Unified Excellence

In a nutshell

Why work with us?

Our core team provides you with consistent & high-quality consulting results as we all previously worked for renowned consulting companies like Kearney, Bain, KPMG and similar. We combine our consulting expertise with deep alternative food & material knowledge underlined and supported by our 3,400+ senior expert & freelancing consultant network. You get a selection of the best global experts for your projects to solve your challenges. Unique market insights on trends, innovations and major market players complement our expert’s knowledge and result from our exclusive partnership with Bioshyft — the largest B2B bioeconomy platform. Benefit from our data-driven & tailored consulting solutions.

Benefit from data-driven & tailor-made consulting solutions

4 main pillars are the cornerstones for our clients’ success.

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Focus & Thought Leadership

Our specialization and deep expertise on plant-based, fermtech, cellag, biotech & similar allow us to provide you with superior solutions.

2

Top-tier Consulting Craft

All SMC Partners & Managers previously worked for top consultancies like Kearney, Bain & similar to provide you with world class consulting service.

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On-demand Expert involvement

You get on-demand expertise from our 3,400+ senior expert network in a flexible way to solve even your most operational niche & specific challenges.

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Exclusive Data & Market Insights

We have exclusive access to Foodshyft and Materialshyft as part of Bioshyft with unique back-end data on market, competitor & innovation insights.

1. Specialization

Utilize our in-depth expertise in alternative foods & materials

We laser-focus on alternative foods & materials and possess a deep understanding of market trends, innovations, technologies, business models & supply chain interrelations – from raw material production and processing to final products

2. Top-tier Management Consulting

Rely on consistent & high-quality strategy consulting results

All our consulting ecosystem (senior) project managers worked for top-tier consultancies and possess deep alternative food & material knowledge.

Example Project Managers & Consultants​

Gerrit Feuerriegel​

MP & Internal Senior Manager​

Ex-Kearney Project Lead, CCO & CSO of biotech startups, alt. food & material expert.​

Carsten Koch​

Freelancing Senior Manager​

CEO Carsten Koch GmbH, Ex-Kearney Manager, insights from >250 companies, engineering focus.​

Desiree Feuerriegel ​

Internal Manager​

Ex-KPMG Global Strategy Group, vertical farming, plant-based innovations expert.

Markus Plack ​

Freelancing Senior Manager​

CEO Circular Partners, Ex-Kearney Manager, circular economy & alt. material expert. 

Kristin Saenger​

Internal Senior Consultant​

Ex-BCG, MBA, BSc Biotechnology, expertise in alternative foods & materials.​

3. Global Expert Network

Leverage deep expertise via our 3,400+ senior expert network

The senior experts in our network are specialized on business, technical & operational niche alternative food & material topics to provide you with deep insights.

Example Senior Experts​

Maya Benami, PhD​

15+ years experience on novel food, fungi, molecular farming, cell ag, biotech & more.

Matt Tom​

20+ years food expertise on plant-based, cell-ag, fermentation, NPD, scale-up & manufacturing.

MJ Kinney​

10+ years plant-based NPD and commercialization experience. Food science background.

Hannah Lester, PhD​

10+ years biotech & novel food regulatory expertise.​

Joel Shertok, PhD​

30+ years chemical process & material production expertise from lab to metric tons. ​

Mukund Rao, PhD​

30+ years of synthetic biology, bioplastics, fermtech. Expertise, chemical engineer.​

Leo Groenewegen​

20+ years experience on novel food, cell ag, biotech & more in several C-level roles. ​

Robert Spiegel​

30+ years of food technology expertise with focus on plant-based proteins & starches. ​ ​

John Hannon, PhD​

25+ years expertise as TEA advisor on algae, biofuels, bio-based chemicals & ferm-tech.​ ​

Kanagaraj C Selvraj ​

12+ years plant-based protein & starch processing expertise, engineering background.​

Itay Cohen, PhD​

15+ years of expertise in alt. proteins, plant biotech., physiology, agronomy & food systems

Lucas Rodriguez de los Santos​

20+ years expertise in various senior food & biotech commercial roles across value chains.​

Get unique & exclusive insights from Foodshyft & Materialshyft as part of our data & platform partner Bioshyft GmbH

4. EXCLUSIVE INSIGHTS

32,000+ startup, investor & corporate database

Bioshyft’s database includes information on main competitors, investors, sustainability impact, business KPIs & needs.

Raw material, technology, (by-) product insights

Bioshyft includes information on inputs (e.g. feedstock & ingredients), technologies (incL TRL, application areas & benefits) & outputs (e.g. bio based content & by-products).

Key insights on competitors and market trends

We have access to unique insights from Bioshyft platform back-end aggregated user analytics & benchmarks to relevant competitors.

AI-driven scouting for client-specific needs

Bioshyft Platform with the Bioshyft-AI system provides us with exhaustive screening of several billion datapoints and industry context specific opportunity suggestions.

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SMEs & large Companies​

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Investors​

How can we help you?

Schedule a meeting with our Managing Partner Gerrit Feuerriegel or send us a message.