As a principal at Comcast Ventures, Rich focused on a variety of sectors ranging from enterprise software to consumer internet and was involved in more than dozen investments included Dollar Shave Club, Houzz, DocuSign, Quantifind, and NinthDecimal among several others. Rich founded Touchdown Ventures after seven years in venture capital and strategic development at Comcast. In this role, Rich works closely with several corporate partners, including The Kellogg Company (and their venture capital fund eighteen94 Capital), and is involved in all aspects of the investment process including identifying, evaluating, executing and managing venture investments. Rich is a founder and managing director at Touchdown Ventures, a firm that partners with leading corporations to help manage their corporate venture capital activities. Rich has spent more than 17 years in roles focused on corporate growth and innovation across a wide variety of industries including media, technology, retail and food. Rich Grant: Founder and Managing Director, TOUCHDOWN VENTURES (Panelist) Scott Donohue, Partner, NEXTWORLD EVERGREEN (Panelist) Robert is a member of the Leadership Council of the Positive Coaching Alliance, a national non-profit developing “Better Athletes, Better People” by working to provide youth and high school athletes a positive, character-building youth sports experience. He is actively involved in his children’s schools and sports teams and enjoys water sports and exploring the outdoors with his family. Robert is a native Californian and currently resides in Marin County with his wife and their three children.
Robert received a BS and an MS in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University. He advised consumer products companies and private equity firms on matters of corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions and competitive assessment.
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Robert began his professional career in the consumer products industry in 1991 as a consultant at Swander Pace & Company, where over time he became a Principal. Robert previously was the Director of New Business Development at Foster Farms, where his responsibilities included the general management of Foster’s $75MM Prepared Foods Division and corporate development. Prior to Encore, Robert was a partner at Swander Pace Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in the consumer products industry.
Robert was the Chairman of former Encore portfolio companies Aidells Sausage Company, Atlantic Aqua Farms, California Splendor, Caterina Foods, Isopure, PhillySwirl and tarte and was a director at Thanasi Foods. Robert co-founded Encore Consumer Capital in 2005. He is Chairman of Encore portfolio companies Ancient Harvest and Tender Belly and a director of butter LONDON, Navitas, and Supergoop!. Robert Brown: Managing Director, ENCORE CONSUMER CAPITAL (Panelist) Mike also provides strategic guidance to emerging sustainable health and wellness businesses and disruptive, consumer and ag tech companies assisting with strategy, capital raising, partnerships and business development. (Acquired by New Hope Network, part of Informa PLC in December, 2016). Mike Dovbish is the Executive Director and one of the founding members of Nutrition Capital Network, an investor and partnering platform for growth companies in health and wellness. Mike Dovbish, Executive Director of Nutrition Capital Network (Moderator) PRIVATE EQUITY/VC INVESTEMENT IN EMERGING BRANDSWhat are they Looking for? NETWORKING NIGHTS: Naturally Bay Area's monthly Networking Night is THE place to meet, connect, and collaborate with 100 of the most progressive leaders and companies in the Bay Area's natural products scene.
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