Alan Ramos is Founder and CEO of Libre Foods.

Libre Foods is a biotech startup from Barcelona, Spain, which is reinventing meat with fungi. Libre was founded in 2021, has raised over three million euros in venture capital, and launched the first fungi-based bacon in the European Union.

Alan is a solo-founder. This fascinating, especially considering that Libre is a biotech startup and that Alan does not have a technical background. This is not the typical setup you would expect at a biotech startup. Nevertheless, Alan’s determination and his unwavering commitment towards Libre’s mission led him not only to overcome these constraints, but also build a great team from the beginning, cope with the ups and downs of every fast-growing startup, and achieve major milestones during the last 3 years.

Content:

02:30 Intro to Libre

03:20 How fungi-based food can outperform animal-based food

04:55 Libre's mission to reinvent meat with fungi and biomass fermentation and to fix the food system

09:30 History of FoodTech, alternative proteins, and Libre's journey so far, including latest grant won to double-down on R&D

13:50 Why Alan chose to be a solo-founder in biotech despite being a non-technical founder

18:15 Libre's leadership team evolution

22:05 Priorities for Libre in the next 12 months

27:30 His best advise for aspiring tech startup founders: have a clear why

Learn more:

Alan in LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-ivan-ramos/

Libre Foods in LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/libre-foods/

Libre Foods website: https://www.librefoods.co/

Episode page: https://www.mexpreneurs.com/podcast-libre

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