The FOOD FOUNDERS Studio team together in front of stacked produce crates

We don't support founders.
We are founders

We have built food and beverage companies ourselves, taken them to market and sold them. That is why we co-found rather than advise. We are in the company with you, holding the same risk at the same time.

3
Ventures built and scaled by the founding team
70+
Food-tech investments made
14
Exits across those portfolios
Giacomo Cattaneo, CEO & Co-founder, FOOD FOUNDERS Studio

Giacomo Cattaneo

CEO & Co-founder

Leads venture strategy, industry partnerships, and commercial growth at FOOD FOUNDERS Studio.

Co-founded EverGrain by AB InBev, scaling proteins and fibres from upcycled brewer's grains from zero to commercial growth. PhD in Innovation from ETH Zurich and Aarhus University.

•EverGrain named 12th most innovative company in the world by Fast Company
•Angel investor and board advisor to food-tech startups
•Supported startups closing €4.5m+ in funding rounds
Alexandre Morel, CTO & Co-founder, FOOD FOUNDERS Studio

Alexandre Morel

CTO & Co-founder

Leads technology scouting, IP evaluation, and science-to-product development at FOOD FOUNDERS Studio.

Conceived and led the world's first production process for cultivated beef fillet at Mirai Foods, inventing the core technologies that became the company's USP. PhD in biotechnology.

•World's first production process for cultivated beef fillet
•Multiple patents filed in food technology
•Led 500+ food-tech startup evaluations
Robert Boer, CIO, FOOD FOUNDERS Studio

Robert Boer

CIO

Leads fundraising, investor relations, and portfolio management at FOOD FOUNDERS Studio.

Impact investor. Managed Blue Horizon's portfolio of over seventy seed-stage food tech investments, with 14 exits. Deal structuring, portfolio strategy and follow-on capital.

•70+ food tech seed investments managed at Blue Horizon
•14 successful exits across the portfolio
•Track record spanning cultivated meat, fermentation and sustainable ingredients

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 operators. 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