"Mark is the angel investor every entrepreneur dreams of - smart and strategic, well connected, yet also willing to help and advise on the operational details. Angels like to say they're hands on and value-add, but often act differently post-funding. Mark is the real deal, and I've been deeply fortunate to have him engaged with Crowdfunder."
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Chance Barnett, CEO
Crowdfunder | Venture Capital: Crowdsourced
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"Of the hundreds of investors in Thrive Market, Mark is one of the few whose advice I regularly seek out. Why? Yes, he's savvy and smart and visionary and all the other things you'd expect of the founder of a company that helped spawn a whole new
industry / health trend / cultural phenomenon (coconut water). But more importantly, Mark understands (and proved himself with Zico) that a great business can have a purpose beyond profit and that applying such a purpose day-in and day-out is, in fact,
the key to building a world-changing company." Nick Green – Co- Founder, Co-CEO Thrive Market
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Rampolla Ventures seeks to inspire, celebrate, connect and support visionary leaders that leverage the power of entrepreneurship to change the world for good.
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Suja, which means “long beautiful life” in Hindi, is the fastest-growing, organic, cold-pressed and Non-GMO beverage company in the United States. We think the name describes both the future of the company and the benefits to people who drink their drinks!
We love how Veggie Grill redefines classic American comfort food with flavorful, 100% plant-based soups, salads, burgers, sandwiches and desserts. They go the extra mile make their veggie-centric menu extra delicious, so more of us say "more veggies, please!"
Water is Hot and CORE is Cool! It's ultrapurified and balanced with electrolytes and minerals to help your body maintain its natural pH balance. Add in great tasting organic flavors and the coolest green packaging around and you have a beverage company that might be even bigger than ZICO!
Barnana is so much more than "The Super Potassium Snack" beloved by pro athletes and kindergarteners alike. It's also a company on a mission to reduce food waste by upcycling "imperfect" organic bananas and turn them into chewy, tasty Barnana instead of letting them go to waste.
The family-owned Beanfields company believes in plant-based snacking, using beans as a core ingredient in their chips. We love their mission to create food that is good for the earth, good for the animals and good for personal health.
Bricks is on a mission to make a lasting, positive impact on convenient food choices with their Paleo Certified protein bars, made from sustainable grass-fed, grass-finished lean meats, organic veggies, fruit, seeds and organic coconut oil.
F.A.S.T (First Aid Shot Therapy) is disrupting the $25BN Over-The-Counter drug industry in the United States. They make consumer friendly, single dose liquid medicine “shots” that bring relief from everyday issues such as headache, muscle pain, upset stomach, cold, hangover and allergies. Pills are so 2000s. Drink your medicine!
We love that Koia is making plant-powered nutrition even more convenient with their delicious almond-milk based beverages. Koia is packed with 16+ grams of clean, eco- friendly rice, hemp and pea proteins. Dairy free and delicious Vanilla Bean, Cocoa Bean and Coconut Almond are sustainably created for a perfect mix of nutrition and flavor.
Packed with immune-supporting probiotics, nomva's convenient, tasty, organic fruit and vegetable packs make it easier to live a healthy, on-the-go lifestyle at any age. We love that they make it possible to be superbusy and superhealthy at the same time.
Runa's beverages are made from Guayusa, the Amazonian super-leaf packed with twice the antioxidants of green tea. The business is dedicated to doing well for people and planet as well as for profit, along the way improving the lives of thousands of indigenous farmers and preserving the Amazon.
Taki Mai all-natural "shots" drinks are loaded with kava, the native Fijian root known for bringing tranquility to even the busiest of lives. We love that the company's kava farms are run ethically and sustainably, providing their Fijian farmers with steady income and community development.
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Ozobot is a tiny robot that teaches coding & programming to kids in fun, interactive ways. We think they can reshape learning with a toy that opens the door to computer science, STEM education and robotics, enabling children from all walks of life to succeed in the digital age. Now even the Incredible Hulk can teach coding!
TTI believes that the way to unleash the potential within all of us begins the interviewing process and that better technology enables greater efficiency and better communication. Better communication results in better interviews. Better interviews produce better hires.
Vocatio is a talent marketplace that guides students and recent grads on their path to finding a meaningful career based on their values and talents. It also prepares employers to attract and retain this game-changing generation of young employees.
Pinata is an app-based platform that connects hourly workers who want freedom in their schedules with cool brands that need real consumers to help spread the word. We believe it can democratize the future of hiring.
Humantelligence combines the best of behavioral science and cutting-edge, globally-scalable solutions to help executives maximize workforce effectiveness and talent investments.
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The cannabis industry is stigmatized by negative perceptions and substandard business practices, but Privateer is on a mission to bring raise the bar. Privateer aims to hold the most enviable position in the market when cannabis prohibition ends, thereby generating enormous returns – both financial and social.
Entrepreneurship is one of the most powerful, most benign forces for economic and societal change in our time. Through access to capital and education, Crowdfunder empowers thousands of entrepreneurs to grow high-impact ventures.
The Fresh Mat is an innovative cleaning system for small and large workout studios, preventing the spread of germs and other infections by spraying your yoga and athletic mats.
Synergy Fuels sees energy everywhere. What if seeming liabilities could become major assets? From moving towards a zero waste future, slashing energy demand and opening new pathways for energy, Synergy takes an unconventional look at ways to power our future.
Swell Energy brings you off-grid independence so you never have a power outage again. This exciting company is the leading energy storage provider in Southern California. Swell makes it easy to have a home battery installed in your house, and also helps cut your costs through CA rebates and more.
Powerplant Ventures invests in visionary companies that are re-architecting our food system to deliver better nutrition in more sustainable and ethical ways.
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Hail Merry is a snack food company born out of the raw foods movement that celebrates the benefits of plant-based dietary fats. We love that they are an emerging (and delicious!) leader in pure ingredient, minimally processed, non-dairy desserts. a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy.
Hampton Creek is focused on making healthier, more sustainable food. They make their products using an innovative plant-based egg substitute. We love that they are also actively working to build "the world's largest database of plants" to aid in the selection of crop species.
This is a REBBL with a cause. "Roots Extracts Berries Bark & Leaves" makes innovative, superherb beverages designed to support a plant-based food system. We especially admire their impact model (in addition to a great business model) -- in collaboration with Not For Sale, 2.5% of sales go to the prevention of human trafficking.
Cofounded by Kimbal Musk, Square Roots is an exciting new urban farming accelerator. Their mission is to empower young entrepreneurs to create forward-thinking, responsible businesses that strengthen their communities through real food. We are eager to see thousands of new urban farm startups spring to life.
Thrive Market increases real consumer access to healthy foods by offering wholesale prices on non-GMO foods for all of its members, and by giving a free membership to a low-income American family for every paid membership.
Treasure8 is an exciting San Francisco-based food innovation and technology company on a mission to solve the nutritional challenges and environmental stresses of a growing global population. The Treasure8 team develops and deploys food technologies and flavor-rich, plant-based products that address the world’s food system challenges.