Brightseed was founded by a diverse group of passionate individuals dedicated to addressing the world’s most pressing health challenges with solutions from the natural world.
From agricultural crops to specialized ingredients to pharmaceuticals, we are committed to advancing health by building an ecosystem that delivers the benefits of bioactives to consumers.
Brightseed exists to change the way we approach health—and to shift us from a reactive system to a proactive one. Through science, we unlock natural solutions across the health continuum that change the lives of people around the world.
As health’s unsung heroes, bioactives offer the key to ending the burdens of chronic diseases. Because of this, Brightseed partners with industry leaders to commercialize and communicate the power of bioactives as we build the next era of human health.
We are scientists, technologists, metabolomics experts, biologists, natural product chemists, doctors, process engineers, supply chain builders, and business leaders. We are also musicians, athletes, mothers, fathers, artists, writers, and plant fanatics—all working together to advance the knowledge of plants and their impact on humankind.
JOIN THE TEAMManagement
Jim Flatt, PhD
Co-Founder and CEO
Sofia Elizondo
Co-Founder and COO
Lee Chae, PhD
Co-Founder and CTO
Alina Slotnik
VP of Bioactives
Stephanie Wright
Chief People Officer
Jan Willem Van Klinken
SVP Medical, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs
Meng Xu
VP, Discovery
David Brown
VP of Business Development
Anna Gershenzon
Head of Finance
Board
Bart Swanson
Investor, Horizons Ventures
Becky O’Grady
Former President of Yoplait and Häagen-Dazs, General Mills
Chuck Templeton
Former Founder and CEO, OpenTable, Former Chairman, GrubHub, Investor, S2G
Elaine Leavenworth
Former CMO, Abbott Nutrition
Ryan Rakestraw
Investor, Temasek International
Advisors
Bernhard Van Lengerich
Former CSO, General Mills
Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH
Cardiologist & Dean of the School of Nutrition, Tufts University
Indra Nooyi
Former Chairman & CEO, Pepsico
Ryan D. Shadrick Wilson
CEO and Founder Boardwalk Collective
Walter Robb, PhD
Former CO-CEO, Whole Foods
Bioactives Coalition
Ashlie Burkart, MD, CM
Chief Scientific Officer at Germin8 Ventures; Associate with the Belfer Center's Environment and Natural Resources Program, Harvard Kennedy School
DOWNLOAD BIOJed W. Fahey M.S., Sc.D
John Hopkins nutritional biochemist whose research on plant-based nutrition targets chronic disease prevention
DOWNLOAD BIOChef Robert E. Graham, MD, MPH
Harvard-trained researcher and physician, public health scientist, food activist and founder of FRESH Medicine and FRESH Med U
DOWNLOAD BIOMark Hyman, MD
Founder and Senior Advisor for the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine; founder and director of The UltraWellness Center; host of The Doctor’s Farmacy Podcast
DOWNLOAD BIOKatie Stebbins
Executive Director of The Food & Nutrition Innovation Institute at Tufts University
DOWNLOAD BIOTaylor C. Wallace, PhD, CFS, FACN
Principal and CEO of the Think Healthy Group; co-author of the first North American guideline and intake recommendation for flavan-3-ols
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World Economic Forum
Sofia Elizondo of Brightseed Named Young Global Leader By The World Economic Forum
READ MORENutritional Outlook
Brightseed Named Nutritional Outlook’s 2022 Best of the Industry Awards, Industry Leader
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With A $120 Million War Chest, Brightseed Is Unlocking the Fat-Fighting Power of Hemp
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This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.