LR

Lauri Reuter

Founder & Partner, Nordic Foodtech VC

Helsinki, Uusimaa

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Partner

    2019

    Investing in bold Nordic innovation to transform the global food system.

2022

  • Board Member

    2022

  • Board Member

    2021

  • Board Member

    2020

2012 - 2019

  • Senior Specialist, Disruptive Technologies

    2017 - 2019

    My main task was to redesign a mission driven and solution focused research program to raise the innovation capability of the research organisation. The iBEX-program started in 2018 with ten projects aiming finding bold, yet real solutions to massive problems - within a year. Key to success is diversity in thinking, communication between various stakeholders and space for visionary research work.

  • Research Scientist

    2012 - 2017

    2017 Planning research in relation to technologies enabling sustainable production of food and responsible for projects on pilot scale propagation of plant cells. VTT spokesperson on areas of food and biotechnology. 2016 Project manager in the CellPod-project and responsible for executing commercial projects on pilot scale propagation of plant cells. 2012-2015 Designing, conducting and disseminating experimental research in HydroBY-2 project.

  • Research Trainee

    2012 - 2012

    Experimental research on protein expression, cell line selection and down-scaling the propagation of plant cell cultures.

  • Foreign research participant

    2014 - 2014

    Research exchange to improve expertise on confocal microscopy and immunofluorescence assays.

  • Visiting Scientist

    2012 - 2012

    A research exchange to get hands-on experience on flow cytometry -based analyses and sorting of plant protoplasts.