Equity and investment crowdfunding platform CircleUp and venture capital firm the Collaborative Fund announced the launch of Collab+Consumer, a new fund on CircleUp for early-stage, mission-driven companies. The fund, which totals $10 million, will invest $500,000 to $3 million per company.
During his tenure at Whole Foods, Schweizer helped launch thousands of innovative natural products and his vision for the category positioned the retailer as forward-thinking and trend setting.
ACG Managing Partner Josh Goldin said that the size of the fund won’t change the firm's strategy of investing relatively small checks of $5-25 million in fast-growing consumer brands, although it does give the group some flexibility to go beyond its initial investment.
Beyond hopefully impacting the way consumers’ shop, the guidelines can have dramatic impacts on programs funded by federal dollars, which must now conform to the set standards.
Campbell’s new C-Fresh division is drawn and determined to grow — even if it takes buying other companies to get there. That was just one message delivered by Scott LaPorta, the president of Campbell-owned Bolthouse Farms, at this year’s BevNET Live in Santa Monica.
Featuring upwards of 20 seasoned experts from the space as presenters and panelists, the audience of entrepreneurs were treated to an educational event that dove deep into an accelerating and evolving natural and organic foods world that has become more norm than niche.
