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Bridge2Food North America Networking Dinner

10/22/2025
Nicollet Island Pavilion
Networking Opportunities Summit Dinner Start-Up Pitch Slam

​​​​Connect with fellow industry leaders in a relaxed and welcoming setting at the Bridge2Food Networking Dinner. This evening is dedicated to high-quality networking, giving you the chance to deepen conversations from the day, build new partnerships, and exchange insights across the entire value chain. Enjoy a seated dinner while strengthening relationships that drive innovation and impact in the food industry.

MBOLD, the Consulate General of Canada in Minneapolis, and Buhler Group Pitch Slam

MBOLD, the Consulate General of Canada in Minneapolis, and Buhler Group invite you to a Pitch Slam highlighting an array of cutting-edge plant and alternative protein start-ups and scale-ups from around the world and an international panel of judges. The Pitch Slam runs 7:15-8:30 pm.

  1. Bettani Foods - Proprietary CaseedTM protein isolate makes protein-rich, melty, stretchy, dairy-free cheese possible
  2. C-Merak's FABAFuel Protein: Unlocking the potential of faba beans to fuel healthier people and our planet.
  3. Kyomei’s biotechnology solution transforms agricultural leaf waste into a production platform for the next-generation of clean, healthy food ingredients.
  4. NuBean Nutrition - Beans reimagined: clean-label, functional ingredients for healthier, sustainable foods
  5. NuCicer - Chickpeas, Evolved. High-protein, low-fat varieties unlock the future of simply processed protein ingredients.
  6. Onego Bio - a food ingredient company producing egg protein through fermentation.
  7. Oobli is the world's first and only commercial-scale sweet protein technology platform focused on sugar reduction without compromising taste or health.
  8. Plantible's aquaculture platform transforms lemna leaf into Rubi Protein™: a nutritious, functional, and sustainable ingredient to nourish the world  
  9. Triplebar - AI-powered genome language models creating high-yield cell lines for sustainable food and biologics production
Chairperson
Maria Chapellin, Director of Product Development - Target
Mehmet Caglar Tulbek, President - Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre
Kashif Khan, Global Strategy & Business Development Leader – Alternative Proteins - Cargill
Sara Balawjder, Director, Investments - Builders Vision
Tiffany Stephenson, CMO - Protein Industries Canada 
Speakers
Meir Wachs, CEO - Kyomei
Kathryn Cook, Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder - NuCicer
Brett Casavant, Founder & CEO - C-Merak
Rajlaxmi Adwant, Chief of Staff - Oobli
Tom Ferguson, CFO - Onego Bio
Sarah Bolmer, Vice President - Product - Triplebar
Yadu Dar, Vice-President of Business Development - Plantible
Sandeep Patel, Chairman & CEO - Bettani Foods
Gordon Gregory, Founder - NuBean Nutrition