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To protect livelihoods by building infrastructure for the global trade of agri-foods.
The food supply chain is an industry which is ripe for disruption. Two trends in particular are behind this. On the one hand, consumers are increasingly concerned with environmental and ethical sustainability. On the other hand, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed key issues with the global supply chain, as the flow of goods from producers to consumers struggled. What is clear is that companies need to use this as an opportunity to design their supply chain with future resilience in mind.
Founded in 2021, Red Sky is a VC-backed foodtech startup aimed at disrupting the existing infrastructure in this space. Its logistics platform connects food processors and manufacturers to procurement, freight and storage solutions, whilst at the same time providing a level of transparency and traceability which should appeal strongly to more climate-conscious consumers.
Of course, this is a competitive field. Red Sky will be competing with traditional brokers like Lamex, Ardo, Crops, Uren Group. That being said, Red Sky's relative youth gives it a great opportunity to start from scratch and build new solutions to the problems in this market that have held back its competitors in recent years.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Sep 2021
$5.4m
Charles Owen
(CEO)An Oxford graduate, Charles started his career in management consulting. He subsequently founded Batch Organics, a fast-growing food manufacturer serving Leon, Black Sheep Coffee and Caffe Nero.
Lionel Theinpont
(COO)Lionel started his career leading 180 personnel on offshore engineering projects. After an INSEAD MBA, he joined construction tech company Disperse, leaving at Series B as Head of Product.
Christian Pekeler
(CTO)Christian has sold 2x tech companies, including a B2B platform for nursery schools. His most recent role was CTO at Liefery, a last-mile logistics platform serving Apple, Siemens and Hello Fresh.
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Red Sky provides an innovative, agile and friendly working environment. The learning opportunities are endless, due to their agile business proposition.
Operations & Strategy
Opportunities to learn
Dec 2022
Red Sky provides an innovative, agile and friendly working environment. The learning opportunities are endless, due to their agile business proposition. The colleagues are super engaged and able to recommend new solutions to old problems.
Operations & Strategy
Intelligent people
Dec 2022
The main decision making process is multi disciplinary and driven by data. Everyone in the business is keen to understand what is needed for each customer and do their best to deliver a unique solution to each problem.
Operations & Strategy
Data-driven decisions
Dec 2022
The Founders are young and really cool, they give a lot of support and assistance when you are first starting. During the first week you have daily 1:1 meeting with Charles, the Founder and CEO to check see how you are doing, provide direction, listen to you. After the first week these continue as weekly 1:1 meetings which is so helpful to communicate about whatever you want openly. I have been here for 3 weeks now and any question I have they answer it calmly and openly, often asking my opinion on the matter. They are so supportive and helpful, they want me to do well in my role and allow me to do it in my own way.
Marketing
Supportive management
Dec 2022
The team energy is great, we are all young, enthusiastic and leaders in our fields. Everyone has a very different background and history, and yet we all come together with the same vision, direction and cause. We work hard, but we relax also. We have independence and freedom to act and work as we wish, with a high level of professionalism and dedication. In the office there is a Ping Pong table, which we often play at; and free coffee & beer on tap, so we can sit down and relax at the end of the day. The Christmas dinner and socials have been great, everyone is lovely.
Marketing
Team energy
Dec 2022
The SaaS platform is cutting edge, new age technology. We have a team of engineers who have carefully made the software platform specific for agri-food users. I am proud to demonstrate, show and sell this product to our potential customers because it is really great. Working in tech is something new to me, but I can see the huge potential in it. It's Food-tech, Logistics-tech, and Fin-tech all rolled into one. We have weekly meetings with the engineering team to showcase the new updates to the platform, and we can suggest anything we may want to add/change. We also have constant communication with the COO to learn how to give demos ourselves to customers, and so it is easy to learn and develop your skills.
Marketing
Innovative product
Dec 2022
I've been given total responsibility to build a product from 0-1. Its been an awesome challenge to be able to tackle a fresh problem with a blank slate and be given the support from the co-founders to tackle that. That the joy of Red Sky - if you have a good idea, a clear plan to execution and it adds value to the mission you'll be supported in delivering that idea.
Product
Challenging work
Dec 2022
We work with some great minds. The three co-founders have all worked in or been co-founders of start ups before and so have a really good understanding of the nuts and bolts of what makes a successful business. Almost everyone has worked in food or freight which gives Red Sky an awesome vertical industry expertise and really helps us help our customers. There's a great culture of open challenge and collaboration.
Product
Intelligent people
Dec 2022
No idea is a bad idea - we are building something great and all ideas are welcome. You don't need to work in product to drive product development. You don't need to work in sales to have a great GTM strategy and you don't need to be a co-founder to drive the business direction. The structure is flat, agile and collaborative.
Product
My opinions are valued
Dec 2022