The Dairy Industry and Why Synthetic Biology is the Answer with Jevan Nagarajah Co-founder and CEO @ Better Dairy

Today's guest is Jevan Nagarajah, Co-founder and CEO @ Better DairyJevan Nagarajah has experience across banking and tech. Studying at Imperial College he holds a Mathematics BSc (1st Class Honours) and he has executed retail partnerships at Rocket Internet, building European ops for Ritual.co.  He is now the Co-Founder and CEO at Better Dairy a London based start-up developing animal-free dairy products which has recently secured GBP £1.6m (US $2.1m) in seed financing toward RTD costs ahead of its commercial launch planned for early 2022. Better Dairy uses synthetic biology and yeast fermentation to produce dairy products following a similar process to brewing beer. Their products, make the move to replace traditional dairy products in existing recipes and supply chains seamless.  They have taken to the lab and already produced their first results.Enjoy the show!In today’s episode we cover: Dairy isn’t inherently flawed - it's the production process Dairy 2.0 Opening up the world How dairy can complement plant-based mylks VC Sustainability appetites You can find us on; Twitter @Jwombwellpovey or @mhmiddleInstagram @venturingintosustainability and @_theconsciousleaderEmail at [email protected], where I encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.Episode recorded March 19th, 2021

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