Eleonore Lafonta
Eléonore is a Senior Analyst at Five Seasons Ventures.
Prior to joining Five Seasons Ventures, Eléonore was a VC at Heartcore Capital, a consumer-focused early stage fund in Europe. Eléonore started her career in Investment Banking at DC Advisory but rapidly discovered VC was her true passion working as a junior analyst for Idinvest.
Eléonore holds a Master’s degree in Management from ESCP Europe and a degree in cooking.
As a matter of fact, when not meeting entrepreneurs, Eléonore loves cooking… Though it’s not always a success !
Tom Blue
Matt Schueller
Matt Schueller is Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer for Nature’s Way. Matt started with the company in Green Bay in 1993 and has served in a multitude of roles including Sales, Marketing, Scientific Affairs, Product Development, Business Development and Strategy. His current responsibilities include strategic planning, innovation and business development.
He earned two Bachelor of Science degrees, one in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University and one in Nutritional Science from the University of Wisconsin- Green Bay. He received his Masters in Business Administration at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Lauren Abda
Lauren Abda is the Founder and CEO of Branchfood, the largest community of food entrepreneurs and startups in New England, and Co-founder at Branch Venture Group, an angel network for investment in early-stage food startups. Prior to Branchfood, Lauren consulted for foodtech businesses in Boston and San Francisco, worked as an analyst for Salt Venture Partners LLC, a venture capital firm, focused on food startups, targeting content, commerce, and technology, and wrote reports on international food safety development initiatives on behalf of the Agriculture and Commodities division at the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. She has a Masters in Food Policy and Applied Nutrition from the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition and Food Science from the University of Vermont.
Tom Aarts
Justine Horne
Joshua C Anthony
Dr. Josh Anthony is Founder and CEO at Nlumn, a consulting company that works with food, nutrition and health-technology companies to help them compete in the personalized nutrition and health marketplace. Nlumn’s mission is to make personalized nutrition accessible to help every individual make better choices and live a healthier life.
In a career that spans test to table, Josh has proven his capabilities as a successful scientist, innovator and entrepreneur. Driven by the challenge of translating science to help people live healthier lives, he has worked collaboratively to help launch more than 150 science-based nutrition products. Realizing that consumer products and services were becoming progressively more tailored, Josh sketched the idea for a new food hierarchy that reflected consumer trends evolving from “real food for all” to “nutrition personalized for me”. He expanded this concept to develop a consumer engagement model for personalized nutrition. His model has been adopted by large consumer product companies and start-ups to deliver strategically tailored, personalized products. With Nlumn, he brings together like-minded companies and builds partnerships making personalized products more accessible to help consumers make better choices for their health.
Before starting Nlumn, Josh was the founding chief science officer at the personalized nutrition company, Habit. He was also vice president, Global R&D, Nutrition and Health at the Campbell Soup Company. Prior to Habit and Campbell, Josh held progressive technical and management roles at Mead Johnson Nutrition and Unilever. He also served as an adjunct professor of physiology at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Josh earned a B.S. in biological sciences from Carnegie Mellon University; a M.S. in nutritional sciences from the University of Illinois; a Ph.D. in cell and molecular physiology from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine; and an M.B.A. from Vanderbilt University.
Josh is a trusted board member and advisor to executives across food, nutrition, pharma and academia, and a mentor to many aspiring scientists, nutritionists and businesspeople. True to his commitment to more personalized approaches to health, he strives for balance through cooking, exercise, art, music and travel enjoyed with his beloved family.
Melissa Snover
Melissa Snover is an award-winning entrepreneur and visionary in the world of food technology and additive manufacturing. She is passionate about developing innovations which offer solutions to her customers, challenge her competitors, and disrupt current market offerings. She is currently the founder and CEO of Rem3dy Health which pioneers personalised solutions across preventative and curative health under the brands Nourished (Personalised Nutrition) and Scripted (Personalised Medicine).
Sofia Elizondo
