# Rian Mc Donnell

> Rian Mc Donnell is the founder and CEO of FloVision Solutions, an AI company putting cameras and sensors on meat-processing lines so beef and poultry plants can see exactly where yield and quality slip away. He grew up around beef processing in rural Ireland, studied mechanical and manufacturing engineering at Trinity College Dublin (with a year at UC Berkeley), and built the company out of a Trinity student project before moving it to the United States via Notre Dame's ESTEEM program and SOSV's IndieBio. Now headquartered in South Bend, Indiana, FloVision has analyzed more than 23 million kilograms of food and raised an $8.7M Series A led by Insight Partners in 2025.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at FloVision Solutions
- **Organizations:** FloVision Solutions, FloWaste
- **From:** Ireland
- **Nationality:** Irish
- **Education:** Bachelor's & Master's (MAI) in Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Exchange year (graphene/2D materials research), University of California, Berkeley, ESTEEM Master's, Engineering & Technology Entrepreneurship, University of Notre Dame
- **Known for:** Raised an $8.7M Series A led by Insight Partners in 2025, bringing total funding to roughly $11.6M, Built a platform that has analyzed over 23.2 million kilograms (51.1 million lbs) of food, Customers report up to 15x ROI and up to 1.5% additional yield recovery

## Career timeline

- **2018** — Undergraduate research at UC Berkeley on graphene and 2D materials; research intern with Siemens in Berkeley
- **2019** — Graduates from Trinity College Dublin with an MAI in Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
- **2020** — Founds the company (originally FloWaste) out of a Trinity student project, incubated through LaunchBox and TU Dublin's New Frontiers
- **2021** — Raises ~$270K pre-seed; lines up pilots including Ireland's largest beef processor and major fast-food chains
- **2022** — Pivots from cafeteria food service to protein processing; launches FloVision Nano and FloVision Pro
- **2024** — Scales deployments across beef and poultry plants in North America, Europe and Australia
- **2025** — Raises $8.7M Series A led by Insight Partners (total funding ~$11.6M); expands globally

## Achievements

- Raised an $8.7M Series A led by Insight Partners in 2025, bringing total funding to roughly $11.6M
- Built a platform that has analyzed over 23.2 million kilograms (51.1 million lbs) of food
- Customers report up to 15x ROI and up to 1.5% additional yield recovery
- Documented a 6.7% increase in trimming speed at a beef processor client
- Deployed in leading beef and poultry plants across North America, Europe and Australia
- Backed by SOSV/IndieBio, Serra Ventures and Rockstart

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — FloVision Solutions raised an $8.7M Series A led by Insight Partners, with Madeleine Goldberg joining the board, to expand AI yield-and-quality analytics globally.

## Links

- Website: https://flovisionsolutions.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rianmcdonnell/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/rianmcdonnell
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvaFDkdB8Jg
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rianmcdonnell
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rian.mcdonnell

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Last updated: 2026-06-08