
Laura Katz
CEO & Founder,
HELAINA
Laura, food scientist, is Founder and CEO of Helaina. Founded in 2019, Helaina is the first company to produce human milk proteins that are identical to those in breast milk, creating a new category of infant formula. Disrupting the infant formula category which has been stagnant for decades, Helaina has raised more than $25 million. Laura became NYU's youngest ever adjunct professor in Food Science & Technology in 2017 and was featured in Forbes' 30 under 30 list in 2022.