Costa Rica Insect Company

We create healthy and sustainable food solutions based on insects. We plan to make tasty products from insect powder such as flour for bread, cake mix.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Food and Beverage
  • Location San José Province, San José, Costa Rica
  • Currency USD
  • Founded October 2018
  • Employees 6
  • Incorporation Type Other
  • Website cric.tech

Company Summary

Costa Rica Insect Company has the purpose of creating insect-based products
as an alternate solution for food scarcity as well as providing a high-quality
nutritional and healthy solution for malnutrition. The environmental benefit
of using insects as a source of food has been proven to be not only the option
that benefits the most but also the only option that is scalable and sustainable
for the future.

Team

  • Alejandro Ortega
    CEO

    Marketing Consultant and Project Management Expert, with a focus on entrepreneurship. US Department of State Alumni. TEDx Speaker. Experience working with international companies, such as IBM, Barnes and Noble, Abbott, and other.

  • Daniela Arias Rivera
    CTO

    University of Costa Rica Nutritionist with a focus on public health, experience in public programs in Costa Rica. Currently enrolled on the masters program of Public Health and Nutrition of the University of Wageningen.

  • Carla Murillo
    RD&I Director

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