Catharine Dockery is a founding partner at Vice Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital fund conquering stigmas and striving towards superior returns by investing in good companies operating in "bad" industries. Today's episode is special as I go back to my interview with Catharine on The Consumer VC Summit.
[00:01 – 09:53] Catharine's Story
[09:54 – 19:10] How High Can It Grow? The Story of Vice Ventures
[19:11 – 27:18] Evaluating and Partnering with The Right Brands
[27:18 – 32:29] The Products in Vice Ventures Portfolio and The Importance of Brand Development
[32:30 – 36:33] Vice Venture's Role and Advocacy in Helping Legitimize Cannabis
[36:34 – 44:05] Audience's Questions for Catharine
[44:06 – 47:23] Final Thoughts
Catharine Dockery is the founder of Vice Ventures. She has a long-held passion for vice investing, on both a personal and professional basis. While interviewing with traditional consumer venture firms, she continually brushed against vice clauses in her investment pitches, with that frustration culminating in the idea for Vice Ventures.
Prior to launching the fund, Catharine was an early member of the digitally native vertical brands M&A team at Walmart eCommerce. She took this position after managing a prominent founder’s personal venture investments and acting as his personal Chief of Staff. Before this, Catharine was an Analyst on a high yield trading desk.
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"When it comes to venture funding, that means the pros are that you have more capital to scale your business faster, right. And who doesn't want to do that?" – Catharine Dockery
"As a country, we have so much work to do." – Catharine Dockery
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