Ivan has been an active venture capital investor for the last 27 years and he is the co-founder of Five Seasons Ventures, the first European venture fund fully focused on consumer Foodtech.

He is passionate about product and technology innovation aimed at solving big challenges in the food industry: from alternative sources of proteins, to functional foods, from new models of food distribution, to the reduction of food waste.  At Five Seasons he invested, among others, in Butternut Box (D2C pet nutrition), YFood Labs (meal replacements) and Just Spices (D2C spices), THIS.co (plant-based meat alternatives), Cortilia (D2C fresh food retailer), La Fourche (D2C organic groceries), Air-Up (reusable water bottle & flavour pods) and KoRo (D2C natural healthy snaking).

His experience includes structuring investments, organizational and strategy development, setting up governance for growth and planning for successful exits.

In his spare time, he enjoys family life, fly fishing, and practicing jiu-jitsu with his son Adam.