Description
Today's guest at The Secret Sauce is Daniel Skavén Ruben, consultant to the Rockefeller Foundation Food team, advisor and investor to multiple startups across Europe, Africa and the US and writer of the food tech weekly newsletter. We chat about Daniel's unplanned path into the foodtech industry, why he's so excited about the future of this space, his prediction on what's going to be big in 2021 and beyond, as well as his ethos to being an advisor and investor.
Discussion
From law to freelance journalist, the entertainment industry to the Trade council - Daniel's past before food and what he's learned along the way
How Daniel ended up at the Rockefeller food foundation
A brief history of our food system, progress and setbacks we've made in the past 100 years
The main challenges we need to tackle to make a more nutritious, sustainable food system for all
The businesses across food and Ag that Daniels hopeful on
Companies in Daniels investment/advisory portfolio
Being an advisor and what that means
What startups should look for in an advisor and when
Mentioned in the podcast:
Daniels LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielskavenruben/
Daniels foodtech weekly newsletter: http://tinyletter.com/foodtechweekly
Daniels interview on Warp news podcast: https://www.warpnews.org/food-tech/food-tech-with-daniel-s-ruben/
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