Why Attend
The 7th Animal Health, Nutrition and Technology Innovation USA is the must-attend networking event in North America for innovators with new solutions to support the detection, prevention or treatment of diseases in animals.
Our mission is to showcase the most exciting investment opportunities in the sector and connect those businesses with financial investors and strategic corporate partners.
Alongside our investment pitches, we include keynote presentations and host CEO-level panel discussions that address the most pressing trends and market dynamics of the animal health, nutrition, and technology industries, across all species.
2023 Speakers

Stephen Lesser

Mareese Keane

Cherylyn Harley LeBon

Rob Hunter

Richard Kestenbaum
Richard is a co-founder and Partner of Triangle Capital and has been an investment banker for over 35 years. Richard has a great deal of experience advising clients in merchandising businesses, particularly in the Retail & Consumer sector. Richard is an often-quoted expert on the retail and merchandising industries. He is a Contributor to Forbes.com where he writes a regular blog about trends in retail and consumer product businesses. He also appears regularly in print and other media as well as industry panels and speaking programs.
Before co-founding Triangle, Richard was a Managing Director at a boutique investment banking firm called Financo, Inc. While at Financo, Richard was responsible for a majority of the firm’s apparel industry transactions. Prior to joining Financo, Richard was a Partner and First Vice President at Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. At Drexel, Richard was responsible for a group of 14 professionals doing middle-market mergers and acquisitions around the world.
Richard is the co-author of three books on finance and computer programming. He is formerly an Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Business at the graduate program of the Stern School of Business at York University.
Richard received a BS in Accounting from New York University and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from Harvard University. Richard is married and lives in New York.
Click here to read Richard’s blog and follow him on Forbes.com.
2023 Sponsors
Innovation Showcase
The Innovation Showcase will return in 2024!
Applications will open early 2024. In the meantime, check out the pitching opportunities at other events in the animal health calendar!