Why Corporate VC Has a Bad Reputation And How Rich Is Different

Episode notes

Corporate venture capital has a reputation problem. And according to Brian Bernstein, that reputation is mostly earned. Brian Bernstein, Investor at Rich Products Ventures, joins In The Money to make the case for why corporate VC doesn't have to work the way founders fear and to explain exactly how Rich Products Ventures is structured to be different. Rich's is an 80-year-old privately held food company. Over 95% frozen. Dozens of manufacturing plants, deep cold chain expertise, and food service and retail distribution spanning 110 countries. Their venture arm has been investing for eight years and they're leaning harder into branded CPG than ever before.

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