How Wearables, Sensors & Connected Devices Are Revolutionizing Food

From diet and fitness trackers to food allergy sensors and fresh food vending machines, a new wave of hardware startups are working to transform the way we eat, move and live.

At this Meetup, you'll get a behind the scenes look at some of the of the leading startups' missions, business models and technologies. Each startup will have 5 minutes to present and 5 minutes for audience Q&A.

Presenters:

Santiago Merea - head chef, The Orange Chef Co (http://theorangechef.com/). - The Google Ventures (http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/google-ventures), SparkLabs Global Ventures (http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/sparklabs-global-ventures), Lerer Ventures (http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/lerer-ventures) backed maker of Prep Pad, a smart food scale that calculates nutritional information in real-time with an accompanying iOS app -@TheOrangeChefCo (https://twitter.com/TheOrangeChefCo).

Laura Borel - product manager for nutrition, Jawbone (https://jawbone.com/) - The Sequoia Capital (http://www.sequoiacap.com/us/mobile), Khosla Ventures (http://www.khoslaventures.com/), and Andreessen Horowitz (http://a16z.com/) backed mobile lifestyle product startup and maker of Jawbone UP, a fitness wristband and accompanying app that help you track how you sleep, move and eat so you can make smarter choices - @jawbone (https://twitter.com/Jawbone).

Elle Penner - registered dietitian, MyFitnessPal (http://www.myfitnesspal.com/) & Eliza Jones - Business Development, MyFitnessPal (http://www.myfitnesspal.com/) - The Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/kleiner-perkins-caufield-byers) and Accel Partners (http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/accel-partners) backed calorie counter and exercise app with the world's largest nutrition database that's helped over 50 million people loose weight - @MyFitnessPal (https://twitter.com/MyFitnessPal).

Alex Yancher - co-founder, Pantry (http://pantrylabs.com/) - The fresh food vending machine that allows vendors to sell their food in hospitals, airports, gyms and offices and offers analytics and real-time sales reporting to help them grow their businesses. - @pantrylabs (https://twitter.com/PantryLabs).

Shireen Yates - co-founder & CEO, 6SensorLabs (http://www.6sensorlabs.com/) - The food transparency-focused consumer products startup, whose first product, a portable gluten sensor, lets users test their food before they eat it. - @6SensorLabs (https://twitter.com/6SensorLabs).

Stick around for networking, beer sponsored by Peak Brewing (http://www.peakbrewing.com/) (@peakbrewing (https://twitter.com/peakbrewing) -#peakorganic (https://twitter.com/hashtag/peakorganic)), coffee from Blossom Coffee (http://www.blossomcoffee.com/) (@blossomcoffee (https://twitter.com/blossomcoffee)) and local snacks sponsored by PopUpsters (http://popupsters.com/) (@PopUpsters (https://twitter.com/PopUpsters)) with:

• Baked goods from Sweet Treats to Eat (http://mysweeteat.com/) (@MySweetEat (https://twitter.com/mySweetEat))

• Kimchi from Ellen's Kimchi (http://www.ellenskimchi.com/Story-of-Ellen-s-Kimchi.html) (@ellenskimchi) (https://twitter.com/ellenskimchi)

• Jams from Jake's Castro Kitchen (http://www.jakescastrokitchen.com/) (@jakescastrokchn (https://twitter.com/JakesCastroKchn))

• Peruvian corn snacks from Nazqiz (http://www.nazqiz.com/)