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MARISSA
Marissa is a serial entrepreneur, writer, speaker, mentor, women’s advocate and business advisor to founders, impact investors, institutions and organizations in plant-based food and foodtech. She has created businesses and social initiatives across Canada and India.
Marissa is the Founder and Executive Director of Future Ocean Foods, an alternative seafood association with 36 companies in 14 countries, across plant-based, fermentation and cultivated food and technology. Future Ocean Foods’ mission is to support and accelerate the alternative seafood industry worldwide, to promote food security, human health, environmental sustainability and ocean conservation.
Marissa and her work have been featured in numerous publications and news outlets, including The Globe and Mail, The Wall Street Journal, Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, Vegconomist, Green Queen, Vogue India, ELLE India, Financial Post, Economic Times, Food in Canada, Food Ingredients First, Best Health, Bay Street Bull, CP24 and CTV News.
She has participated in expert panels, events and created impact initiatives with UN Women, Vegan Women Summit, the Canadian Women’s Chamber of Commerce, the National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association, the Black North Initiative, McGill University, Dress For Success, Plant Forward, Startup Canada and others. She is currently a mentor for Dalhousie University’s Lab2Market program and a coach in the Women Led Impact Investment Challenge, led by Spring and Telus Pollinator Fund For Good. Marissa regularly speaks about women in business, plant-based food, alternative protein and impact investing.
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Marissa Bronfman is the Founder and Executive Director of Future Ocean Foods, a new alternative seafood association with 36 companies in 14 countries. Future Ocean Foods’ mission is to support and accelerate the alternative seafood industry worldwide, across plant-based, fermentation and cultivated, to promote food security, human health, environmental sustainability and ocean conservation.
WORK with MARISSA
Marissa works with a wide range of founders, companies and organizations, from startups to large corporations and nonprofits, as an advisor and consultant. From brand strategy and business development, to raising capital and exploring investment opportunities, to social and environmental initiatives and events, Marissa is passionate about applying her global experience and expertise for transformative results.
invite MARISSA to be a SPEAKER at YOUR EVENT
Are you looking for an industry expert to speak about trends, challenges and opportunities in food, foodtech and impact investing? Marissa speaks regularly as an expert on panels and at events.
IN THE NEWS
RECENT INTERVIEWS, PRESS + PODCASTS
Marissa Bronfman On Women Leading The Way In Alt Seafood | Vegconomist
It’s a hugely exciting time for seafood analogs, a relatively small but fast-growing category of alternative protein, with many new companies and technological developments being led by women from around the world. While women founders across industries received an abysmal 1.9% of all venture capital dollars last year, I am buoyed by the number of women leading successful seafood analog companies, in far greater proportion than what we see in alternative meat. Research shows female-founded companies perform more than 60% better than all-male founding teams and generate a 35% higher return on investment – we know that investing in women is simply good business.
“Want To Support Women? Fund Their Businesses” | The Globe and Mail
‘Women are building businesses that are good for people, good for the planet. Women think about the impact their products or services have, so when we fund women – and the numbers support this – they use their funds better, they’re hiring other women, and we also see that those products and services perform better and are more inclusive. In every country in the world, when we give money to women, [their businesses] perform better. It’s not up for discussion, we know it from the numbers. We’re just trying to close that huge, huge [funding] gap.’
Why Women Should Invest: Why Investing is Different For Women and 5 Tips For Getting Started | Buzzfeed
Your values play a key role in how you manage your finances as well as how you invest. "It's important that you feel passionate about where your money is going," says Bronfman. "Find an intersection between where your values meet high returns because we can invest in people and the planet, while also building wealth for ourselves."
How To Fund Your Business | Startup Women Podcast
‘One of the exciting things about this emerging industry that we call ‘impact investing’ is that hopefully, in a few years, all investing will be impact investing. We shouldn’t have to talk about impact investing versus traditional investing, just like we shouldn’t have to talk about underrepresented founder versus founder. But unfortunately, we do still see less than 3% of venture capital go to women founders all over the world and that less than 7% of partners at venture cap firms are women.’