Anne Palermo
Anne Palermo is the CEO and co-founder of Aqua Cultured Foods, a leading future food startup in the alt-protein space. After recently closing the largest pre-seed round in alt-seafood, Anne is focused on using Aqua’s novel fermentation technology to bring to market nutritionally superior, hyper-realistic, whole cuts of seafood alternatives. Anne began her career in finance before transitioning into food tech, food science and culinary innovation with the launch of her first CPG company. While there, she developed proprietary technology pertaining to manufacturing processes and the product formulations used in a high protein snacking platform. She quickly scaled the company to a multimillion-dollar run rate.