When Rory Eakin and his co-founder, Ryan Caldbeck, created CircleUp they did so in response to a big problem. Consumer goods companies find it very difficult to raise equity capital and most Silicon Valley VCs are not interested in the category. So, they created an equity marketplace focused on that one segment. Fast forward more than five years and CircleUp has become a major funder for small consumer good companies in this country. My next guest on the Lend Academy […]