
Jasmin Kern
Senior Associate,
LEVER VC
Jasmin is a science analyst at Lever VC. She is focused on deal sourcing and evaluating potential investments, and works on the SciTech due diligence for prospective investments. She is currently finishing her degree in Chemistry with a focus on Cellular Agriculture at MIT.
Prior to joining Lever VC, Jasmin spent 8 months working as Tender Foods’ 1st employee to help set up their proprietary fiber spinning technologies and R&D practices. She also spent a summer working in the materials and texture R&D team at Impossible Foods, where she developed an analytical framework for identifying the binding capabilities of textured proteins.
She is the founder and executive director of Nucleate Cultivate, a non-profit student-run organization focused on providing immersive learning experiences for students interested in the alt-protein sector. She hosted the first nationwide cellular agriculture-focused hackathon, Cultivate Tomorrow, for 120 students in 2021. Originally from Frankfurt, she is now based in Boston, MA.
Prior to joining Lever VC, Jasmin spent 8 months working as Tender Foods’ 1st employee to help set up their proprietary fiber spinning technologies and R&D practices. She also spent a summer working in the materials and texture R&D team at Impossible Foods, where she developed an analytical framework for identifying the binding capabilities of textured proteins.
She is the founder and executive director of Nucleate Cultivate, a non-profit student-run organization focused on providing immersive learning experiences for students interested in the alt-protein sector. She hosted the first nationwide cellular agriculture-focused hackathon, Cultivate Tomorrow, for 120 students in 2021. Originally from Frankfurt, she is now based in Boston, MA.
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16-Oct-2025Auditorium