Meet the Team
When entrepreneurs, industry executives, experts align under a common mission and commit as a team, each of them bringing their unique set of experiences,
great things are bound to happen.
Venture Capital. Done Differently.
Isabelle has had a 20-year corporate career in the luxury and beverage industries before moving to Singapore in 2012 and setting up ID Capital.
Her last responsibility was SVP Marketing & Communications for the Cognac brand Hennessy, member of the Executive Committee. This included significant involvement in the upstream sector of Viticulture. Prior to this she was with Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Dunhill and Boucheron, in different senior capacities (supply chain director, retail network director, CMO).
After careful research for an emerging sector to invest in she was convinced that the foodtech & agtech sectors were bound for dramatic change. For the next two years she reviewed venture deals and invested as a private investor.
The idea of the FFA was born in May 2016 after potential co-investors expressed interests in her Agtech/Foodtech deal flow. It also appeared that startups would greatly benefit from regional exposure to grow their venture.
Isabelle Decitre
Founder and CEO
Saket has over eight years of research and investment experience and holds a Ph.D. in Immunology & Microbiology. He has worked on projects related to infectious diseases, cancer, ophthalmology, and autoimmune diseases. He also holds a patent for a Hepatitis B antibody drug. Along with his early curiosity in investing in public markets and writing for The Motley Fool, Saket was part of a venture capital team at a family office for the past two years, where he invested in the life science vertical. Saket's interest lies in agrifoodtech, sustainability, and creating a healthy ecosystem for future generations.
Saket Jhajharia
Vice President Venture Projects
Katy brings technical experience in working with novel ingredients to reformulate foods
to support innovation projects, having completed a PhD in food science in collaboration
with Nestlé and worked in a sustainable ingredients startup contributing to better food systems.
With experience in flavour and carbohydrate chemistry, food macro/ microstructure,and sensory evaluation, she has published in leading food science academic journals.
Katy Su
Venture Project Manager
Yves Meyer
Administrator
Vandana brings experience in entrepreneurship, innovation, investment and agrifood tech accelerator management and has worked in India and Singapore.
She began her career in financial services and has 10 years of relationship management and investment advisory experience across multinational banks. After her own successful startup journey, she led the design and delivery of entrepreneurship training programs at a leading VC in Singapore.
Most recently, she has been instrumental in the establishment of Southeast Asia’s first impact focused agrifood tech accelerator GROW, in partnership with AgFunder.
Vandana is a qualified CFA, holds a certificate in Agriculture Technology and has completed a strategy program at INSEAD. She is actively engaged in building capabilities to support growth in the Singapore and ASEAN agri food ecosystem.
Vandana Dhaul
Chief Operating Officer
Bingyu has an impeccable academic record as well as invaluable experience in powder and recycling technology, material science, and process engineering.
He has over 8 years of combined research experience in academia and consultancy. He was the Director of Mechanical Engineer and Quality Assurance in Vecor (China), in charge of the daily production operation, staff upgrading, R&D, lean systems development, and SOPs implementation. Vecor is an advanced material company that upcycles fly ash into ceramic tiles.
Bingyu is passionate in sustainable technologies and making a positive contribution to shaping our world into a better place.
Bingyu Zhuo
Venture Project Manager
Sunyoung is completing her MBA at INSEAD and from her experience at Samsung Securities and Korea Investment & Securities, she is the South Korea expert within the team. She completed her BSc in Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Sunyoung Park
Intern, Korea Expert
Steven is an industry veteran who brings 7 years of experience as an entrepreneur in the ICT and Agtech sector, and 12 years of experience working with leading food and agriculture corporations such as Cargill and OSI Group, where he served as the Asia VP and CFO.
Over the years, Steven has witnessed a tremendous rise of innovations across China to face the largest challenges faced by the food industry. Steven has spent time realizing these immense opportunities, accelerating solutions in the agrifoodtech space.
Steven also coaches young entrepreneurs who are engaged in agrifoodtech and is passionate about sharing insights with visionary leaders in the food industry.
Steven Zhang
Managing Director, Greater China
Starting off his career as a licensed lawyer in both the U.S. and China, Tristan has learnt the ins and outs of the VC/PE ecosystem and deal structures through various cross-border deals and projects.
After that, he joined the investment side and worked as a portfolio manager in the U.S. for 7 years, mainly focusing on the entertainment and tech industry.
Over the years, he developed strong interests in and passion for the foodtech & agtech sectors and believes the innovation of this industry can revolutionize the world and change people’s lives in the most tangible and meaningful way.
His rich cross-cultural background and experience both as a lawyer and a portfolio manager will help ID Capital play an important role in China’s Agri-foodTech transformation.
Tristan Lu
Director, Portfolio Management, Greater China
Helena brings over 20 years of B2B marketing experience, focusing on the F&B industry. Prior to joining the team, she was the marketing director at Tetra Pak & Ecolab China, specialising in product innovation, strategy, business intelligence and market research. She completed her MSc in Sociology from Columbia University.
Helena Kao
Senior Director, Greater China