Speakers

Alex Shandrovsky is an investor relations at Ayana Bio, a Boston-based biotechnology company using plant cell culture to produce high-value bioactives for food, nutrition, and health applications. He works closely with executive teams, institutional investors, and strategic partners on growth financing, commercial partnerships, and positioning deep-tech platforms for scale.
Alex is the host of the Investment Climate Podcast, where he has interviewed 75+ agrifood tech founders and investors who have collectively raised over $1B+ in venture and growth capital. His conversations focus on capital allocation, investor decision-making, and the realities of scaling capital-intensive technologies. He is also a co-founder of FoodTech Weekly, a leading industry publication read by thousands of investors, operators, and ecosystem leaders globally.
Alex operates at the intersection of capital, technology, and commercialization, with an active global network across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. He is known for his disciplined, high-conviction approach to building and financing next-generation food and biotech companies.