Ricky Cassini
CEO
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MICHROMA
Ricky Cassini is the Co-Founder and CEO of Michroma, a biotech company producing sustainable natural ingredients using precision fermentation. Michroma's flagship product, Red+, is a high-performance, fungi-based colorant designed to replace synthetic dyes like Red 40 and Red 3. Prior to founding Michroma in 2019, Ricky was a strategy consultant and taught Operations and Logistics at Austral University. He holds degrees in Business Administration and Industrial Management, is an IndieBio alumnus, a Forbes 30 Under 30 in Food & Drink honoree, and was recognized as an MIT Innovator Under 35 LATAM.