the Circle. MEVO
What grows. What feeds. Who decides what scales.
MEVO convenes the leaders who decide whether cultivated protein and fermentation reach scale. The room spans cell culture, ingredients, precision fermentation, food safety, manufacturing and strategic capital.
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The science works at pilot scale. The question is cost, clearance and the customer.
02
Media, fats, ingredients and food-grade capacity. In March 2026 Solar Foods set out its first industrial-scale plant, taking Solein from 160 to 6,400 tons a year.
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It now intersects with microbes, process engineering, plant design and regulatory execution.
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Quietly. At senior level. In the room.
The gap
The question is no longer whether. The question is who builds the infrastructure.
MEVO is where founders, operators, ingredient leaders, manufacturing partners and capital providers close that gap together.
150
Leaders · up to
80/20
End-user · Vendor
2
Days
70%+
In leadership
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The field does not move on promise alone. It moves when science, process and market timing begin to align. MEVO is held at that point of alignment.
The room
The room brings together company builders, scientific leaders, strategic operators and the infrastructure partners shaping what reaches market next.

Chair
Bruce Friedrich
Founder & President · GFI

Capital
Uwe Gottschalk
Operating Partner · Keensight Capital

Founder
Lou Cooperhouse
Founder, President & CEO · BlueNalu

Founder
Paul Shapiro
CEO · The Better Meat Co.

Science
Gabor Forgacs
Co-Founder & CSO · Fork & Good

Technology
Neta Lavon
Co-Founder & CTO · Aleph Farms

Industry
Jim Laird
NED · Enough

Regulatory
Ryan Simon
Senior Director · Intertek Assuris

Infrastructure
Andreia Duarte
EMEA Commercial Director · GenScript

Infrastructure
Frederieke Reiners
VP New Food · GEA Group

Infrastructure
Robert Curry
VP Product Management · Cytiva

Science
Deepika Rajesh
CSO · Roslin Technologies

Founder
Josh Tetrick
Founder & CEO · Eat Just

Science
Max Jamilly
Co-Founder · Hoxton Farms

Founder
Shijie Ding
Co-Founder & CEO · Joe’s Future Food

Founder
Roman Laus
CEO · Mewery

Science
Noelia Valbuena
Director of R&D · Dyadic

Capital
James Miller
CEO · Evergreen Select
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