Yoran Meijers

Investor

2023

Advisor

2022 - 2023

Investor

2017 - 2022

Specialist venture capital investor in technology driven companies across the food and agriculture supply chain.

Co-founder & Member

2020

The Rising Tide Collective helps founders who are addressing the greatest challenges of our generation and are striving to make a positive impact on the world.

Organization Committee

2023

Co-Founder & CEO

2022 - 2023

A new era of health food. Redesigned fast food classics made solely with veggies, fruits, legumes and whole grains. No animal products. No added sugar or sweeteners. No deep-frying. Nothing artificial. We call it fast food as it should be.

Organization Committee

2018 - 2022

F&A Next is an initiative by Rabobank, Wageningen University & Research, Anterra Capital and StartLife. It brings together startups, investors and corporates in one and a half day of networking, pitching and debating the dynamics in food and agriculture.

Board Observer

2021 - 2022

Researcher - Digital Manufacturing of Food

2017 - 2017

Research position at the Creative Machines Lab of prof. Hod Lipson - Data Science Institute of Columbia | Engineering. Development of novel cooking techniques for 3D food printing. Pioneering research into the application of laser technology for cooking, baking and preparing foods. The work has been patented and published in several journals, including Nature.

Product and Process Developer

2015 - 2015

At Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate: Product and Process Development. Successful development of new analysis method to predict cocoa powder color from the raw bean (Rsq>0.97).

Process Technologist

2014 - 2014

- Development and implementation of measurement systems for quality assurance - Recipe optimization: quality improvement while reducing processing time by 40% - Process improvement: significant energy and labor cost reduction by cutting total production time by 30%