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Pavlos Kalaitzoglou

Investor

Director of Research at Astanor Ventures

Europe

About

Pavlos Kalaitzoglou joined Astanor Ventures as an Advisor in 2023, with a background in plant physiology, precision agriculture, and agricultural automation. He previously served as VP of Science at Infarm, where he worked across photobiology, genetics, integrated pest management, and nutritional biochemistry in controlled-environment agriculture. He is an alumnus of Wageningen University with a specialization in Greenhouse Technology and has conducted research on LED lighting strategies in agriculture.

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Invests in

AgTechFoodTech

Experience

  1. AstanorDirector of Researchcurrent2025 — presentBerlin, Germany
  2. AstanorScientist in Residence2023 — 2025Berlin, Germany
  3. Creative Destruction LabMentorcurrent2026 — present
  4. European Research Executive Agency (REA)EIC STEP Scale Up Jury Membercurrent2025 — present
  5. GonnaOrderAdvisor & Investorcurrent2021 — present
  6. INFARMChief Scientific Officer2016 — 2023Berlin, Germany
  7. Wageningen UniversityPHD Candidate2011 — 2015The Netherlands
  8. Wageningen UniversityAssistant Researcher2010 — 2011

Education

  1. Wageningen University & ResearchMSc, Plant Sciences2007 — 2010
  2. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)BSc, Agriculture2001 — 2007

Skills & more

Languages English · Greek

From Pavlos's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Wageningen University & Research17

Xavier MesnierPartner, Head of Frontiers in Health & Bio Investments at Verve VenturesThomas van den BoezemPartner at PeakBridge VCLaura ArgelichAssociate at Ysios CapitalMarcel ZijpSenior Investment Manager at Brightlands Venture PartnersLauri ReuterPartner at Nordic Foodtech VCFernando RussoAdvisor at The First Thirty

+ 11 more

Also attended Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)4

Fay PalaskaHead of People at WebN GroupKonstantinos GkovedarosAssociate at Genesis VenturesMaria KousiSenior Associate at Third Rock VenturesNektar BaziotisHead of Technology at Expert DOJO

Shared employers

Also worked at Astanor34

Kanira ShahVenture Partner, Future Content Fund at IPR.VCAdrian FriederichPrincipal, Investment at FoodLabsNikolaj AbrahamsenPortfolio Analyst at Astanor VenturesEric ArchambeauSenior Managing Partner at Astanor VenturesYuhua BaiAccounting Officer at Astanor VenturesBenoit BoisseuilPartner at Astanor Ventures

+ 28 more

Also worked at INFARM2

Daniel WaterhousePartner at Balderton CapitalTunde AdekeyeAssociate at Icebreaker

Also worked at Wageningen University6

Prof. Dr. Elbert DijkgraafBestuurslid at NoaberDr. Ichsani WheelerAdvisor at The First ThirtyPinaHead of Scoping, Climate at Deep Science VenturesCasper VroemenChief R&D Officer, Global at IFF at The Innovation SpaceGonçalo SantosDirector of Operations at Blue Revolution Investments G.P.Lennaert JonkersVenture Partner at Social Impact Capital

Colleagues at Astanor Ventures

Adrian Friederich
Principal, Investment at FoodLabs
Antoine Cuny
Director of Operations at Astanor Ventures
Arne Hautekiet
Investments at Astanor Ventures
Arnout Dijkhuizen
Principal at Astanor Ventures
Benoit Boisseuil
Partner at Astanor Ventures
Bruno Verjus
Advisor at Astanor Ventures
Camille Grisard
Head of Investor Relations at Astanor Ventures
Christina Ulardic
Partner at Astanor Ventures