Who's behind FTW
A small team of operators and investors who care about getting capital into the founders building the next generation of food.
Daniel Skavén Ruben
Founder of FoodTech Weekly Newsletter
- Founder of Solvable Syndicate
- Operating advisor to Nordic FoodTech VC, Mudcake VC, and Norrsken Evolve
- Mentor at accelerators Katapult Ocean and Big Idea Ventures
- Advisor to HackGroup, Ignitia, Improvin, IRRIOT, Juicy Marbles, NitroCapt, Oceanium, petgood, and Volta Greentech (in some of these, Daniel has equity).
Alex Shandrovsky
Co-Founder of FTW
- Host of the Investment Climate Podcast
- Investment Relations at Ayana Bio
Ilkka Taponen
Contributor to FTW
- Wide startup experience — Carbo Culture, ICEYE, Gold&Green Foods — across satellites, insect protein, and plant-based.
- MBA thesis on how startups with physical production can scale their manufacturing.
- Big metal music fan; has worked as a roadie for Ensiferum, Turisas, and Norther.
Elsie Serentas
Head of Customer Success, FoodTech Weekly
- Agricultural Engineer turned operations specialist.
- Experience across content operations, data management, and customer onboarding.
- Previously at FoodTech BDAS, Guest Trends, and Forceget Digital Freight Forwarder.
Four surfaces, one community
FoodTech Weekly Newsletter
3,300+ subscribers. Every Thursday, we cover the agrifood deals and movements that matter. Free to read, always.
Investment Climate Podcast
100+ episodes with the VCs and corporates shaping agrifood — what they actually fund, told in their own words.
FTW Hub
1,700+ verified investor profiles, match scoring, and warm intros for agrifood founders raising capital.
Investment Climate Events
Invite-only dinners and gatherings on the sidelines of major industry events. Honest conversation, real connections.
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