Category: The FI Podcast

Foodshed Investors Podcast: E6 Global Investing, Local Impact with Amy Bell

9/3/2019

Amy Bell, Senior Advisor with Foodshed Investors and Principal in Business Development with Whole Foods, joins FI to discuss her experience managing one of the early institutional level impact investing funds with JP Morgan. Amy managed the deployment of $100m to impact companies around the globe, including in the agricultural space.

Listen to "E6: Amy Bell on Sowing Seeds for Impact Investing" on Spreaker.

Foodshed Investors Podcast: E5: Jarred Maxwell on Crowdfunding

6/11/2019

Crowdfunding has evolved considerably since its nascent days as KickStarter. Companies can now raise funds through a variety of crowdfunding portals using a number of financial vehicles - donations, debt, equity, or a combination of these. Foodshed Investors Founder and Partner, Jarred Maxwell, discusses the history and potential impact of crowdfunding on the funding landscape moving forward. Also, feel free to check out an FAQ we wrote up on Crowdfunding

Foodshed Investors Podcast: E4 Andrew Braunberg w/ Still Austin Whiskey

5/6/2019

Andrew Braunberg, Co-Founder of Still Austin Whiskey, discusses how - and why - they source 100% of their grain from Texas. Andrew is an expert in distilling, procurement, and business operations.

Foodshed Investors Podcast: E3 Eric de Valpine on Company Exits

4/1/2019

Foodshed Investors Partner and CFO, Eric de Valpine, discusses company exits: how exits can affect the way companies fundraise, how companies can plan their exits, and whether some companies need to exit at all.

Foodshed Investors Podcast: E2 Errol Schweizer, Organic Food Entrepreneur & Activist

3/1/2019

This month we welcome Errol Schweizer, Organic Industry Entrepreneur and Activist. Errol brings deep and various experiences to the show. Currently Errol serves as a board member and advisor to a variety of retail, CPG, E-Commerce, and Private Equity firms. Before this, Errol was VP of Grocery at Whole Foods. Before that even, Errol was a political activist in NYC. We talk food, power, industry, and justice

The Foodshed Investors Podcast: E1 w/ Curt, Eric, and Jarred

1/17/2019

At the intersection of food, money, and people you’ll find The Foodshed Investors Podcast. This month, Austin Foodshed Investors Founders and Partners, Jarred Maxwell, Curt Nelson and Eric de Valpine join host Evan Driscoll (also with AFI) to talk about why, exactly, we're doing this podcast and why we think it's important. Also discussed: Angel Investing, Venture Capital, raising the right capital for your company, AFI portfolio case studies, and what makes for good financials.