Joosu Kuivanen, a scientist-turned-entrepreneur, is a co-founder and COO at eniferBio, a Finland based alternative protein start-up. Before co-founding eniferBio, he gained about ten years of experience, and a PhD in fungal biotechnology at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and two years of experience in R&D management and funding at Tampere University. During his career, he has been an author in 19 scientific publications, inventor in 6 patent families and involved in raising >€22M in soft R&D funding, mainly from EU programmes. Current responsibilities at eniferBio cover IP strategy & protection, company finance & admin and business development. Outside of work, he is interested in being in nature and a sustainable lifestyle ranging from gardening to self-produced energy.