DealMakers: Entrepreneur | Startups | Venture Capital
Description
Antoine Hubert is the cofounder of Ynsect, which is dedicated to insect breeding and derivative bioproducts manufacturing, such as oils and protein powders. His company has raised $435 million from top-tier investors like Supernova Invest, Caisse d'Epargne, Footprint Coalition, and Arnmat Group.
In this episode you will learn:
* How Ynsect is automating insect farming and produce
* How they are creating a vertically integrated deep tech agricultural business
* Antoine's top advice for other entrepreneurs
* The importance of bringing in advisors and coaches earlier
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About Antoine Hubert:
Antoine Hubert is Ÿnsect’s cofounder, Chairman and CEO. He also leads the cooperative insect industry association, the International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed (IPIFF) and is Board Member of Agrocampus Ouest, Agriloops and LFD.
Prior to co-founding Ÿnsect, Antoine Hubert worked on scientific projects in environmental risk assessment, biomass and plastics recycling. He is an agronomy engineer graduate from AgroCampus-Ouest and AgroParisTech. Together with Alexis, he co-founded NPO WORGAMIC and the company ORGANEO.
Connect with Antoine Hubert:
* Linkedin
* Crunchbase
* Twitter
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FULL TRANSCRIPTION OF THE INTERVIEW:
Alejandro: Alrighty. Hello everyone, and welcome to the DealMakers show. Today we have a really cool founder from Europe. I think that we’re going to be learning a lot about the use of worms, about agriculture, and you name it. Then, also, about how to go against uncertainty and against this crazy 2020 that we’ve all experienced. So without further ado, let me welcome our guest today. Antoine Hubert, welcome to the show.
Antoine Hubert: Hello, Alejandro. Hello, everyone. It’s very nice to be here. Thanks for the invitation.
Alejandro: So born in Paris.
In this episode you will learn:
* How Ynsect is automating insect farming and produce
* How they are creating a vertically integrated deep tech agricultural business
* Antoine's top advice for other entrepreneurs
* The importance of bringing in advisors and coaches earlier
SUBSCRIBE ON:
For a winning deck, take a look at the pitch deck template created by Silicon Valley legend, Peter Thiel (see it here) that I recently covered. Thiel was the first angel investor in Facebook with a $500K check that turned into more than $1 billion in cash.
Moreover, I also provided a commentary on a pitch deck from an Uber competitor that has raised over $400 million (see it here).
Remember to unlock for free the pitch deck template that is being used by founders around the world to raise millions below.
About Antoine Hubert:
Antoine Hubert is Ÿnsect’s cofounder, Chairman and CEO. He also leads the cooperative insect industry association, the International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed (IPIFF) and is Board Member of Agrocampus Ouest, Agriloops and LFD.
Prior to co-founding Ÿnsect, Antoine Hubert worked on scientific projects in environmental risk assessment, biomass and plastics recycling. He is an agronomy engineer graduate from AgroCampus-Ouest and AgroParisTech. Together with Alexis, he co-founded NPO WORGAMIC and the company ORGANEO.
Connect with Antoine Hubert:
* Crunchbase
* * *
FULL TRANSCRIPTION OF THE INTERVIEW:
Alejandro: Alrighty. Hello everyone, and welcome to the DealMakers show. Today we have a really cool founder from Europe. I think that we’re going to be learning a lot about the use of worms, about agriculture, and you name it. Then, also, about how to go against uncertainty and against this crazy 2020 that we’ve all experienced. So without further ado, let me welcome our guest today. Antoine Hubert, welcome to the show.
Antoine Hubert: Hello, Alejandro. Hello, everyone. It’s very nice to be here. Thanks for the invitation.
Alejandro: So born in Paris.