Alison Sunstrum

CEO, Founder, CNSRV-X Inc.

Alison Sunstrum is an entrepreneur, investor, and strategist focused on building globally competitive and resilient agricultural systems.

She co-founded and scaled GrowSafe Systems from an Alberta garage into a globally recognized livestock intelligence company, exiting in 2019. That experience shaped her core thesis: Canada is strong at starting companies but struggles to scale them; leaving founders without the capital, mentorship, and aligned incentives needed to build enduring global businesses.

Today, Alison is CEO of CNSRV-X and Managing Partner of NYA Ventures, a $51M Canadian Food & AgTech fund backing founders transforming food and agriculture. Her work focuses on the critical stage between validation and scale, where capital efficiency—not just access to capital—determines outcomes.

She is a Founding Partner and Fellow at the Creative Destruction Lab (AgriFood Stream), a mentor for the Weston Home Grown Innovation Challenge and advises on national innovation and economic strategy, advising leading institutions including NRC-IRAP, Ivey Business School – Building Sustainable Value Institute, and the Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph to ensure publicly funded research translates into scalable companies.