Keiran Olivares Whitaker, Founder of Entocycle, UK's Leading Insect Farming Company on Building a Deeptech vs SaaS Company.

The European Startup Show

• [1:42] How did you go from scuba instructor to insect farming?
• [4:24] I don’t see insect protein based food in the market, why so much funding in this space?
• [7:17] How do you actually do insect farming? What is the process of farming black soldier flies and creating proteins out of them?
• [10:31] With the recent Covid pandemic, do you think the perception against meat has shifted? What does this mean for the future of insect-based proteins?
• [13:30] What does it take to be successful in this market?
• [18:09] Funding journey: How does funding for deep tech ventures differ from SaaS funding?
• [21:24] Advice for other entrepreneurs

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Entocycle