Vice President, Catalytic Capital
About Food System Innovations
Food System Innovations (FSI) is a philanthropy that builds, funds, and invests in market-based solutions to accelerate the transition to sustainable proteins. By advancing innovation across plant-based, fermentation-derived, cell-cultivated, and balanced protein technologies, FSI works to improve performance, reduce costs, strengthen markets, and accelerate the adoption of more sustainable foods. FSI pursues this work in furtherance of its broader charitable and educational mission to develop and advance innovative solutions that benefit people, animals, and the food system.
Position Summary
The sustainable protein sector is undergoing a significant capital reset. Valuations have fallen, investor participation has contracted, and promising companies and technologies face financing constraints even as the underlying science and commercial opportunities continue to advance. FSI believes this creates an unusual opportunity for patient, mission-driven capital.
FSI is seeking an experienced investor to build and lead its catalytic investment function. The Vice President, Catalytic Capital will develop FSI’s investment strategy and pipeline; source, evaluate, structure, and execute investments; and manage FSI’s portfolio following close. The VP will bring deep principal-investing experience and judgment to identify opportunities where FSI’s capital can have an outsized catalytic effec
