EP. 032 Manuel Gonzalez Global RIFF: Investing in the future of food - a podcast by k80jones

As much as innovative food companies need the support of consumer dollars, those companies can’t grow without a little bit of investment. Manuel Gonzalez, founder and managing partner of Global Revolution in Food Fund (RIFF), is always on the look-out for food heroes with fresh ideas!

 

Global RIFF connects innovators and founders with investors and leaders in the food industry, with a focus on consumer health, food safety, and food hacking.  Manuel doesn’t want to wait for Washington to produce policies for sustainable food manufacturing: “Governments don’t have the solutions. People and entrepreneurs have the solutions.”

 

What you’ll learn in this episode

• What Manuel’s excited about in the food and agriculture sector
• His experience working in San Francisco during the tech boom
• How he developed FoodBytes!
• How FoodBytes! works
• What personalized nutrition is
• Why Manuel is excited about personalized nutrition
• Why he wishes he could change the way big investors treat the food industry

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