The whole ecosystem, in one room
The Investment Climate Dinner is a closed, founders-only table — no investors, so the room stays intimate between the people running startups. A Meet Up is the opposite by design: everyone is invited, corporates, angels and investors included. A couple of short talks, one theme worth showing up for, and the rest of the night for the conversations that actually move things.
San Francisco · MISTA Innovation Center
An invite-only evening in Downtown San Francisco for the Bay Area FoodTech ecosystem — founders, operators and investors in one room. Cohosted by Alex Shandrovsky (Director of Strategic Partnerships, Ayana Bio / MD, Food Tech Weekly), Nathan Paumier (Co-Founder & CEO, Solio Bio), Alec Lourenco (Co-founder & CEO, Tomorrow Inc) and Ricky Cassini (Co-Founder & CEO, Michroma). Presenting: Tomorrow Inc, Solio Bio, Michroma, Ayana. Short talks to set the room, then open networking. $25 covers the cost. 25 seats.
IC Meet Up San Francisco — MISTA
1069 Pennsylvania Ave, San Francisco, CA 94107. MISTA is a food-system innovation platform — labs, kitchens and event space, not a restaurant. Short talks, then open networking — the conversations that actually move things.
See details & register →$25 covers the cost. 25 seats.
The Healthspan series
Where Healthspan Meets Capital — an evening on the science and the businesses adding functional years to life. Founders, operators and the investors writing cheques in the category, in the same room.
Healthspan Tel Aviv Meet Up
An evening around Healthspan, Wellness & Longevity — from biohacking and biological age to functional nutrition as an investable thesis. Short talks from the funds and founders building the category, then open networking.
See details & register →Tentative — date, venue and line-up are being confirmed.
Mumbai · a side event at Fi India 2026
Hear directly from three venture-backed companies — and the investors backing them — on why they're bullish on the sector, and on India specifically. Ayana Bio, The Better Meat Co and Prefer: plant cell culture, fungal fermentation and bean-free coffee. Different technologies, same decision. $300M+ AUM by investors presenting, and $75M+ raised by the startups speaking.
Food Innovation, An Investment Opportunity — Mumbai
A side event at Fi India 2026. Between them the three companies presenting have raised $75M+ from venture investors, and Omnivore — which pioneered venture investing in Indian agrifood — is in the room. Invite only, 35 seats.
See details & register →35 seats only — invite only.
Bangalore · cohosted by Moonrider, Ayana Bio, Benzai10, Zenfold Ventures & Fragaria
An invite-only evening for Series A and Beyond deep tech investors, at FLO Club & Kitchen on Church Street. Hear directly from the five cohosts — Ashish Khetan (Benzai10), Alex Shandrovsky (Ayana Bio), Arun Dubey (Zenfold Ventures), Harish Varadharajan (Fragaria) and Sidharth Aggarwal (CFO, Moonrider) — on why they're bullish on the sector, and on India specifically. $75M+ raised by the startups speaking.
Food Innovation, An Investment Opportunity — Bangalore
FLO Club & Kitchen, MSR Building, #3, Church St, Shanthala Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001. Invite only, 15 seats.
See details & register →15 seats only — invite only.
What a Meet Up night looks like
Built to be useful, not a panel you sit through — you leave with people, not just notes.
Founders, operators & investors
The whole local ecosystem in one room — not a closed table. This is where founders and capital actually meet.
Short talks, then networking
A couple of sharp talks to set the room, then open networking — the part you actually came for.
One theme a night
Each Meet Up takes a single theme — healthspan, and more to come — and keeps it concrete and investable.
Everyone covers their own tab
Low-key and no-fuss. Come to give, meet the room, and keep it candid — no hard sell.
Bring a Meet Up to your city
Meet Ups run city by city, led by local hosts. If you want to convene your FoodTech ecosystem — founders, operators and investors — around a theme that matters, we'll bring the playbook and the network.