About Fabio Ziemssen
Fabio Ziemssen has been a partner at ZINTINUS since 2021, a food tech growth impact fund that finances and promotes start-ups in the areas of alternative proteins, functional nutrition, clean nutrition and food waste reduction. Since 2019, he has been co-founder and vice chairman of the German association BalPro e. V., which serves as a platform for exchange and innovation in the field of alternative protein sources (over 120 members from start-ups, industry and politics).
Before joining ZINTINUS, Ziemssen worked at METRO AG – first as Head of Ecommerce (Food), then as Head of Innovation and finally, from 2017 to 2021, as Director of Food Innovation/CEO of NX Food, METRO AG's innovation hub for food innovations and alternative protein strategies. In this role, he built up a network of over 800 start-ups and led projects on vertical farming, functional food and food waste reduction, among other things.
Before joining ZINTINUS, Ziemssen worked at METRO AG – first as Head of Ecommerce (Food), then as Head of Innovation and finally, from 2017 to 2021, as Director of Food Innovation/CEO of NX Food, METRO AG's innovation hub for food innovations and alternative protein strategies. In this role, he built up a network of over 800 start-ups and led projects on vertical farming, functional food and food waste reduction, among other things.
