Finance Outlook: What's on the Minds of Investors Today

Jun. 13, 2022 at 12:17 PM

On the table will be advice for brands looking to raise capital in the near term, as well as the ways current events are affecting CPG investing.


About Ashley Hartman:

Ashley co-leads Bluestein Ventures, driving the firm’s strategy, portfolio company support, and deal pipeline. Ashley has made over 30 investments in the space, and is an observer on three boards, including Base Culture, Grovara, and Rethink. Ashley has deep experience leading growth strategy and establishing scalable infrastructure necessary to build sustainable ventures.

About Genevieve Gilbreath:

Genevieve is co-founder and General Partner of Springdale Ventures, an early-stage consumer brands venture fund. She has been an active investor for seven years and has over twenty years of experience as entrepreneur in consumer products (CPG) and the health and wellness industry. From 2003-2016, she built & managed import/export natural product companies, from 2016 - 2018 years she led SKU, the premier CPG accelerator, and in 2019 launched Springdale Ventures, with her Co-founder Dan Graham. Genevieve also is a founding board member of Naturally Austin and the national Naturally Network. When she is not working with portfolio companies or bringing great new brands into the Springdale family she loves spending time outdoors with her son K-Max, dogs Joon and Oliver at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

About Tapan Shah:

Tapan has been a part of the natural foods eco-system for almost 20 years. He started his career at Glacéau and went on to marketing and leadership roles at the Campbell Soup Co. and Energy Kitchen. In 2013, Tapan joined AF Ventures (AccelFoods), where he was active in sourcing and managing investments, as well as guiding marketing strategy for the fund and its portfolio companies. In 2018 he joined the Pepsico Ventures Group, before joining Mondelez Snackfutures to lead Venture Capital activity. Tapan received a BA from Villanova University and an MBA from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and daughters.

About Franklin Isacson:

Franklin is a Founding Partner at Coefficient Capital. Franklin has over a decade of investing experience in consumer products and retail and has worked in the sector for twenty years. Franklin lead deal sourcing in the US and select European countries for Verlinvest, the Brussels-based investment firm backed by the founding shareholders of Anheuser-Busch InBev. He set-up the New York office and led growth investments within the branded consumer and retail sectors, deploying equity checks of $5m to $150m. Prior to joining Verlinvest, Franklin worked in the consumer products investment banking group at UBS, in M&A and strategy at Diageo and in brand marketing at LVMH. He started his career at The Boston Consulting Group where he served clients in consumer products and retail. Franklin received an MBA from Columbia Business School, a BA from the University of Dublin, Trinity College, and a Diploma from Sciences Po. in Paris. Franklin is Dutch, grew up in Europe where he learnt to speak four languages and has lived and worked in New York since 2005.