Rakesh Narayana (Access VC) - How They Are Changing The Image of Corporate Venture Capital, and How They Evaluate Opportunities From an Exit Potential

The Consumer VC: Venture Capital I B2C Startups I Commerce | Early-Stage Investing I Brands

Our guest today is Rakesh Narayana, who is the General Manager of Access VC. Access is the venture capital arm of Reckitt. Reckitt is a publicly traded consumer goods conglomerate focused on the hygiene, health and nutrition spaces. You probably recongize their brands Lysol, Dettol, and Calgon. So Access VC is their venture arm that Rakesh leads, some of their investments include Beekeeper’s Naturals, Maude, and Future Method. In this episode, we’re going to talk about how Access VC approaches their investments since corporate venture capital in general typically doesn’t have the best reputation and we’re going to be speaking about how Access VC is taking a different approach, how they make investments and think about exit potential.

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