Victoria Zavyalova

In 2019, Chloe Vichot’s restaurant Ancolie evolved into Fresh Bowl, a tech startup. While Ancolie sold sustainable lunches served in mason jars, her new startup plans to set up 100 fresh vending machines in the following year.

Sebastiano Cappitta has seen it all — celebrities, 9/11, city-wide blackouts. He moved to New York from Malta, created a restaurant empire, and sold almost all of it shortly before the pandemic. His remaining venue is now delivering free meals to healthcare workers.

Camilla Barungi has advocated for sustainability in fashion for over 20 years as an advisor and model. She believes the trillion-dollar industry is now more open to diversity and inclusion than ever before.

Because of the uncertainty in the U.S., American tech giants could be more willing to look into buying foreign startups, in particular ones based in the countries where lockdown measures are loosened soon.