Douglas RaggioDouglas Raggio is experienced in nearly every aspect of the $150 billion specialty food industry. He is the founder of a thriving food company, Pass the Honey. He also founded the slow-cooked meal company Stews & Such, cultivating a network of manufaturers, vendors, distributors, co-packers and retailers in/around the packaged food space. Concurrently, he was the founder and managing director of early-stage venture capital fund Gastronome Ventures, one of the first fully-dedicated VCs in the healthier-for-you-food/beverage industry. He is founder of private equity fund Bias & Blinds Spots, also focused on emerging healthy food and beverage branded companies, with transactions currently totaling more than $150 million. He's been an advisor to more than a hundred startups and is a sought-after speaker at North America's largest specialty food trade shows. His tenure in the space has given him the opportunity to vet 12,000-plus investment opportunities spanning more than a decade, including companies going from zero to multi-millions and those going in reverse to bankruptcy. Previous to his work in the food and beverage industry, he managed one-hundred-million-dollar-plus marketing campaigns for Fortune 500 companies including Nike, Motorola, DirecTV, and Discovery Channel. Douglas received a BS in organizational communication from Cal Poly Pomona. Read More Read Less