![]() ![]() ![]() Olivia Stolt-Nielsen Meinl, Director: Olivia will be responsible for impact and ESG for Blue Horizon, and will lead relationships for the team with portfolio companies and stakeholders. She was previously a consultant at Boston Consulting Group, where she worked with biotech and biopharma clients. Friederike obtained a DPhil (PhD) from the University of Oxford, using a mix of bioinformatics and protein biochemistry to improve recombinant protein production in plants, a technique called molecular farming. Friederike will also be responsible for establishing relationships with technically versed founders, leading scientists and industry stakeholders. Previously, Lea spent half a decade at Northzone, one of the leading VCs and started her career at Morgan Stanley in investment banking and private equity.įriederike Grosse-Holz, Director: Friederike brings an extensive scientific background vital to identifying investments in the technologies that will have a real impact on food industry sustainability. Among other achievements, she is Co-Founder of Averon, a leading mobile identity platform, Co-Founder of Ozone X, a VC investor in the startups of under- represented founders, and a Founding Team member of Charge, an electric microbility fueling network. Lea joins from Antler, the global VC focused on positive impact and growth where she was also Partner. Lea has a passion for and strong track record of investing, founding and scaling tech-enabled and purpose-driven companies. Principally, Lea will be focusing on the value chain, creating impact and growth in the portfolio, in alignment with Blue Horizon’s mission to create positive change for future generations. As a Partner Lea will deploy her significant personal and professional expertise across the breadth of operations at Blue Horizon from the investment committee to providing hands-on support to portfolio company management. Lea characterises her career as having been “ on both sides of the table and both sides of the Pond” – investor and founder with a pan-European upbringing who went on to build companies in Silicon Valley. Lea Bajc, Partner: Lea brings two decades of investment and operational experience in venture capital as well as being a serial founder and entrepreneur across finance, technology and impact investing. The additional investment expertise is to ramp up Blue Horizon’s deal pipeline activity in order to address accelerated growth and market opportunities in the sector. Headquartered in Zurich, Blue Horizon’s fast-growing global portfolio of transformative food businesses requires operations to significantly scale and today’s announcement closely follows the appointment of its General Counsel. Recent expansion has seen the asset manager grow to 28 employees worldwide, including 9 on the investment team (67% women) in just 6 years since founding. Zurich, 28 October 2021 – Blue Horizon, a pure play impact investor in the future of food, today announces the appointment of three new additions into its investment team, adding a Partner and two Directors, bringing the total to 28 employees worldwide.īlue Horizon’s mission is to accelerate the global transition to a new sustainable food system, including alternative proteins and agriculture, while delivering outstanding returns for investors and the planet. ![]()
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