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Maximilian Von Poelnitz

Managing Director at Ajinomoto Corporate Venture Capital

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview

Work Experience

AC

Ajinomoto Corporate Venture Capital

  • Managing Director

    2023 - Current

    I lead our energy , climate, and food tech investing. Ajinomoto CVC is the corporate venture capital arm of Ajinomoto, a $10B revenue technology leader in amino science. We invest in transformative companies that advance new ways to extend health span, develop new approaches that change the ways information is processed, and answer complex challenges in sustainability. Together with Ajinomoto’s community of scientists and engineers, we enable startup founders to build and scale solutions for the future. Contact me or message me for further info on our focus in semiconductor packaging, battery innovation, medical nutrition, and green food tech

SC

Shop Circle

  • Investor

    2021

F

Formo

  • Investor

    2019

CD

CABA Design

  • Investor

    2020

E

EQUII

  • Executive Advisor

    2023 - 2024

    EQUII's irresistibly delicious complete protein products are the perfect match between healthy and hearty. The company is founded by accomplished food scientists Monica Bhatia, Ph.D., and Baljit Ghotra Ph.D., along with world-class chef Sebastien Canonne, M.O.F. I'm working with them on their Series A and their US expansion plans.

MF

Motif FoodWorks

  • Executive Advisor

    2023 - 2024

    Corporate development and strategy work. I help the executive team in regard to corporate development, go-to-market strategic planning, and sales pipeline activities.

LV

Loyal VC

  • Venture Partner

    2019 - 2023

    Loyal is a global venture fund designed to offer above-average returns, exceptional capital preservation and quarterly liquidity, through a unique gate-stage process that reduces bias. Partnered with INSEAD, Founder Institute, 900+ advisors, and 200+ investors, we are Loyal to the world with 300+ investments in 60+ countries.

R

Rootine

  • Board Member

    2022 - 2023

D

DSM

  • Investment Director, DSM Venturing

    2021 - 2022

    As an Investment Director, responsible for US Dealflow and representing the fund in both bio tech, food tech, and nutrition investing. Structured and led multiple investments including Rootine, Cybele, and Aavia. Sat on multiple boards and researched our early-stage incubator partnership options. DSM Venturing, the corporate venture arm of DSM, is active in various domains: Human and Animal Nutrition, Industrial Biotech, Biomedical, and Alternative.

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