# Marty Kolewe

> Marty Kolewe is a chemical engineer turned food-tech founder and the CEO of Foodberry, a Boston company that reverse-engineers fruit skin to make edible, plant-based coatings that keep fresh food fresh without plastic. Trained at Johns Hopkins, UMass Amherst, and MIT's Langer Lab, he traded a career in drug delivery for one in snacks, betting that the science behind a peach's peel could reshape how the world packages and eats food. Under his leadership Foodberry has amassed 20-plus patents, closed a $15 million Series A, and lined up partners from a dairy-free ice-cream maker to the global owner of Babybel.

- **Role:** CEO, President and CTO at Foodberry
- **Organizations:** Foodberry, Incredible Foods, WikiFoods, MIT Langer Lab
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S., Chemical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Postdoctoral research, drug delivery and biomaterials, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Langer Lab), Coursework (where the Foodberry idea originated), Harvard University
- **Known for:** Built Foodberry's patent portfolio to 20-plus patents on edible barrier membranes, Raised a $15 million Series A and roughly $13 million in prior seed financing, Commercialized edible-coating technology through partnerships with NadaMoo!, Keji, and Bel Group

## Career timeline

- **circa 2010s** — Earns B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University
- **circa 2010s** — Completes Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at UMass Amherst
- **circa 2010s** — Postdoctoral researcher in drug delivery and biomaterials at MIT's Langer Lab under Bob Langer
- **circa 2016-2018** — Takes a Harvard course with professor David Edwards, who pitches reverse-engineering fruit skin as edible packaging
- **2019** — Foodberry (then Incredible Foods) begins raising seed capital; ~$13M raised since
- **2022** — Authors 'The Future of Food is a Berry' in Boston Hospitality Review; launches NadaMoo! frozen snack bite partnership
- **2023-05** — Announces a $15M Series A round, targeted to close by end of 2023
- **2026-01** — Announces partnership with Bel Group (owner of Babybel) for a fruit-and-protein snack

## Achievements

- Built Foodberry's patent portfolio to 20-plus patents on edible barrier membranes
- Raised a $15 million Series A and roughly $13 million in prior seed financing
- Commercialized edible-coating technology through partnerships with NadaMoo!, Keji, and Bel Group
- Pivoted the company from a consumer brand to a B2B technology platform licensing its science
- Transitioned from academic drug delivery at MIT to leading a food-tech company as CEO, President and CTO

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Foodberry announced a partnership with Bel Group (owner of Babybel) to develop a fruit-and-protein snack, with a first product planned for select U.S. markets in 2026.
- **2023-05** — Kolewe told Axios that Foodberry was raising a $15 million Series A to close by the end of 2023.

## Links

- Website: https://foodberry.co
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marty-kolewe-983a955/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJr0z5FvQOn/

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Last updated: 2026-07-01