Our Team

• Former Principal Scientist at Nature's Fynd
• Former senior scientist at Novozymes for 20+ years, expert in fermentation science
• PhD in food biochemistry from UC Davis

• Fermentation scientist, process engineer, and industrialization manager at Bayer Crop Science for over 20 years
• Primary expertise involves scaling up fermentation processes from the benchtop to industrial scale
• 4 years at BMC

• Has over a decade of experience in fermentation technologies and processes
• Former process engineer at Bayer Crop Science, Joule Unlimited Technologies, and Millipore, where he used his expertise to facilitate process and mechanical design for scale up efforts
• 4 years at BMC

• 18 years experience in food/beverage QA
• BRC, SQF, and PCQI certified
• Co-authored 17 publications in textbooks & scientific journals

- CEO of The Better Meat Co.

- Author of national bestseller Clean Meat

- Host of the Business for Good Podcast

- Four-time TEDx speaker

20+ years of nonprofit executive experience

- Former CEO of Hain Celestial Canada

- Former CEO of Cultivate Ventures

- Chairperson, Food & Consumer Products of Canada

- Chairperson, Plant Based Foods of Canada

- CEO of The Supreme Cannabis Company

- Formerly worked in new car design at Ford Motors; now at NASA for over 20 years

- Chief Engineer for the U.S.‘s contribution to Europe’s first Mars rover (2022 launch)

- Early Better Meat Co. investor

- Former Morgan Stanley VP

- Lever VC Partner

- Alt-Protein Expert

- Partner, Green Circle FoodTech Ventures focused on food & beverage

- CFO & COO/Investor/Board Member, Koios Medical, tech-enabled consumer/healthcare

- 15+ years as an investment professional in VC and private equity

- Graduate of Yale Law School