Marilena Schmich
FounderFounder at Ordinary Seafood
Berlin Metropolitan Area
FoundedOrdinary Seafood · YC
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Marilena: together at Waseda University
About
Marilena Schmich has worked in consulting and business development for food-tech startups and venture capital, and now co-founded Ordinary Seafood, a plant-based seafood company using biotechnology.
Founder at Ordinary SeafoodYC S22
Intro paths
YC
Marilena went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Ordinary Seafood's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Co-founders at Ordinary Seafood
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Anton PluschkeFounder
Experience
- thebloodCo-Founder & COOcurrent2026 — presentBerlin, Germany
- thebloodInterim COOcurrent2025 — presentBerlin, Germany
- Marilena Yo AdvisoryFoundercurrent2024 — presentBerlin, Germany
- Career BreakHealth and well-being2023 — 2024
- numi foodsCo-Founder and CEO2021 — 2023Berlin, Germany
- Nucleus CapitalEntrepreneur In Residence2021 — 2022Berlin, Germany
- INFARMCommercial Data Analytics Researcher2021Berlin, Germany
- McKinsey & CompanySenior Consultant2020 — 2021Berlin, Germany
- McKinsey & CompanyConsultant2018 — 2020Berlin Metropolitan Area
- RWTH Aachen UniversityScientific Associate2021
- PwC SingaporeDeals Strategy Intern2016
- NHK, Japan Broadcasting CorporationReporter2012 — 2016
- British Embassy JapanResearch Assistant2015Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Peace BoatIntern2014 — 2015Tokyo, Japan
- ARD German TVInternship2012
Skills & more
Teamwork13Critical Thinking5Team Leadership5Event Planning24Graphic Design10Customer Service16Sales9Social Networking11Visual Merchandising4Social Media9PowerPoint19Microsoft Word8
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- Who is Marilena Schmich?
- Marilena Schmich has worked in consulting and business development for food-tech startups and venture capital, and now co-founded Ordinary Seafood, a plant-based seafood company using biotechnology.
- Where does Marilena Schmich work?
- Marilena Schmich is Founder of Ordinary Seafood.
- What companies did Marilena Schmich found?
- Marilena Schmich founded Ordinary Seafood.
- Where did Marilena Schmich go to school?
- Marilena Schmich studied at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (MSc Global Politics); Waseda University.
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