould
Founder, CEO @ GIGA
ex. Thought For Food, Syngenta
Noel Clarke
Senior VP International @ Impossible Foods
ex. Unilever
Mauro Piloni
Novonesis, Future Food Institute
Industry innovation
Antje Räuscher
Head of ProVeg Incubator
Alternative protein acceleration
Undisclosed
Chief Commercial Officer @ growth-stage startup
Global commercial execution
03

Technology Expert Board

R&D leaders who test whether a technology can work at industrial scale.

Jan Biehl
Innovation @ Swiss Food Research
ex. Chief R&D @ YFood, Lead Proteins @ Nestlé
Roberto Reniero
Technology Advisory @ Grey Silo Ventures
ex. Head of R&D and PTC @ Nestlé
Stuart Wilkinson
Co-founder & Technology Director @ BioBrew by AB InBev
ex. Technology Solutions @ AB InBev
Undisclosed
Biotechnology CTO
Strong scientific foundations for consumer value
04

Founder to Founder Board

Founders who have raised and built food tech companies, and advise our CEOs from experience.

Zac Austin
Co-founder, CEO @ Pacifico BioLabs
CHF 3.3m raised (pre-seed)
Nicole Kleger
Co-founder, CTO @ Sallea
CHF 2.6m raised (pre-seed)
Tomas Turner
Co-founder, CEO @ Cosaic
CHF 6.5m raised (pre-seed + seed)

Three ways in

You have technology

In a research lab, in a startup that ran out of funds, or on a corporate shelf.

tech@foodfounders.studio

You want to build a company

We co-found with experienced CEOs, CTOs and CCOs. You do not need to arrive with an idea.

Join the talent pool

You have a problem to solve

Tell us what you would pay to fix. Every venture we build starts there.

industry@foodfounders.studio