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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…
Sep 7
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Eshan Samaranayake
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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
Sep 2
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Eshan Samaranayake
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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…
Aug 11
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Eshan Samaranayake
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How a $2B Agtech Unicorn Builds Product
Halter's Toby Hurley on owning the execution layer, earning the right to simplify, and the whole-farm "quantum leap"
Jul 13
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Eshan Samaranayake
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Ag and Climate Tech Don't Have a Capital Problem, They Have a Capital Stack Problem
Renaissance Philanthropy's Joshua Elliott on treating the capital stack as one toolkit, when philanthropic capital fits startups, and why funders should…
Jun 30
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Eshan Samaranayake
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Why 2026 Is the Great Shakeout Year for Food and Ag Tech
EcoTech Capital's Adam Bergman on the 2026 bankruptcy wave, the death of investor FOMO, and where the next cycle of returns in food and ag comes from
May 11
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Eshan Samaranayake
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Agtech's Real Bottleneck Is the Translational Layer, Not the Technology
Beanstalk AgTech's Justin Ahmed on the partnerships, capital, and commercial pathways that turn ag tech innovation into ag tech businesses.
May 5
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Eshan Samaranayake
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What It Takes to Build a Fundable Food Company After “Peak Stupid”
Siddhi Capital's Steven Finn on financing risk, cap table engineering, and where GLP-1 and AI are creating real opportunity in food
Mar 31
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Eshan Samaranayake
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Why 90% of Food Tech Fails to Scale, and What ‘Operator-Led’ Investors Do Differently
Ferry Kamp, Managing Partner of Remagine Food, on how an “invest and build” model tackles execution risk, broken partnerships, and misaligned capital in…
Feb 9
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Eshan Samaranayake
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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.
Jan 12
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Eshan Samaranayake
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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.
Dec 23, 2025
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Eshan Samaranayake
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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…
Dec 16, 2025
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Eshan Samaranayake
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