Sarah Smith

Food Future Co. (Food Future) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Tong Shen. The firm is headquartered in New York.

KitchenTown is a food innovation hub located in the Bay Area that provides end-to-end services for startups at any size or stage. The private company is based in San Mateo, CA. KitchenTown's multi-disciplinary team of food scientists, top chefs, operations specialists, technology experts, consumer analysts, and marketing strategists helps develop, commercialize, and launch impact-driven food products. The company works with some of the most innovative foodtech startups from around the world and offer a range of production facilities and innovation services. KitchenTown champions innovation in all its forms to drive positive change in the food system from the ground up. The company was founded in 2014 by Rusty Schwartz, who has been the CEO since then.

Institute for the Future is a non-profit organization that provides custom research, foresight education, and training to businesses, governments, and social impact organizations to help them navigate complex changes and develop world-ready strategies. The non-profit company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The company's methodologies and toolsets yield coherent views of transformative possibilities across all sectors that together support a more sustainable future.