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Featured Venture: SentiaNova

Our first venture: the world's first truly neutral plant proteins. Off-flavors removed — not masked.

SentiaNova

Transforming Plant-Based Proteins

Building

Plant-derived proteins suffer from persistent beany, bitter, and green off-notes that limit mainstream adoption. Current solutions mask these flavors with additives. SentiaNova removes them at the source, before concentration or isolation, using a patented technology licensed from a leading European university. The result: clean, neutral-tasting plant proteins across pulses and formats, with no additives and no regulatory barriers.

Addressable Market
$47B plant-derived protein ingredients
First Product
SentiaNova™ Fully Neutral PPC 55 — pea protein concentrate, ≥55% protein

The Problem & Solution

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Problem

Off-flavors are the #1 barrier to plant protein adoption. They limit inclusion rates, require expensive flavor masking, and drive consumer rejection.

Solution

A patented process that eliminates off-flavors at the raw material stage, before concentration or isolation. Works across yellow pea, fava bean, chickpea, and mung bean in flour, concentrate, isolate, and textured protein formats.

Breakthrough Technology

Works across starch-rich pulse types such as yellow pea, fava bean, chickpea, mung bean
Supports all formats: flours, concentrates, isolates, textured proteins
Plugs into existing CMO infrastructure, no new factories needed
Clean label by design: no solvents, no E-numbers, no added flavors

Market Validation

Patented technology licensed from a top European university
CEO Daria Reisch selected from 200+ applicants, previously built and exited Agrinorm
Samples available now, commercial volumes targeted Q4 2026
Independently validated: truly neutral flavor profile confirmed

Leadership

Daria Reisch

Founder & CEO

6 years building Agrinorm, successfully exited 2025

"This technology addresses exactly what the industry desperately needs: better taste. The added benefit is lower costs, as it decreases the need for expensive flavour maskers."
Daria Reisch
Selected from 200+ applicants

Your Technology Could Be Next

We're actively scouting the next breakthrough food technology to build into a venture. If you're a researcher with IP that could transform the industry or an entrepreneur ready to lead, let's talk.

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