Team

Janine Yorio, Managing Director and Founder
Email: janine [at] newseedadvisors [dot] com

Janine began her career as an investment banker at Salomon Brothers, and has since worked in private equity, first at HVB Capital, the private equity arm of German bank, HypoVereinsbank, and then for private equity firm NorthStar Capital.  During that time, Janine originated, analyzed, structured, and asset managed over $1.5 billion in private equity-style transactions, ranging from $10 million to over $700 million in size.  She has originated over $100 million in structured debt investments, raised over $750 million in debt financing, served as the analyst for three successful initial public offerings, and managed a portfolio of $110 million in joint venture investments.

Through NewSeed Advisors, Janine is committed to applying her insider’s knowledge of Wall Street to an industry with integrity, one that revolves around people and which contributes to the greater good of mankind and mother earth.  Janine is a graduate of Yale University.

 

Anjali Oberoi, Director- Investment Banking & Advisory
Email: anjali [at] newseedadvisors [dot] com

Anjali brings an extensive background in science and finance to NewSeed Advisors.  Previously, she worked as a management consultant with Mitchell Madison Group, where she managed the firm’s internal finance operations and led restructuring and operational optimization initiatives for multinational clients.  Her professional experience includes driving growth and financial strategies for small businesses and project management at a marketing analytics start-up in the US and India.  Anjali’s commitment to sustainable food and agriculture stems from her passion for the history, economics, and production of chocolate – she has followed her love for chocolate from scouting the best sources in New York City to volunteering at cacao plantations and organic farms in Latin America.  

Anjali holds an International MBA and MS in Finance from Temple University, and MTech and BTech in Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. 

 

Kate Westfall, Managing Director – Marketing & Events
Email: kate [at] newseedadvisors [dot] com

At NewSeed, Kate oversees and produces all Agriculture 2.0 events worldwide.  Prior to joining NewSeed, she worked as Director of Operations for the International Federation of Competitive Eating where she produced the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest, attended by 40,000 spectators and viewed by more than one million television viewers. Kate earned her M.S. in Food Culture and Communications from the University of Gastronomic Sciences, founded by Carlo Petrini in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. During her course of study, she traveled to 11 countries, examining the particular food cultures and practices of each, including anthropology, history, sustainability, marketing and economics. Kate has shown a strong commitment to ensuring biodiversity and sustainable food systems for a growing and changing world. The move from developing eating contests to attending the Slow Food-founded University was not an obvious one, but each of these experiences have led to a keen knowledge and point of comparison between the way the food system works in other countries as well as our own.