Jim Cali
Jim Cali entered venture capital after a 34-year record of success in general management, sales and marketing, innovation and organization development in CPG. Jim honed skills as a marketer in the consumer health care sector during the early stage of his career for Warner Lambert /Pfizer. For the past 25 years, Jim has focused in the food industry, progressing through a series of leadership roles in sales, marketing and general management at Cadbury, Kraft/Mondelez and Kellogg’s. Jim was the President and General Manager of Cadbury - Adams Japan where he turned around a declining, money-losing business to a profitable sustainable growth enterprise. He was SVP and Commercial Director for Cadbury Adams North and South America accelerating innovation and growth across the region. Jim was promoted to EVP leading Cadbury’s $6B global gum and candy category and continued in this role following Cadbury’s acquisition by Kraft/Mondelez. During this period, his teams grew global market share through building global brands, creating breakthrough innovation and launching new businesses into large white space markets like China. Jim subsequently joined Kellogg’s leading the global category team for the company’s nearly $6B snacking business. During his career, Jim has developed deep experience in the innovation space both as a practitioner and leader - developing strategy, coaching cross functional teams, leading the company’s innovation best practice and helping create incubator-like innovation organizations. He is a brand builder - both creating new brands and helping to grow multi-billion dollar brands like Trident gum and Pringles. In addition to a corporate career, Jim spent time as an independent consultant helping other companies establish innovation strategies and mentoring multiple food start-ups.
Next Gen Nutrition (NGN) Investment Partners is focused on early stage companies in food/beverage, food tech and food ingredients. The NGN managing partners are former food industry executives who leverage their experience and network to help founders realize the full potential of their brands via funding, planning and executional excellence. The firm has 5 active investments as well as one exit.
Daniel Tal Mor
Daniel Tal Mor is a seasoned entrepreneur, co-founder, and CEO of Lumen, a company developing consumer nutrition management platform, based on a small device that measures metabolism in a single breath and provides personalized food, lifestyle, and health recommendations.
Lumen was founded in 2014, and the company spent 4 years on research and development to create a product that accurately determines the source of the body's metabolic fuel. In 2016, beta trials for the Lumen device began, and in 2018, Lumen was officially launched on Indiegogo, where Lumen sold 10,000 devices during the pre-sale campaign alone.
Before Lumen, Daniel co-founded Wibiya, a platform that offered publishers tools for integrating, managing and tracking applications on their websites. In 2011 the company was acquired by Conduit where he held the positions of Vice President for almost three years. Before founding Wibiya Daniel co-founded another company called Joongel, a consumer online search engine.
Daniel lives in Tel Aviv, Israel with his spouse and 3 children.
George Cherian
George Cherian is Director of External Partnerships at the Kellogg Company. George’s experiences include new product innovation, technology scouting, development and commercialization of technology solutions, and establishing collaborations with external partners. Prior to Kellogg’s, he worked for Nestle and Pepsico.
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Alyssondra Campaigne
Alys Campaigne is a problem solver for public good. She is a Principal with Planet+Purpose Solutions, a boutique consulting practice that develops and manages corporate sustainability initiatives, helping clients minimize their environmental footprint, prioritize and manage complex regulatory and retailer requirements, and equip current and future leaders to be champions of change. Alys has helped clean beauty brands become B Corp Certified, expand philanthropic partnerships through 1% for the Planet, conduct carbon footprint assessments, and design and launch robust packaging stewardship programs. She is also a founding partner at Engage Strategies, a strategic services and community engagement consulting firm where she creates, evaluates and manages campaigns to achieve policy change in diverse fields such as juvenile justice, marine conservation, climate and energy, prescription drug abuse, food safety, and asset inequality. She has worked on strategic advocacy for over thirty years, advising congress, major environmental organizations, foundations, candidates, and companies.
Alys moved to Charleston, South Carolina after spending a decade in Washington, DC helping create and lead the External Affairs department of the Center for American Progress, working as legislative director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, and as a legislative aide in the U.S. House and Senate, where worked on chemical safety and children’s health and served on the congressional delegation to the international climate change negotiations. She began her career at the National Audubon Society and Nathan Cummings Foundation in New York. Alys holds degrees with honors from Wesleyan University and New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service. She serves as vice chair of Charleston Waterkeeper and as a volunteer guardian and litem for abused and neglected children.