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Engineering the Exit: How to Get Acquired in Deep Tech
Cyril Ebersweiler, General Partner at SOSV, on the deep tech exit reality check, how founders build real buyer pull, and when to build more vs sell now.
 • Eshan Samaranayake
Why Agrifood Solutions Fail to Scale in Emerging Markets, and What Works Instead
Orbit Ventures’ Oscar Ramos on logistics, adoption, localisation, and scaling solutions in emerging markets.
 • Eshan Samaranayake
What One of Food Tech’s Most Active Investors Learned from 150+ Startups
Big Idea Ventures’ Andrew D. Ive on founder dynamics, alt protein’s reset, the roles of startups, corporates and governments, and the themes shaping…
 • Eshan Samaranayake
How Agrifood Tech Investing Is Shifting and Where Value Will Be Created
Yoni Glickman, Managing Partner at PeakBridge, on the agrifood investing thesis that misfired and where smart capital is deploying now.
 • Eshan Samaranayake
How Ajinomoto Group Ventures Invests in the Future of Food and Health
Ajinomoto Group Ventures’ Hiroyuki Saito on how the CVC balances strategic and financial returns, and what startups need before reaching out.
 • Eshan Samaranayake
Turning the Industrial Biomanufacturing Graveyard Into a Winning Playbook
First Bight Ventures’ Veronica Breckenridge on what failed biomanufacturing companies reveal and how to build biotech companies that scale, survive, and…
 • Eshan Samaranayake
How Food-as-Medicine Is Becoming Investable Beyond the Hype
Thia Ventures’ Mirasbek Kuterbekov on consumer agency, measurable outcomes, and moats that last in food-as-medicine.
 • Eshan Samaranayake
The Venture Studio Building What the Food Industry Actually Wants
FOOD FOUNDERS Studio’s Giacomo Cattaneo on the problem-first, CEO-first model turning “trapped” food science into real adoption.
 • Eshan Samaranayake
Inside Sumitomo’s Playbook for Turning Agrifood Startup Pilots into Commercial Rollouts
Takeo Kojima, Head of Sumitomo’s Agri-Innovation unit, on how a trading house sequences the anchor, proof, and distribution to turn pilots into repeat…
 • Eshan Samaranayake
Investing in Europe’s B2B Production Stack for a Better Food System
Kost Capital’s Bodil Sidén on the fund-and-studio model, founder signals that matter at pre-seed, and AI.
 • Eshan Samaranayake
A Scientist-Founder’s Journey to Make Biotech Research Reliable and Ethical
My conversation with Katie Bashant Day, the founder of Media City Scientific
 • Eshan Samaranayake
Laying the Foundation for Smart Protein Leadership in India
My conversation with Devika Suresh, Innovation Specialist at The Good Food Institute India
 • Eshan Samaranayake
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