Beginner's Mind
Discover the Secrets of Deep Tech Success with Christian Soschner
Discover the strategies and mindsets that transform cutting-edge deep tech ideas into thriving businesses. Christian Soschner delves into the world of deep tech, exploring how entrepreneurs and investors build value and navigate the unique challenges of breakthrough industries.
Each episode features candid conversations with top investors, industry disruptors, and insightful book reviews – dissecting the strategies behind success, observed through my lens, shaped by 35+ years of building organizations and insights from ultrarunning, chess, and martial arts.
Expect:
- Investor Insights: Learn from experts who fund innovation, identifying opportunities and mitigating risk.
- Entrepreneurial Journeys: Go behind-the-scenes with founders turning deep tech concepts into impactful companies.
- Relevant Book Reviews: Discover actionable wisdom from biographies, strategy guides, and thought-provoking reads.
- Focus on Impact: Understand the business models, investment strategies, and market trends that fuel deep tech's potential for real-world impact.
Whether you're building the next big thing, investing in it, or keen on understanding this transformative space, this podcast is your guide to success in the world of deep tech.
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Beginner's Mind
#52: Caroline Heil - Driving the Future of Meat
The industry gains complexity, and I am happy that a speaker from the LSG2G community has dedicated time to speak about the Future of the Food Industry.
Speaker in the Episode: Dr. Caroline E. Heil
Since Jul. 1, 2021, Caroline has been CEO of The New Meat Company AG, a young stock-listed, purpose-driven impact investment company in Berlin focusing on alternative proteins.
Caroline is intrigued by the idea of revolutionizing the food industry, especially everything animal production-related, in an environmentally friendly, healthy, and sustainable way that will allow us to feed +10 billion people in the future.
Before joining TNMC, Caroline worked for EY as a lawyer and part of the global EY Agribusiness Team.
The New Meat Co.
The firm invests in game-changing companies and founders that disrupt the status quo of the meat industry to create nutritious, tasty, and sustainable meat alternatives that are good for everyone – animals, humans, and our planet.
Topics we discuss in the show:
In this conversation, we discuss the Future Of the Food Industry and talk about topics like:
- Alternative proteins
- Nutraceuticals
- Functional food
- Reworking the supply chain
- 3d printing of food
- Personalized nutrition
- And much more…
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Shownotes:
Article on Substack
Timestamps:
00:00 Opening
02:25 The New Meat Company – New Trends in the Food Industry
05:06 The Environmental Footprint of the Foot Industry in 2021
08:08 Sustainability of the Food Industry
10:14 Introduction Caroline Heil
14:36 Innovation in the Meat Industry
19:10 Sustainability of Analog Meat
22:00 The Health Impact of Nutrition
28:35 Solving the Global Distribution of Food with Modern Technology?
34:38 The Hellofresh Case – High-Quality Food at Low Prices
39:57 Consumer Trends in the Food Industry
42:23 Insects as Protein Source?
46:20 Lab-Grown Meat
57:45 How Industry and StartUps Can Evolve Together
01:00:00 Mission Statement of The New Meat Company
01:03:20 What Invention Will Have the Biggest Impact on The Food Industry in This Decade?
01:06:50 3D Printing of Food
01:11:20 Longevity and the Food Industry
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