Our Team

Simon brings a wealth of experience in the food, beverage, and household product industries and loves identifying and investing in exciting ideas that capitalize on emerging trends. Prior to joining Nourish Ventures, Simon was managing director of eighteen94 capital, Kellogg Company’s venture capital firm, where he led the investment process, nurtured relationships with partners, and served as a member of the board for companies in the portfolio.

Prior to that, he held investment management positions at Norges Bank Investment Management in London, JP Morgan Chase, and Banc of America Capital Management.

Simon holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from King College and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis. In addition, he is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Subra leads Nourish Ventures investments and partnerships team and is based in Chicago. He brings more than 20 years of food industry experience to the team. In his role, Subra supports our portfolio companies with strategy, commercialization and scale-up. He spent more than a decade with Griffith Foods in several global commercial roles. Subra holds bachelor’s degrees in both Culinary Operations and Hospitality Management and an MBA with Entrepreneurial Leadership focus.

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Greg has more than 13 years of industry experience working across the food science value chain. As the Director of Technical and Process Innovation for Nourish Ventures, he stands at the cutting edge of investment and product development. His expertise bridges the critical gap between groundbreaking scientific research and market-ready food technologies.

With a keen eye for potential, Greg leads a global team charged with technical due diligence, ensuring that each investment is not only scientifically sound but also technologically feasible and scalable. Post-investment, the technical team provides strategic guidance for portfolio companies, helping them navigate the complex journey from concept to consumer. His team is pivotal in transforming innovative ideas into tangible products.

Greg holds a Bachelor of Science, Chemistry from Ball State University & a Master of Science, Food Science from Kansas State University

Chef Dennis pioneered Culinology at Griffith Foods, as the first Certified Research Chef with the company. He brings culinary creativity & food science knowledge to new product development. Chef Dennis graduated from Vladimir State Culinary College, Russia with Honors in 1988. Over the next decade, Chef Dennis mastered food operations in QSRs, Fast Casual & Fine Dining. His desire to learn led him to pursue his Bachelor of Food Science & Master’s in Business Management from University of Illinois. He has more than 20 years of food industry experience with global CPG, ingredient & flavor companies.

Soham brings over 5 years of diverse experience in Consulting, Finance, and M&A. He brings curiosity to his role and specializes at the intersection of finance, strategy, and innovation.

Prior to joining Nourish Ventures, Soham spent time in Pegasystems in Boston on their Corporate Development team where he was charged with identifying strategic acquisition opportunities to drive growth. He was also a part of Deloitte’s M&A Advisory team in Bangalore for 3 years, where he assisted private equity, venture capital funds, and strategic investors in identifying optimal investment prospects, conducting thorough diligence, and worked with startups, to provide valuable support in strategic scaling and fundraising efforts. His early career at PwC’s Assurance division equipped him with a strong foundation in evaluating internal processes and controls for adequacy and appropriateness, alongside developing a deep understanding of Financial Statements.

Soham’s academic background includes an MBA from Babson College and a Chartered Accountant qualification. This blend of expertise equips him to bring strategic insight to his role at Nourish Ventures.”

Raquel leads startup investments and partnerships for Nourish Ventures in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Prior to Nourish, she was a director of ecosystem innovation at Philips (healthcare) and led a startup accelerator at Arcadis that focused on climate change mitigation and sustainable cities design. Her additional background is in corporate strategy and management consultancy, with an academic background in engineering and investment. Raquel is based in Madrid, where she relocated after 13 years living in Amsterdam and London, with a mission to help shape a healthier and more sustainable food system.

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Toon gained his first industry experience working for Griffith Foods as a Snack Innovation Technologist. In that role he mastered Innovation Process Management. He successfully led the technical launch of several snack innovations in Europe. Toon holds a Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry from Thomas More College & a Master of Science, Food Technology from University of Leuven. He is passionate about generating new product ideas, optimizing processes and leveraging new techniques to develop the food of the future.

Ming Zhu currently leads the investments and partnerships in APAC for Nourish Ventures and is based in Singapore. Prior to Nourish Ventures, Ming was a senior strategy consultant at Innosight, a global strategy consultancy founded by Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen, where he advised Fortune 500 companies on their growth and innovation strategies. Before that, Ming worked at Crop One, a leading vertical farming company, at its San Francisco and Dubai offices where he served as the regional leader for Crop One in the Joint Venture with Emirates Flight Catering (part of the Emirates Group) in building one of the world’s largest vertical farms and spearheaded Crop One’s business development efforts in the MENA and APAC region. Ming also spent time as an investor with Anterra Capital, an Amsterdam and Boston-based Venture Capital firm focusing on early-stage food & agriculture investments. Ming received his MBA from Harvard Business School and BA in Economics and Music with High Honors from Wesleyan University, CT.

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Elaine is passionate about bridging innovation with the food industry and being part of the effort in food sustainability. Elaine began her career in the food industry, specialised confectionery, and chocolate. Over the course of her tenure, she honed her skills in fine-tuning recipes and contributing to efforts related to products regulation across the APAC region. After several years in the industry, she made a career change to join the Venture Capital.Prior to joining Nourish Ventures, she was with one of the global alternative protein venture capital firms, sourcing deal-flow and providing technical consultant towards portfolio partners.  Elaine holds a Bachelor of Science, Food Science and Nutrition from UCSI University with Honors. Elaine is passionate about bridging innovation with the food industry and being part of the effort to make the food industry sustainable.