Ying graduated from HEC Paris School of Management, and worked in companies like L’Oréal, LVMH and French Tech star Devialet. She has 5 years of startup experience in both company building and scale-up phases, leading business development, strategy and marketing. Currently, she is the Co-Founder & CEO of Plantik Biosciences with the aim of shaping the future of plant breeding, starting with cannabis/hemp.   

Our conversation covered:

• Ying's background & foray into the world of startups

• Plant biodiversity, climate risk and agricultural points of failure

• GMOs versus Gene-Editing • The Politics of Hemp/Cannabis

• The Future for Plant Geneticists 

***I wrote an article on the subject in December 2021 for Startup ROI called CRISPR & Cannabis

Producer's Note: Apologies in advance for bad audio quality on my end, I did my best to clean up the sound. The most important track is from Ying!