Oct. 13, 2021
Keiran Olivares Whitaker, Founder of Entocycle, UK's Leading Insect Farming Company on Building a Deeptech vs SaaS Company.
My guest today is Keiran Olivares Whitaker, founder of Entocycle, UK's leading insect farming company. Whilst travelling the world as a scuba diving instructor, Keiran witnessed first-hand the destruction our global food production system is having on ou
- [1:42] How did you go from scuba instructor to insect farming?
- [4:24] I don’t see insect protein based food in the market, why so much funding in this space?
- [7:17] How do you actually do insect farming? What is the process of farming black soldier flies and creating proteins out of them?
- [10:31] With the recent Covid pandemic, do you think the perception against meat has shifted? What does this mean for the future of insect-based proteins?
- [13:30] What does it take to be successful in this market?
- [18:09] Funding journey: How does funding for deep tech ventures differ from SaaS funding?
- [21:24] Advice for other entrepreneurs
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