Session Details Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2025 Time: 12:00 PM Eastern Time Duration: 90 minutes Format: Zoom Session Type: Expert-Led Workshop + Applied Learning
Regulatory compliance and food safety are critical milestones for foodtech ventures seeking to scale. This session will provide practical insights into navigating the complex regulatory landscape and designing food safety systems that strengthen credibility with customers, investors, and partners. Participants will gain strategies for compliance, case-based insights from industry experts, and practical tools to reduce risk and accelerate commercialization.
Lisa Cove (Founder & President, Shelf Ready Inc.) will provide practical guidance on food safety for scaling ventures. She will outline how to design systems for traceability, audits, ERP integration, and compliance readiness, while showing how robust food safety practices can reduce risk, build trust, and prepare startups for retail and distribution success.
Sharif Virani (Head of Growth, Real Life Robotics) will share experiences from scaling robotics technologies in highly regulated environments. He will highlight how startups can overcome barriers through bold leadership, persistence, and a culture of experimentation, while also addressing the funding and operational hurdles that come with navigating regulatory systems.
A peer discussion and Q&A, moderated by Cohort Mentor Dr. Jody Dexter (Bioenterprise), will encourage cohort participants to share their regulatory challenges, ask candid questions, and explore how compliance can become a foundation for sustainable growth.
