Michiel Strijland is Business Development Manager at Invest-NL, where he is the know-it-all about the novel food investor framework that he co-wrote. Furthermore he focuses on financing and scaling up innovation in agri-food, biotech, and the protein transition. He works on developing new financing structures that enable growth, supporting shared infrastructure for scaling up, promoting knowledge sharing around new food technologies, such as novel foods, and strengthening collaboration throughout the chain. His focus is on bringing together public and private capital to bring sustainable innovations to market faster.