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Why Food Tech Is a Healthspan Bet
Replicator VC's Steve Simitzis on programmable nutrition, backing molecules with existing evidence, and making their benefits affordable at population…
 • Eshan Samaranayake
Rage Bait and EPG: How David Protein Engineered a $2.25 Billion Valuation in 2 Years
David Protein's parent company, Medici Brands, recently reached a >$2 billion valuation, becoming one of the fastest CPG brands to do so. How did they…
 • Eshan Samaranayake
How an Ingredient Giant Turns Longevity Science Into Products
dsm-firmenich's Vincent van Buul on the shift from lifespan to cellspan, why the dose has to fit the format, and what separates a real longevity…
 • Eshan Samaranayake
How Coffee Made Without Coffee Became an Ingredient Business
Prefer's Jake Berber on selling price certainty, building for the mass market, and what it takes to close deals with large F&B brands and manufacturers
 • Eshan Samaranayake
Where Food Companies See Opportunity in Metabolic Health
What recent research from Tate & Lyle, ADM, Kerry, Cargill and others tells us about the opportunity beyond GLP-1s.
 • Eshan Samaranayake
We Can Measure More of the Body Than We Know How to Use
Measuring what happened is getting easier. Knowing what it means and what to do about it is harder. Nutrition is where that gap gets more difficult.
 • Eshan Samaranayake
How Physical AI Agents Automate Harvest Timing and Pollination
Polybee's Siddharth Jadhav on delivering ROI inside one crop cycle, running autonomous drone fleets across multiple countries, and earning a grower's…
 • Eshan Samaranayake
Why Three Industries Wanted the Same $3.8B Nutrition Brand
P&G agreed to pay $3.8B for a premium nutrition brand growing 30% a year, six days after reporting 1% growth of its own. Who else wanted it, and what…
 • Eshan Samaranayake
The Healthspan Shift and Who Is Capturing It
As the focus on human health shifts from extending lifespan to healthspan, seven ways companies are claiming it and what the incumbents are buying.
 • Eshan Samaranayake
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