Leaders on a Mission - Graham Ellis, Partner of Praesidium, on driving innovation across Food and Agriculture Technology, Episode 46

In this episode, I am joined by Graham Ellis,  Partner of Agri-FoodTech Venture Capital at Praesidium.Graham discusses his passion and journey for bringing new technologies to market, talking through some of the learnings while working at Honeywell, and his transition to San Francisco, working in the start-up and Industrial Biotechnology revolution. Pivoting from fuels to food and cosmetics, Graham reflected on his experience gained at Solazyme/TerraVia, which paved his way to founding an Agri-FoodTech fund. Graham speaks about specific areas of interest and investment and how to support mission-driven companies and founders creating climate impact. Graham offers insights into the current marketplace and compares and contrasts European and US business environments. Graham provides a thoughtful and articulate view of what needs to happen for humanity to prevail.