Alex Shandrovsky leads International Business Development or California Cultured, a pioneer in future-proofing cocoa through plant cell culture. Before joining California Cultured, Alex led a food tech investment advisory firm, helping companies raise $15M+. Additionally, he was the director of business development at Fusion VC, Israel's most active Preseed VC. He is an accomplished entrepreneur, starting a multimillion-dollar food business from a $3,000 loan. Alex shares investment playbooks of Foodtech's most successful CEOs through the Investor Climate podcast in partnership with Food Tech Weekly and Vegconomist.