GIGA
there’s no time to play small.
Scale Right.
GIGA is the scaling engine for food systems transformation.
We connect expertise, networks, and capital to tackle billion-dollar challenges and unlock trillions in business opportunities.
Whether you’re growing a startup, driving corporate innovation, seeking high-impact investments, or launching moonshots for systemic change, we’re here to make it happen.
GIGA turns innovation into impact, enabling startups, corporates, investors, and visionaries to break barriers and build the future.
For Investors
We provide data-backed insights and due diligence to scale the world’s most promising solutions and maximize returns on investment and impact.
For Startups
Our Go GIGA™ scaling solution delivers critical growth infrastructure at a fraction of the cost, bringing you hands-on expertise and support in areas like capital raising, market development, and strategic execution.
For Corporations
We help you achieve business and sustainability goals by de-risking, structuring, and accelerating innovation adoption.
For Policymakers & Visionaries
We turn policy goals into action, forging collaborations with vetted, innovative solutions that drive systemic change.
Our Platform
Our work is powered by a dynamic ecosystem that drives impact through measurement, storytelling, and community.
GIGA Insights
GIGA Insights™ brings you sharp, live conversations with leaders and experts on topics that matter. Our sessions deliver actionable intelligence, emerging tech spotlights, and strategic foresight – helping you stay ahead of what’s next and build what’s needed now. Listen to our 10-minute summary podcasts or watch the full 1-hour episodes.
GIGA Studios
Our content platform amplifies the voices of farmers, founders, and funders through videos, blogs, podcasts – boosting visibility and credibility, and inspiring global change.
GIGA Haus
Our curated community of food systems change-agents combines exclusive gatherings, strategic retreats, and a trusted mastermind network. We host immersive, off-the-record spaces where innovators, investors, and decision-makers exchange insight and unlock new opportunities together.
GIGA Readiness Level
Our proprietary, data-driven framework that goes beyond IRL and TRL assessments to identify key, often-overlooked factors essential for scaling: collaboration potential, team and culture strength, and market-shaping capability.
Why We Exist
Our broken food systems cost upwards of $12Trillion annually.
The good news is that 90% of the solutions we need are already here. Yet, major barriers prevent them from reaching their potential: farmers and consumers take time to change habits, regulations vary globally, and partnerships with industry leaders are slow to materialize.
The result: Promising startups can’t scale. Investment returns fall short. Change is slow and incremental. This perpetuates an unworkable status quo that is literally killing people and the planet.
We’re here to break this cycle. No more innovation theater. No more great teams stuck in limbo or dying by a thousand cuts.
The agrifood industry is bursting with ideas and passion – it just needs the energy, investment and execution to make real change happen. That’s where GIGA comes in.
With $4.5 trillion in annual innovation opportunities on the table, we scale what works at the speed the world needs.
Testimonials
Hear from those who’ve gone GIGA—visionary founders, corporate leaders, and investors who’ve transformed their ideas into global success stories.
Who We Are
Christine R Gould
GIGA was founded by Christine R. Gould, a food systems innovation expert, entrepreneur, and strategist with deep experience across Fortune 500 corporates, startups, and global policy initiatives.
Christine has led high-impact, deep-tech-focused innovation efforts, serving as Head of Corporate Affairs for Syngenta’s two largest commercial units (corn and cereals) and previously as Head of Next-Generation Innovation and Biotechnology & Advanced Breeding Policy.
She has collaborated with industry leaders like Danone, DSM, Cargill, and NEOM; co-led the Food Systems Game Changers Lab (EAT, IDEO, Forum for the Future, The Rockefeller Foundation); and served on the Advisory Committee for the UN Food Systems Summit. She is also the author of ‘The Change-Maker’s Guide to Feeding the Planet.’
As the Founder of Thought For Food, the world’s leading community of next-gen agrifood innovators, Christine has accelerated 100+ startups worldwide that have collectively raised hundreds of millions in investments. She’s known as a woman with a big vision who also makes big things happen.
Yury Vasilkov
Operations & Business Development
Laura Westby
Legal & Regulatory
David Verbitsky
Finance & Funding
Keira Havens
Sustainability & Strategy
Saskia Ichnati
Design & Brand Management
Olivia English
Production
Mira El Ghaziri
Regional Lead, MENA
Dario Gonzalez
Regional Lead, LATAM
Henry Gordon Smith
Expert, Climate Smart Ag
Along with…
✔ IP Head at a Top 4 Agribusiness.
✔ Regulatory from Multi-Billion Food Company.
✔ Market Intelligence from Top 4 Consultancy.
✔ HR & Operations at Global Executive Search Firm.
✔ Website, video & design team
And many more!
We’ve worked with Fortune 500s, leading startups, and investors worldwide:
Case Studies
See how we’ve helped startups, corporates, and investors break barriers, scale fast, and create impact. Real results. Real growth.