Propelled by Cornucopian Capital®, we collaborate with entrepreneurs and leading industry and scientific experts to launch new businesses that deliver first-in-class innovations in food, metabolic health, and personalized care offerings.
Each venture moves forward by clearing milestones across key dimensions: science & technology, demand, product, team, finance and operations — built on a unique partnership with the UC Davis Innovation Institute for Food and Health.
Each venture begins with solving a probelm at the intersection of food, biology, and health — and matures through our stage-gated process into a standalone company.
A novel BHB oxidase engineered at UC Davis that makes continuous ketone monitoring more viable. Funded by Cornucopian Capital on behalf of its portfolio company, Phenotap, this drop-in technology for blood meter manufacturers and continuous monitor developers will enable next-gen ketone monitoring.
Visit phenotap.comAn enzyme-based decaffeination technology developed in partnership with UC Davis researchers. Caffree gives consumers and producers a healthier and cleaner way to dial in caffeine levels precisely without sacrificing the flavor, ritual, or health benefits that make coffee so popular. Raised a $6M Series A in 2026.
Visit caffree.comA new bio-measurement platform for amino acids — the body's most fundamental signal of recovery, growth, and aging. Currently in stealth, with a scientific team building a technology stack rooted in UC Davis biochemistry and UC San Diego biosensing electrochemistry research.
Coming soonA community of builders working at the intersection of food and health innovation. Our team spans the full lifecycle of a venture — from the lab bench to the leadership team.
Aryeh is a serial VC investor and entrepreneur, and is presently the Managing Partner of Corncucopian Capital. He leads Barnstorm's operations and stage-gated process for company building. He is also the principal of SAGEN Trust Company, a family office founded after his family's 2000 sale of SlimFast Foods. UC Davis.
A serial scientific entrepreneur. Justin is Faculty Director of the Innovation Institute for Food and Health and an Associate Professor at UC Davis, with previous companies including BioArchitecture Labs, PvP Biologics, Digestiva, and Peak B. UC Davis; PhD, University of Washington.
Robby completed his PhD in biochemistry at the Baker Lab at UW and his postdoctoral work at the Siegel Lab at UCD, before becoming a leading innovator in coffee through his work at Starbucks' R&D team. Robby chose to partner with Barnstorm Foundry in late 2022 to commercialize his patent-pending technology for decaffeinating coffee.
Augustine's expertise in enzyme engineering has been crucial to Barnstorm's IP development projects. He is currently focused on continuous monitoring platforms for metabolic health, and is a co-inventor of patent-pending technologies currently being commercialized by Phenotap and AminoSense, Inc.
Thirty years at the intersection of business and technology. Previously SVP of Open Innovation at Ferrero and Global VP of Taste Modulation at Firmenich. Managing Director of Better Gambit, an NYC-based venture creation firm. M.S., Università di Pavia; Executive Program at Sloan/MIT.
Twenty-plus years operating across McDonald's, Disney, Revolution Foods, and SOURCE Global, with advisory roles for dozens of startups. Founder of Cloud 9 Performance Solutions and a lecturer in Leadership Development at San Jose State.
Founder and former CSO of PvP Biologics (acquired by Takeda), where she led development of a therapeutic for celiac disease. Translational Investigator at the Institute for Protein Design at UW. PhD, Microbiology, University of Washington; postdoc in computational enzyme design with David Baker.
Twenty-plus years at the intersection of molecular health, food ingredients, and diagnostics. Previously COO of Peak B and launched a dozen products at Ion Torrent (acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific). Founder of advisors.bio, and mentor at Endless Frontier Labs. PhD, Harvard, in George Church's lab.
Founder of the Shelbourne Group, LLC, previously a Senior Partner at Spencer Stuart in San Francisco, specializing in Biopharma and CEO/Board recruitment. Phil supports Barnstorm's talent acquisition and company-building capabilities, drawing on a career placing senior leaders across life sciences. B.A. and M.A., University of Minnesota / Carlson School.
Co-founder and CEO of GALT, with two decades experience commercializing research instruments. Previously led the DNA Sequencing Business Unit and DNA forensic product line at Life Technologies, with earlier roles at Guava Technologies, Chiron, and Applied Biosystems. B.Sc., Otago; PhD, Cambridge; MBA, INSEAD.
Founder of VEIT3IP LLC; previously a Senior Partner at Cooley LLP, where he built the firm's life sciences patent practice. Career across DeKalb-Pfizer Genetics, the USPTO, and global IP counsel for biotech and food science. J.D., Georgetown; PhD, Wisconsin-Madison; B.S., Washington State.
Founder of Oak & Hill, PC, advising Barnstorm and its ventures on corporate matters, M&A, and securities law. Earlier career in M&A at Kirkland & Ellis and Intel; since then has taken numerous startups from formation to exit, with acquirers including Uber, Yahoo, Google, Apple, and major pharma.
Co-founder and General Partner at The March Fund and a Senior Scholar at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management. Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations; advisor to the Bio Innovation Institute (Novo Nordisk Foundation) and the AI Institute for Next-Generation Food Systems. Former CSO, Mars.
A pioneering researcher in electrochemical biosensors and wearable diagnostics, Joe advises Barnstorm on continuous-monitoring platforms and next generation sensor technologies. His decades of work in analytical chemistry inform the technical foundation of ventures translating real-time physiological measurement into biosensing health products.
If you're passionate about building food, beverage, or health & wellness businesses, we'd love to hear from you.
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