Matt Spinozzi
Beverage Scientist & Process Engineer
I am a Bioscientist, Process Engineer, and Ethnobotanist with a decade of experience in the beverage and herbal industries, though I'm often described as a dancing/driving honky-tonk. My skill set is a synergy of biotech, gastronomy, ethnobotany, and buckdancing, interspersed with a lot of quotes from Robert Burns and Shane MacGowen.
I have designed, built, and operated distilleries, breweries, and co-packers, and innovated numerous new products and processes. I got the idea for FuncBot while I was simultaneously running a distillery, consulting on cannabis nanoemulsification and terpene enhancement, and volunteering as a Firefighter & EMT. I needed healthy, non-intoxicating beverages that paired well with food and also rivaled the flavor and complexity of the world-class booze I was used to drinking. But these simply were not on the market. That was in 2018 and I’ve been creating, tinkering, and honing products and processes for nonalcoholic beverages ever since. I’m damn good at it and want to share these products globally.
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References from former and on-going clients
“Matt has been invaluable during the R&D of a revolutionary beverage. If you are looking to break the industry and produce high quality beverages, Matt will find a way to bring your project to life, and as an added bonus is just a lot of fun to work with!”
Amanda Chen, Founder & CEO of Tomo No Tomo Non-Alc Agave Distillate
Carlos Liverani, Co-founder & Chief Producer Officer of Verse Health-Enhancing Social Drinks
“When we set out on our journey as first-time beverage founders we were novices when it came to beverage creation. Enter Matt of FuncBot– our guide to this complex world. From the very first interaction, it became abundantly clear that Matt wasn’t just a consultant; he was a partner in the truest sense of the word. With an undeniable obsession for the science behind developing and scaling beverages, he illuminated the intricate nuances of taste, nutritional profiles, functional ingredients, safety & stability, cost-effectiveness, and most importantly scalability of our formula to meet the needs and lips of our target consumers. His technical prowess and range is SERIOUS, but his irreverent personality and work-style makes collaborating as refreshing as the liquids he’ll design.
But what truly sets Matt apart is his unwavering dedication to innovation. He’s a brand founder himself and shares our frustrations with the status quo. He didn’t simply provide us with templated solutions like many other flavor houses we interacted with attempted to do. On the contrary, he didn’t hesitate when we our requests lead to unfamiliar territories of need states, market positioning, and bleeding edge of functional ingredients. In an industry where many opt for the familiar comfort of the status quo, it is INVALUABLE to have a partner that can think differently, challenge norms and push the frontiers with you. With his assistance, we iterated our way to perfecting Verse's formula – and we’re confident that what we did together is a first in the crowded beverage industry. FuncBot, under the stewardship of Matt, is undeniably a next-generation beverage flavor house and design for manufacturing studio. For anyone looking to make a mark in the beverage world, our advice is simple: partner with Matt and prepare to be amazed by how he’ll turn your dreams into reality while making you giggle.”
Consulting requests
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