Innovafeed, co-founded in 2016 by Aude Guo in Paris, France, is an AgTech business breeding insects as sustainable nutritional solutions for plant and animal feed.

1. Aude Guo: Innovafeed Redefining Sustainable Futures By Insect Breeding
For Plant and Animal Feed
Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers. These three entities make up the entire food chain
where every living thing you can find in the world co-exists in the food chain. Certain
animals, plants, and insects can thrive in particularly specific areas and regions of the Earth.
Unfortunately due to adverse climatic conditions and growing environmental concerns, the
insects are affected more and they are forced to relocate to other suitable conditions. Some
even get trapped and can soon see their populations going extinct.
Have you heard of the Butterfly Effect? The Butterfly Effect is a theory proposed by Edward
Norton Lorenz - a Mathematician and Meteorologist. Simply put, the theory proposes that
when even the smallest of things change or cause disruption however small, it will lead to
catastrophic events of a larger size sometime down the line and in the future. Similarly, when
we apply this theory to the food chain, it is truly eye-opening. All of the living and non-living
things that we know of on Earth are part of the environment’s ecosystem and biodiversity.
Even the displacement or the complete removal of insects can disrupt the entire food chain
and throw it off balance. The co-existence of all species is what keeps the food chain
together, and without which certain consequences are seen.
The consequences that occur due to the disruption of the food chain as well as to the
environment’s ecosystem and biodiversity can be loss of life, complete extinction of
important species, relocation, global warming, climatic changes, natural disasters, etcetera.
With the rapidly increasing population requiring more food and fuel for sustenance and
improving the quality of life, humans hurt and harm the planet by constantly digging, killing,
consuming, degrading, exploiting, and wasting. Now, the world has come to a place where
the only solution that can save all of our species is leading a sustainable lifestyle with the
adoption and incorporation of eco-friendly farming practices, environmentally conscious
mentalities, and sustainability initiatives.
Therefore to move towards a sustainable future where with the integration of technological
advancements in innovation and agriculture, many companies and businesses have started up
and invested in projects that can save the fall of the food chain during our future generations’
time. Agricultural Technology industries have blown up as of late and are always coming up
with innovative and creative solutions to addressing and solving problems. One such cause
for concern is the quality levels of food consumed by humans and animals, and how bringing
back a certain species of insect fly can help save humanity from hunger as well as the Earth.
Innovafeed - which was co-founded by Aude Guo, Bastien Oggeri, and Clément Ray, is an
AgTech business and company in Europe that uses its disruptive technology to lead the
largest insect rearing of - Hermetica illucens (Black Soldier Fly), bringing it back to the
heart of the food chain. To feed tomorrow's world, this insect is bred in vertically indoor
farms in the factory plant as a nutritional protein feed for plants, animals, and humans. In this

2. article, we share interesting insights into the company’s co-founder and Executive director -
Aude Guo, as well as the missions, aims, and future goals.
About Aude Guo - Co-Founder and Executive Director at Innovafeed:
One of the 3 co-founders who started Innovafeed together is, Aude Guo. Aude has a
Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from the National School of Bridges and Roads,
and a Master’s in Business Administration from the College of Engineers. Soon after Aude
Guo started her career and in 2010 became a Junior Consultant at McKinsey & Company and
later an Associate/Junior Engagement Manager. She also worked in the Aeronautical division
at Safran Corporate University for 2 years in between her time at McKinsey & Company.
In the year 2016, Aude Guo, Clément Ray (who also worked at McKinsey & Company
before co-founding Innovafeed like Aude), and Bastien Oggeri (a 4-time start-up founder and
entrepreneur) banded together and started their mission - “to contribute to the emergence of
sustainable food systems by developing a pioneering and innovative industry”.
About INNOVAFEED:
The co-founders founded and started this biotechnology research company in the AgTech
industry in the year 2016, as they saw how humans, plants, and animals are consuming low-
quality food in recent years. With the deterioration, degradation, and exploitation of the land,
air, and water, by humans, the concerns in food quality have become a growing consequential
issue. The company is established and located in Paris, France, and strives to provide -
“natural and sustainable feed solutions to feed tomorrow’s world”.
Innovafeed achieves this by breeding a specific insect called the Hermetica illucens - Black
Soldier Fly as an extra nutritional protein source for animal and plant feed. With this
objective, the company is also helping in bringing back this insect to the food chain. By using
technological advancements and agricultural by-products from other AgTech industries
nearby, the insect is bred in vertical indoor farms present in Innovafeed’s factory plant.
This strategy and initiative also helps promote sustainable futures through the adoption of a
circular economy principle and zero-waste carbon emission helping the company play its part
in recycling over 300,000 tons of agricultural by-products from other factories and plants and
avoiding wastage and landfill dumps. Innovafeed has also seen an annual record of 57,000
tons of carbon dioxide emissions reduced, over 250kgs of pelagic fish saved after 1 ton of the
fish were fed insects bred by the company, and over 210mᒾ of arable lands saved after 1 ton
of poultry were fed the Hermetica illucens insect. Innovafeed’s future goal is to help the
insect reclaim its place in the food chain, improve food and farm qualities, and sustainably
preserve non-renewable finite resources that are in short supply.
Encouraging a circular economy principle and zero waste carbon emissions, Innovafeed has
saved almost 600 workers from job displacements by establishing this company. The

3. expansion to help other sectors such as - Aquaculture by Insect Proteins, Agriculture by
Organic Fertilizers, Agro-Industry by Cereals and Agricultural By-Products, and Poultry and
Swine by Insect Oils. Therefore Innovafeed contributes directly to the UN’s Sustainable
Development Goals in Zero Hunger, Responsible Consumption and Production, Climate
Action, Life Below Water, and Life On Land. The business is looking to expand and establish
ten more operating plants by 2030.