Mihir Pershad

Company: Umami Bioworks

Job title: Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Bio:

Mihir Pershad is Founder & CEO of Umami Bioworks, a Singapore-based startup cultivating the future of sustainable seafood by crafting delicious, affordable, nutritious cell-cultured seafood. Mihir has an academic background in protein biochemistry and has spent his career working to commercialize deep tech innovations to address humanity’s grand challenges. Most recently, he was a Venture Partner at Early Charm Ventures, where he led the commercialization of university spin-outs at the intersection of biotechnology and aquaculture and authored “Cultivated Abundance”, a book exploring how entrepreneurs can leverage transformative technologies to build an inspiring, abundant future for humanity.

Seminars:

Case Study: Designing & Scaling a Pilot Facility for Cultivated Meat 11:30 am

Key considerations and challenges in designing a flexible & compliant pilot facility. Lessons learned from scaling core bioprocesses, selecting equipment, and retrofitting infrastructure. Reflections on timeline, cost, and coordination, as well as lessons on vendor management.Read more

day: Conference Day One