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Luc Labbé
Operating Partner
Nima Eskandari
Founder & CEO
Laura Mock
Director
Marianne Edward
Owner/Operator
Keith Busch
Founder & CEO
Todd Patterson
Co-Founder
Yun Yao
CEO
Wayne McIntyre
Co-Founder & CEO
Martin Vetter
SVP
Dave Smardon
CEO
Pierre-Xavier Roy
COO
Vinay Nair
Founder & CEO
Alexander Lazier
Associate Principal – Industrial Innovation Venture Fund II
Tanmay Bhargava
Principal, Ag, Supply Chain and Commerce Tech
Katherine Festeryga
Manager, Climate Programs (AgTech)
Kassandra Quayle
EVP of Investment & Operations
Joelle Faulkner
Founder & CEO
Shelley King
CEO
Mary Dimou
Partner
Evan Hall
Co-founder
Genevieve Pinto
Partner
Godard
Co-Founder & CEO
Adnan Sharif
Co-Founder & President
Luke Sexton
Acting Agri-Attaché & Head of Food, Drink and Agri-Tech
Arthur Chen
CEO
Olivier Paulus
Founder & CEO
Dominick DiMucci
Director of Cultivation
Kyle Folk
Founder & CEO
Tom Boehm
President & CEO
Leah Perry
Senior Associate, Innovation Fund
Rob Russell
Partner
Megan Malone
Director, Business Development
Guillaume Béland
Foreign Direct Investment Director
John Cassidy
Managing Director
Collin Phillip
CEO
David Kornacki
Director, Data & Product
Herman Simons
Manager Smart Ag Applied Research
Hamid Shirazi
Special Advisor
Stefan Ginesi
Trade Development Executive
Jonathan Goodkey
Partner, Industrial Innovation Fund
Maryam Asadi
Investment Manager | Open Innovation Program Manager
Kevin Lockett
Founding Partner
Antony Acciarri
Partner
Nicole De Long
Director, Business and Client Development
Darrell Petras
CEO
Chuck Holt
Partner
Neil Cameron
Partner
2025 Speakers & Attending Investors
Pauline Kirkpatrick
Director, Job Development & Employer Experience
Jahangir Bhatti
Principal, Climate Tech Fund
Kassandra Quayle
CFO
Chris Theal
Founder, President & CEO
Tess O’Mara
Director of Partnerships
Cam Crowder
Co-Founder & General Partner
Richa Gupta
VP of Partnerships & Development
Craig Hanna
Founding Partner
A. Vikram Pandit
CEO
Guan Lim
CEO
Chris Bunio
Co-Founder & CEO
Robert Hunter
CEO
Mark Brooks
Executive in Residence, North Carolina Biotechnology Center
Felicity Meyer
Investment Manager
Tyler Hamilton
Senior Director of Climate
Kelly Krahulic
Principal
Aamir Malkani
Founder & CEO
Shelley King
CEO
Tobi Mueller-Glodde
Director FCC Capital
John Cassidy
Managing Director
Alexander Lazier
Associate, Industrial Innovation Fund
Alison Sunstrum
Managing Partner
Tom Rand
Founding Partner
Brett McMickell
CTO
Brendan Horan
VP Originations
Martin Vetter
CEO
Dan Altschuler Malek
Managing Partner
Maryam Asadi
Investment Manager – Advanced Materials
Kyle Welborn
Co-Founder & General Partner
Malcolm Fraser
Managing Partner
Brenda Hogan
Chief Investment Officer
Maheb Nathoo
CEO
Chetan Srivastava
Senior Associate
Wilson Acton
Managing Partner
Rob Trice
Founding Partner
2024 Speakers & Attending Investors
Stephanie Lipp
CEO & Co-founder
Graeme Millen
VP Business Development & Ecosystem Support
Angela Kouris
Founder & CEO
Louis Brown
Investment Manager
Taha Mubashir
Principal
Melanie Morrison
Founder & CEO
James Mignacca
CEO
Fei Luo
Co-Founder & CEO
Graham Markham
Chief Development Officer
Kyle Scott
Managing Partner
Heidi Dutton
CEO
Nivatha Balendra
Founder & CEO
Bill Greuel
CEO
Paige Addesi
Associate
Tamasha Fernando
Project Lead
John Cassidy
Manager Director Canada
Yuan Shi
General Partner
Udit Bhatnagar
Vice President
Tanmay Bhargava
Principal
Elliot Cudmore
EVP
Simona Fernandes
Ventures Analyst, Early Stage Investor – Food & Beverage
Jitendra Sagili
Chief Innovation & Food Technology Officer
Scott Wernimont
Director – Corporate Strategy and Development
Kevin Lockett
Partner & CFO
Martin Vetter
CEO
Kebbie Brown
Associate
Dr. Sebastian Dreher
Venture Manager North America
Yves Potvin
Founder & President
Shelley King
CEO
David Kornacki
Director, Research and Product
Andrew Haughian
General Partner
Matthew He
Investment Analyst
Malcolm Fraser
Managing Partner
2023 Speakers & Attending Investors
Craig Hanna
Founding Partner
Yuan Shi
Principal — Food & AgTech Fund
Cameron Semper
Cell-Based Protein Expert
Krista Skalde
Chief Talent Officer
Rob Henderson
President & CEO
Shirley Speakman
Senior Partner
Tobi Mueller-Glodde
Principal
Jonathan Goodkey
Principal, Industrial Innovation Fund
Frank Balas
Investment Director
Margaret Oldham
VP of Innovation
Nick Taylor
Associate
Jordan Giali
Strategic Partnerships Manager
Kevin Benmoussa
Executive VP & CFO
Mohamad Yaghi
Climate and Agriculture Policy Lead
Brenda Hogan
Chief Investment Officer
Kathleen Eva
Investor
Fei Luo
Co-Founder & CEO
Genevieve Pinto
Partner
Shelley King
CEO
Christiane Wherry
VP, Research and Product
Jaleh Daie
Partner
Neal Okarter
Investment Manager
Peter McArthur
VP, National Cleantech Lead
Mark Pendergrast
Director of BD, Bayer-Microsoft Ag Cloud Platform
Malcolm Fraser
Managing Partner
Elaine Kunda
Founder
Chris Bryson
Founder & CEO
Elliot Cudmore
EVP
John Cassidy
Managing Director Canada
Louis Brown
Associate – Venture
Mark Brooks
Managing Director
Alain Goubau
CEO
Marlise Hunter
Director of Platform
Björn Heinz
Investment Director
Kyle Scott
Managing Director
Martin Vetter
Venture Partner
Dave Smardon
CEO
David Pierson
Managing Director
