Elena Sgaravatti is the founder of PlantaRei biotech Srl. After graduating in Pharmacy at the University of Padua, she gained over twenty years of experience in the pharmaceutical sector, from business development to strategic marketing in multinational companies such as GSK. She was CEO of IRB Spa (Biotechnology Research Institute) until June 2016, a company she founded in 2009, when she joined as General Manager, which was acquired by Croda Int. Plc, in 2012. In 2016 she founded, together with Cereal Docks Group, Demethra Biotech S.r.l., an innovative green biotech start-up. She is the inventor of twelve patents, she is a member of the Academic Commission of the University of Medical Biotechnology of Modena and of the Scientific Committee of the Bioinnova Cluster (Veneto Biological Cluster). Since 2019, she has been a member of the working group for the accreditation and evaluation of the Master's Degree in Food Biotechnology at the Agripolis University of Padua. Winner of the #GreenBiotech Award Tecnovisionarie 2020 of the Women&Tech association of which she is a member of the Scientific Committee. She has been Scientific Director, since its launch, of the Botanical Innovation Journal magazine. She is Vice President, for the second term of Federchimica Assobiotec which she represents in the bioeconomy sector.