Sustainable Seafood Meets Biotech: Wildtype

Cultured and cell-based foods represent a rapidly expanding industry. Come hear about sustainable seafood and biotech Northern California.
About this Event

Register early to taste test! Price goes to $20 on Tuesday.
San Francisco-based Wildtype, which focuses on sustainable cell-cultivated seafood, recently raised $100 million from Jeff Bezos, S2G Ventures and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Discover how CEO and co-founder Justin Kolbeck launched the firm, and is driving product development and consumer demand, partnering with chefs, plus expanding into global markets. Kolbeck will also outline career and business development pathways within this cutting-edge industry. Learn about this startup and blue economy career opportunities while networking with ocean peers.
Join us overlooking the harbor.

• no-host bar
• affordable meal for purchase
• industry networking
• speaker presentation

Kolbeck is CEO of . Co-founded with cardiologist Arye Elfenbein, this startup was created to address the environmental impact of industrial fishing. Operating within the developing cellular agriculture vertical, the company’s first product is sushi-grade salmon saku.

• Global market for cell-based food products is valued at approximately $3.2 billion, with projections indicating rapid scaling to $28.4 billion at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) exceeding 32%.
  
• Northern California boasts highest concentration of cell-based ag-tech firms. This advantage stems from a deep talent pool, specialized capital networks and local academic institutions.

More info: https://sfbluetech.com/climate-tech-events/september-happy-hour-2026/

Agenda

🕑: 05:30 PM
Networking, drinks, meal
🕑: 06:30 PM
Welcome and special announcements
🕑: 06:45 PM
Justin Kolbeck, CEO/co-founder Wildtype Seafood
🕑: 07:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Q&A / return to networking