Fabian Baumann

Former Strategy @Formo | Cellular Agriculture Germany

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

About

I'm focused on scaling cellular agriculture as a sustainable, ethical, and economically superior alternative to industrial livestock. My work bridges science, strategy, and systems thinking - from consumer behavior research to investor insights, from grant strategy to pitch execution. I hold a Master’s in Business with a focus on finance and behavioral economics. Both of my theses tackled core friction points in the field: consumer acceptance and investor decision-making in cellular agriculture. As Co-Founder & Board Member of Cellular Agriculture Germany, I drive ecosystem development through policy advocacy, public education, and infrastructure funding for open-access R&D. Most recently, I played a key role in Formo’s $61M Series B, led €12.5M+ in grant applications, and helped translate deeptech into investor-grade narratives and business models. I'm now exploring bold opportunities at the intersection of food, biotech, AI, and human behavior - and always open to high-leverage collaboration.

Experience

  • Co-Founder and Board Member at Cellular Agriculture Germany
    Mar 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 4 mos

    CellAg Germany is an independent non-profit organization seeking to accelerate cellular agriculture in German-speaking Europe by educating the general public & policy makers on the potential and risks of cellular agriculture, pushing public funding of open-access R&D, and by establishing a platform for all relevant stakeholders. • Defined the strategic positioning of the organization and assisted in website development • Developing and maintaining relationships with various stakeholders in this space • Responsible for operations and accounting • Managed successful fundraising for the hiring of a full-time general manager

  • Formo (3 yrs)
    • Senior Strategy Associate
      Apr 2024 - Jul 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos

      - Played a key role in Formo’s $61M Series B - including financial modeling, investor material preparation, due diligence coordination, and internal stakeholder alignment - Led €12.5M+ in non-dilutive funding applications (currently under review), managing submission strategy across EU and national innovation programs - Built investor-grade financial models and strategic pitch decks for new initiatives

    • Strategy Associate
      Jun 2023 - May 2024 · 1 yr

    • Strategy Analyst
      Nov 2022 - Jul 2023 · 9 mos

  • Risk Controlling at Ampega
    Aug 2019 - Feb 2022 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    • Assisted in reporting and the validation of credit risk parameters • Presented a new app for calculating the credit value at risk (CVaR) vis-à-vis clients • Daily monitoring of credit risk

  • Research Fellow at CAS (The Cellular Agriculture Society)
    2019 - 2019 · Less than a year

    • Conducted a social science acceptance study with regard to nutritionally enhanced cultivated meat (as part of my bachelor thesis) • Experimental survey with roughly 800 participants from the USA

  • Daimler AG (2 yrs 8 mos)
    • Sales Operations Mercedes-Benz Cars Europe
      Feb 2018 - Aug 2018 · 7 mos

      • Responsible for sales planning, coordination of reporting, and implementation of price premium analyses

    • Temporary Assistance in Logistics
      2016 - 2018 · 2 yrs