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Meet
the founders

Tomas & Dimitri met during a hike in the mountains of Gruyère, Switzerland, land of the famous  "double crème de Gruyère" and its eponymous cheese.

Both were driven by their wish to build a company to scale their impact.

Both were united by their vision for a more sustainable and kinder food system.

So they founded Cultivated Biosciences end of 2021.

And both are now surrounded with an international team of experts, working with care and decisiveness towards a dairy-free creamier future.

Tomas Turner

Dimitri Zogg
Co-Founder & CTO

Tomas Turner
Co-Founder & CEO

Dimitri Zogg

Meet the team 

Arthur Robin

Michelle Cremona
Food & Biochemistry Intern

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Eugenio Spadoni

Eugenio Spadoni
Senior Food Scientist, PhD

George Agorastos
Senior Food Scientist, PhD

George Agorastos

Arthur Robin 
Senior Process Technologist, PhD

Giulia Brogi

Giulia Brogi
Food Science Intern

Silvana Wüest
Food & Biochemistry Intern

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Lucie Rein

Lucie Rein
Chief Commercial Officer

Stella Zanini
Food & Biochemistry Intern

Stella Zanini
Johanna Kuhn

Johanna Kuhn
Founders Associate 

Laurin Bislin

Laurin Bislin
Junior Bioprocess Engineer

 

Salman Khan

Salman Khan
Fermentation Intern

Erdem Carsanba
Senior Fermentation
Scientist, PhD

Erdem Carsanba
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Antonio Lanzilotti
Process Technology Intern

Our Culture

Common Growth 
Shared growth is our overarching goal. We want to grow as a company and develop as individuals at the same time.

Ownership

Cultivated is a collective of experts, each with their own area of responsibility. Rather than relying on top-down management, we employ a collaborative approach.

Care
Mental and physical health is essential for common growth. Therefore we strive to create a workplace that is a safe space. Open and kind feedback is essential to us. 

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Sustainable to the core 

Sustainability is at the core of everything we do at Cultivated, from the product we create to the way we operate on a daily basis.

Founders Pledge

Our Co-Founders made a binding pledge to donate a portion of their proceeds on liquidity to charity.

To ensure the effectiveness of their contribution they collaborate with Founders Pledge, which provides in-depth research on effective giving.

 

OUR COMMITMENTS 

Public transport: 90% of our team takes public transport to commute

Sustainable food: 100% of the food at team events is plant-based or occasionally vegetarian 

Air travel: We use train travel for trips that are less than 9 hours

Offsetting emissions: We offset the emissions from our operations 

Reducing our impact

We are dedicated to reducing our carbon footprint and doing our part to combat climate change. We are constantly striving to reduce our emissions.

 

However, we recognize that it is not always possible to completely eliminate emissions, so we offset the rest through myclimate.

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