Katherine Sizov
Katherine Sizov is CEO and Founder of Strella. She was Co-President at YouthHack. She is an Unreasonable Fellow at Unreasonable. She was named to Forbes 30 Under 30.
Strella raises $4.25M, totaling $26.25M, to scale IoT fruit-ripeness monitoring and add kiwifruit
Strella raised $4.25 million, bringing total funding to $26.25 million to expand its IoT and machine-vision fruit-ripeness monitoring across the fresh produce supply chain and add kiwifruit to its supported crops. The Seattle-based ag‑tech, led by CEO Katherine Sizov, uses sensors that measure gases like ethylene plus metadata to help growers, packers, shippers and retailers reduce spoilage across 26 countries.
Strella raises $4.25M to expand ethylene‑sensing produce‑monitoring tech, Series A now $26.25M
Strella, a Seattle ag‑tech startup led by CEO Katherine Sizov, raised $4.25 million to expand its ethylene‑sensing produce‑monitoring technology, bringing Series A total to $26.25 million and backing from SilverBlue, LeVert Ventures, Beta Milouot, and PeakBridge. The company of 19 employees serves customers in 26 countries and aims to cut food waste across the supply chain.
Strella raises $4.25M extension to Series A, bringing total funding to $26.25M to scale IoT produce‑monitoring tech
Strella, a Seattle ag‑tech startup that uses IoT sensors and machine vision to monitor ripening and prevent produce spoilage, raised $4.25 million to expand its technology and grow toward becoming a one-stop quality system for the food supply chain.
Katherine Sizov’s Strella Raises $22M to Reduce Food Waste with Produce Monitoring Technology
Katherine Sizov founded Strella, a Seattle-based ag tech startup that uses sensor technology and machine vision to monitor produce freshness across supply chains, helping reduce food waste. Since 2019, her company has raised $22 million, operates in 26 countries, and is nearing profitability while expanding its product range.
Katherine Sizov
Katherine Sizov is the CEO and Co-Founder of Strella, a biosensing hardware and software company that provides data to optimize the produce supply chain and decrease losses due to food waste. She started the company when she read that 40% of food was wasted before being consumed. Now, Strella has helped Washington state apple and pear growers organize their inventory based on shelf life to reduce food waste and improve the overall quality. Katherine studied molecular biology at the University of Pennsylvania, where she further explored her passion for applied science and food. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katherine Sizov - Strella - What Fuels You
Katherine Sizov is the CEO and Co-Founder of Strella, a biosensing hardware and software company that provides data to optimize the produce supply chain and decrease losses due to food waste. She started the company when she read that 40% of food was wasted before being consumed. Now, Strella has helped Washington state apple and pear growers organize their inventory based on shelf life to reduce food waste and improve the overall quality. Katherine studied molecular biology at the University of Pennsylvania, where she further explored her passion for applied science and food.
GeekWire Elevator Pitch Season 3 Finale Features Four CEOs Competing Live at GeekWire Summit
The season three finale of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch featured four startup CEOs pitching their businesses live at the GeekWire Summit, competing for top honors in categories like fintech, sustainability, and consumer products. The finalists included Devin Miller of SecureSave, Amina Moreau of Radious, Erin Quick of PairTree, and Katherine Sizov of Strella Biotechnology.
Four Startup CEOs Finalists to Compete Live at GeekWire Summit After Winning Season 3 Elevator Pitch
The four finalists of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch Season 3—Amina Moreau of Radious, Devin Miller of SecureSave, Erin Quick of PairTree, and Katherine Sizov of Strella Biotechnology—will compete live at the GeekWire Summit on October 6-7. Each CEO delivered a 32-second pitch in Seattle’s Smith Tower to win their episodes, previewed on the GeekWire Podcast.
GeekWire's Elevator Pitch: Analyzing the four winning pitches in advance of the upcoming live finale
This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we hear the pitches made by four startup CEOs in the 32 seconds it takes to get to the top of Seattle's historic Smith Tower, on their way to winning their respective episodes on this season of GeekWire's Elevator Pitch series. It's a preview of the upcoming season finale, in which each of the four will make a final pitch at the GeekWire Summit next week, live on stage. Episode 1 winner: Amina Moreau, CEO of Radious, an online marketplace that turns houses, apartments and other residential properties into workspaces, rentable by the day…
GeekWire Elevator Pitch Final Episode Features Seattle Sustainability Startups Competing for 2022 Summit Finale Spot
The final episode of GeekWire's Elevator Pitch features three Seattle-area sustainability startup CEOs pitching their innovations in a timed elevator ride, with the winner advancing to the live finale at the 2022 GeekWire Summit on October 6. The startups include Strella Biotechnology, BattGenie, and Aquagga, focusing on produce ripeness sensing, battery longevity, and PFAS destruction respectively.
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Unreasonable Unreasonable Fellow 2026–present · current
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Strella Executive Officer, Director, Promoter 2026–present, Founder 2019–present · current
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YouthHack Co-President 2017–2019 · past
Education
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University of Pennsylvania Molecular Biology · 2015–2019
