Eise van Maanen is a founder in residence at Fresh Ventures and co-founder of Wijntuin Ronja.
In this episode, Leva steps into the world of Eise. Eise runs a regenerative vineyard on the outskirts of Amsterdam. Eise's curiosity about money and economics led him to create an innovative, risk-sharing business model where people invest pre-harvest in their wine by becoming members of the farm.
He looks at entrepreneurship as a bottom-up way to innovation. We further explore his entrepreneurial adventure with East Africa. Here he founded Jerry, a water drinking filter company for households that don’t have access to clean drinking water. We extract the lessons learned from this experience and take a peak into his next business idea.
Wijntuin Ronja is a Dutch nature-inclusive vineyard, run by its members. To know more about his project:
For more information about becoming an entrepreneur driven to change the food system, check out Fresh Ventures.