Ali Morrow
In 2013, she was awarded the Munk School of Global Affairs Fellowship in Global Journalism at the University of Toronto and worked as journalist with Thompson Reuters' investigative units in Washington, DC, Istanbul and London. She specialized in food security, climate change, food, agriculture and energy/fuel policy, and has published and broadcast internationally with a broad range of international media outlets, including The New York Times, Reuter's and the two climate-focused news services of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, AlertNet and Trust.org, the Globe and Mail and more. Ali's work as a strategic planner earned her and her clients a People's Voice Webby Award (2010), Gold Digital Market Award from Marketing Magazine (2010) and Interactive Award from Applied Arts (2009). She is actively involved in the agriculture and food startup ecosystem in Europe, and serves as a mentor with Copenhagen and Amsterdam-based agrifoodtech accelerator and fund, RockStart. Ali holds an MA (with honours) from the University of Western Sydney, and BA (with distinction) in Philosophy from the Wilfrid Laurier University. She lives in London.
Ali joined Clay Capital as a Partner in 2023. At Clay Capital, Ali and the team focus on backing the most ambitious founders building transformative companies in the agrifood sector.
Prior to Clay Capital, Ali was a Principal at Astanor Ventures, where she was part of the founding team. She started her career in strategy and marketing, working with public, private and not-for-profit organisations across sectors including food, agriculture, life-sciences, healthcare, energy and technology. Ali also worked as an investigative journalist focused on climate challenges before moving to the investor side. Having worked operationally across various sectors, she understands the challenges of building innovative businesses. Ali is passionate about supporting founders early in their journey and helping them build transformative companies that make regional and global food and agriculture systems more resilient, sustainable and enable long-term human and planetary health.
Ali sits on the board of MiAlgae, a biotech company transforming whisky byproducts into omega-3 rich microalgae to replace fishmeal in animal feed, Symplicity, a chef-led ingredient company using traditional fermentation to make plants delicious, and Scindo, an AI-powered enzyme discovery and design company creating the next generation of biocatalysts to make bio-based ingredients better, cheaper, and easier to produce at scale.
As a member of Class 25, Ali is serving her fellowship under the mentorship of George Arjun Coelho, from Astanor Ventures