Introduction

Our guest today on the podcast is Ashley Hartman, Managing Partner at Bluestein Ventures. Bluestein Ventures is one of the premier family-backed venture capital fund in the food industry whose mission is to transform the food system into a better, more nutritious, and sustainable world. They invest at the Seed to Series A rounds and some of their investments include Factor, Meati, and Foxtrot.

We discuss:

• Why she became an investor in food
• Opportunities throughout the food value chain
• The difference in investing in food tech vs. brands
• When to vertically integrate
• How founders should approach their cap table
• The future of food