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370: How Denise Woodard Got Jay-Z, Rihanna, and HER To Partake In Her Packaged Foods Company


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This week we’re back for a very exciting update episode with Denise Woodard is the Founder and CEO of Partake Foods, the allergy-friendly company inspired by her daughter’s experience with food allergies. Created in 2016, Denise started the business by self-distributing cookies around NYC, this year it became a Certified B Corporation, and launched a collab with Ben & Jerry’s. 

 In this episode she shares:

  • Her strategies to getting investors interested, including big names like HER and Rihanna

  • How she became the first Black woman to raise more than $1 Million publicly for a CPG food startup, accumulating more than $20M

  • How she is continuing to inspire other entrepreneurs while growing her own business

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Links mentioned in this episode

  • Partake’s Website: www.partakefoods.com

  • Partake’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/partakefoods/

  • Denise’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denisegwoodard/ 

  • Desnise’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denisegwoodard/ 

  • Marcy Venture Partners: https://www.marcyvp.com/ 

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