Beth Zotter: Umaro seaweed bacon, billion dollar consumer products, and cultivation tech
Beth Zotter is the brilliant CEO and co-founder of Umaro Foods, the seaweed-based alternative bacon company.
In this episode of The Paxtier Pod, we explore Beth's exciting endeavors across the seaweed value chain, from scaling offshore farming & strain optimization, to selecting business models & target markets.
In this episode we cover:
0:00 Intro.
1:05 Introduction to Umaro.
4:45 Umaro's strain optimization process and species of interest
7:07 Umaro's involvement in offshore cultivation tech.
18:14 Next steps for Umaro and fundraising.
21:39 Perspectives on U.S seaweed farming.
25:10 Perspectives on land-based farming and invasive species.
30:05 The biorefinery approach.
32:29 Competing with soy.
34:06 Biomass supply for Umaro.
37:24 Approaching sales as a scientist, and building a billion dollar brand.
38:51 The power of outsourcing to facilitate scaling.
43:33 Nailing the pitch and business model.
45:08 Big learnings and advice.
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