Leaders on a Mission
Discussions with leaders with a clear mission of creating a healthier world in today’s most innovative startups across FoodTech, AgTech (Agritech), Synbio, Sustainability, Climate Tech, and Clean Tech. Learn more about precision fermentation, cellular agriculture, alternative proteins, crop protection, biologicals, protein expression systems, carbon capture, plant health, precision agriculture, bioinformatics, human nutrition and what it takes to successfully scale your business in this budding sector.
Leaders on a Mission
Biotech That Scales: Using a 30-Year Playbook to Reinvent Protein
What if the key to transforming the global protein system lies in technology we've had for decades?
Stephan van Sint Fiet, CEO of Vivici, reveals how industrial biotech is stepping off the lab bench and onto supermarket shelves — using precision fermentation to create dairy proteins ready for scale.
In this episode, we unpack Vivici’s strategic focus on high-value proteins like beta-lactoglobulin, their approach to reaching cost parity, and why trust, transparency, and taste are critical for mainstream adoption.
Learn how a tried-and-tested biotech playbook is helping rewrite the rules of sustainable food production.
Tune in to hear how decades-old biotech is poised to reshape the way the world consumes protein.
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1:06 — Why biotech drew Stephan in
2:47 — The protein demand crisis
7:01 — Why Vivici chose dairy
9:14 — Tackling the scale-up challenge
14:01 — The power of beta-lactoglobulin
17:24 — Competing with cheap proteins
20:47 — Key milestones to date
30:39 — “We’re not reinventing this”
34:21 — Cracking consumer adoption
Useful links:
Vivici website: https://www.vivici.com
Vivici’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/viviciprotein/
Stephan van Sint Fiet LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanvansintfiet/
Leaders on a Mission website: https://cs-partners.net/podcasts/
Simon Leich’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/executive-talent-headhunter-agtech-foodtech-agrifoodtech-agritech/