Which came fi rst, the chicken or the egg? Arturo Elizondo wants
to make the age-old conundrum irrelevant. His Clara Foods has de-
veloped a fermentation technology that uses yeast to convert sugar
into egg proteins, the way brewers make beer. The animal-free pro-
teins will be a cheaper and greener replacement for the vast quantities
of eggs that go into everything from instant cakes and mayonnaise to
supplements and pharmaceuticals. “Animals are incredibly ineffi cient
protein machines,” says Elizondo, whose parents immigrated to the
U.S. from Mexico. “It’s fundamental economics that we can make pro-
tein that is cheaper and more sustainable.” Clara Foods has raised $45
million, including an investment from $5.6 billion food and pharma
company Ingredion. —Robin Andrews, Alex KnappANJELO AUSTRIA, 29
Senior analyst,
Center Lake Capital
MICHAEL BLOCH, 28
Cofounder, Pillar
MAXWELL BLUMENFELD,
28; NAFTALI HARRIS, 27
Cofounders, SentiLink
SAM BOBLEY, 28
Cofounder, Ocrolus
JENNIFER CAMPBELL, 26
Cofounder, Tagomi
JILL CARLSON, 29
Principal, Slow Ventures
RACHEL CARPENTER, 29
Cofounder, Intrinio
WILLIAM DAGUE, 28
Vice president, Nasdaq
GARDNER DAVIS, 29
Senior investment associate,
Bridgewater Associates
AMBER FENG, 29
Head of corporate card, Stripe
MAXIMILIAN FIKKE, 28
Principal, BC Partners
KAREN FISHMAN, 29
Vice president, Goldman Sachs
PAUL GU, 28
Cofounder, Upstart
KATHERINE HELE, 29
Vice president, Bank of America
ALLAN JEAN-BAPTISTE, 29
Principal, KKR
MAGDALENA KALA, 29
Vice president, Bain Capital
MOIZ KHAN, 29
Analyst, Palestra Capital
JESSICA KHATER, 24
Head of institutional lending,
Celsius Network
ALEX KLARFELD, 29
Cofounder, Divvy Homes
ANDY LEE, 29
Chief investment offi cer,
Parallaxes Capital
ADAM LESLIE, 29
Principal, Blackstone
NATASHA NATH, 29
Vice president, Deutsche Bank
MONTA OZOLINA, 28
Associate, private equity,
Apollo Global Management
ALEXANDER PACK, 27
Cofounder,
Dragonfl y Capital Partners
JESSE REINHERZ, 29
Portfolio manager,
Millennium Management
OLIVIA ROGAN, 29
Associate, KKR
BRIAN SANDERSON, 29
Vice president, Morgan Stanley
JASON SCHNEIDER, 29
Analyst,
Tiger Global Management
TROY WICKETT, 29
Vice president, Goldman Sachs
NAOKI JOHN YOSHIDA, 29
Principal, Hellman & Friedman
BALKEES ABDERRAHMAN, 28
Ph.D. candidate, University of Leeds
DANIEL ALMEIDA, 28
Ph.D. candidate, Douglas Mental
Health University Institute
ROXANNE BELTRAN, 28
Postdoctoral researcher,
University of California, Santa Cruz
TYLER BERNSTEIN, 21;
JONATHAN SEGAL, 22
Cofounders, Zeno Power Systems
ESTI BLANCO-ELORRIETA, 29
Ph.D. candidate, New York University
BIRGITT BOSCHITSCH, 28
Cofounder, spotLESS Materials
PAIGE BROWN, 21; JOHN DEAN, 22;
KAI MARSHLAND, 22;
ANDREY SUSHKO, 25
Cofounders, WindBorne Systems
JASON CHEN, 29
Cofounder, Verge Genomics
STEFANO DANIELE, 29
Ph.D. candidate, Yale School of Medicine
ARTURO ELIZONDO, 27
Cofounder, Clara Foods
KYLE FLANAGAN, 29
Founder, Prime Lightworks
ALEXANDER FOTSCH, 29
Vice president, Locus
Agricultural Solutions
KENNETH HARRIS, 27
Senior satellite engineer, NASA
ASHLEY KALINAUSKAS, 29
Founder, Torigen Pharmaceuticals
DAKSHITA KHURANA, 29
Assistant professor, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
AHMED KORD, 29
Postdoctoral researcher,
Columbia University
REBECCA KRAUTHAMER, 28
Founder, Quantum Thought
SIDDHARTH KRISHNAN, 28
Postdoctoral researcher, MIT
JOE LAURIENTI, 29
Founder, Ursa Major
SHARON LI, 29
Postdoctoral researcher,
Stanford University
ANN LIN, 23
Ph.D. candidate, Stanford University
FADJI ZAOUNA MAINA, 28
Postdoctoral researcher, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory
LUMKA MSIBI, 29
Cofounder, AstroFarm Technologies
EMMA PIERSON, 28
Ph.D. candidate, Stanford University
DEREK PLATT, 26
Ph.D. candidate,
Washington University in St. Louis
JESSICA POINTING, 24
Ph.D. candidate, Stanford University
IVAN RAVLICH, 29
Founder, Hypernet Labs
JOAQUIN RESASCO, 29
Postdoctoral researcher, University
of California, Santa Barbara
RYAN ST. PIERRE, 29
Researcher, Carnegie Mellon University
BRIAN SWEIS, 29
M.D./Ph.D. candidate, University of
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