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Investing in good food with Stray Dog Capital CEO Lisa Feria

Mary Allen

At GFI, we're focused on using markets to build a better food system. So naturally, we're fangirling (and fanboying) over Lisa Feria, who is accelerating the plant-based and clean meat sectors as CEO of Stray Dog Capital. Lisa gave us the inside perspective on how to land funding from a mission-driven VC.

Lav Varshney
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Can AI help fix the food system?

Mary Allen

Lav Varshney spearheaded IBM's Chef Watson initiative to create new recipes using artificial intelligence. He'll be discussing cross-disciplinary R&D and plant-based meat at our Good Food Conference in September.

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Meet GFI Innovation Director Brad Barbera

Mary Allen

GFI Director of Innovation Brad Barbera is inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurs in the plant-based and clean meat sectors. Brad leads the Innovation Team, GFI's brain trust of analysts and veteran entrepreneurs, in supporting good food companies with market intelligence, business plan reviews, branding, recruiting, and more.