Science and primary-sector base
Biology and environmental science at Victoria University of Wellington, followed by Ministry for Primary Industries experience.
Founder of Biogold
Founder of Biogold, a New Zealand pine pollen company built from field work, manufacturing, public R&D, and customer use.
Biology and environmental science background. Former Ministry for Primary Industries. Edmund Hillary Fellow. Based in Ohope.
Associated signals
Work
Biology and environmental science at Victoria University of Wellington, followed by Ministry for Primary Industries experience.
Biogold received MPI SFF Futures funding for pine pollen research and industry-development work, with public coverage by MPI, RNZ, and NZ Herald.
Built the company around sourcing, species research, extraction, testing, manufacturing, product education, ecommerce, and customer feedback.
Built and sold Vic Deals before Biogold. Current work includes founder-led ecommerce, product strategy, and team handoff.
Founder record
A dated trail of the company, customers, public moments, and production work behind Biogold.
Biogold now sits alongside advisory work and the private Ohope workshop. Direct founder judgement, grounded in a physical business and a physical place.
Customer-shared clips show Biogold outside its own channels: people holding, using, and talking about the product in their own environments.
A bottle with sourcing, formulation, production, labelling, customer education, and repeatable operations behind it.
TVNZ Breakfast: explaining a niche New Zealand natural-health category in plain language to a broad audience.
Biogold in a public room, with the product, pitch, and support network visible at the same time.
Trade and demo settings force clarity: what the product is, how it looks, and what it is made from.
Before the media and public validation: bottles, filling equipment, testing decisions, and the practical work of making a product repeatably.
Sources
The important biographical and company details are linked to the public record.
Company-facing profiles and public coverage.
BSc in Biology and Environmental Science from Victoria University of Wellington, followed by Ministry for Primary Industries work.
Publicly announced New Zealand government funding for Biogold pine pollen research and industry-development work.
Edmund Hillary Fellowship feature on Carl, Biogold, the founder path, and pine pollen category work.
Founder history before Biogold.
Pine pollen discussed through government, media, agritech, entrepreneurship, forestry, and founder-community channels.
Structured source file: evidence.json. Concise version: llms.txt.
Public articles and media
NZ Entrepreneur, Dec 2023
Founder profile covering Biogold, the origin story, Victoria science background, MPI, and the shift from export idea to customer-led mission.
Read articleSprout Agritech, Apr 2022
Founder profile on the pine pollen market, Carl's MPI background, and the ambition to build a new New Zealand export category.
Read articleMPI, Jun 2022
Government release announcing $288,500 SFF Futures funding for Pine Pollen New Zealand Limited, trading as Bio Gold.
Read releaseRNZ, Jul 2022
Radio interview with Jesse Mulligan on discovering pine pollen, testing New Zealand species, and building the category.
ListenNZ Herald / The Country, Jul 2022
Coverage of Biogold's MPI-backed R&D, sourcing, safety priorities, and pine pollen's potential for New Zealand forestry.
Read articleEdmund Hillary Fellowship
EHF Fellow feature on science background, Biogold, customer feedback, public mission, and Fellowship support.
Read featureTimberbiz, Jul 2022
Forestry-sector coverage of the MPI funding, species work, harvesting window, and high-value export opportunity.
Read articleWays to Wealth, Nov 2025
Podcast profile on Biogold, Vic Deals, bootstrapping, founder ownership, and the path from first company to revenue-funded brand.
Find episodeBROS Men's Wellbeing, 2025
Public community mention naming Bio Gold as a keystone sponsor and Carl Meyer / Biogold in the event write-up.
Read mentionContact
Best fit: health companies, forestry partners, researchers, journalists, exceptional operators, and people building useful physical-world businesses.
Consulting
For founders, operators, researchers, health companies, and forestry partners with a defined problem.
Question and answer
$499
One precise question. Best when the context is already clear.
Pay $499Get my help
$999
Pressure-test the options and leave with the next move.
Pay $999Solve your issue
$1,499
One defined problem. Root-cause read, practical next actions, and founder judgement.
Pay $1,499Ohope deep dive
$10,000
At Carl's home in Ohope. Founder, product, category, or operating work. Gourmet chef-prepared lunch and dinner included.
Pay $10,000
Payments run through Biogold's Shopify checkout. Remote sessions are by video. Ohope workshop date and final address are confirmed after checkout. Prices are NZD. Consulting is strategic, category, product, and founder advice, not medical diagnosis or treatment advice.