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Reclaiming Our Children’s Health: Why I Embrace the MAHA Vision
Reclaiming Our Children’s Health: Why I Embrace the MAHA Vision
Dear Friends, Everywhere I look—as a father of three, as an investor in consumer health, and as a proud American—I see…
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Martin Dolfi reposted thisMartin Dolfi reposted thisWe started Allocate with a simple premise. Everyone who is qualified to invest in the private markets should be able to do so responsibly. Responsibly means access to the right assets, in the right amounts, tailored to each investor’s objectives. We help make that possible by providing advisors with the modern technology and infrastructure they need to thoughtfully build and manage private market portfolios for their clients. Today, we work with over 400 wealth firms, and we manage nearly $6B in assets. But technology alone isn’t enough. Education, expertise, and access to the right network matter just as much. This coming week, we’re bringing together a very select group of 150 GPs and advisors in Austin for Allocate’s Alts Day, focused on the growing convergence between wealth management and the private markets. Included will be leaders from Vista Equity Partners Menlo Ventures Lightspeed Altimeter H.I.G. Capital Dynasty Financial Partners Hightower Advisors Clearstead Caprock Stifel Bank etc. It should be a great day of discussion, learning, and connection among a group of people who are deeply engaged in where private markets are headed. Excited to get everyone together! Hana Yang Matt Dunn Peter Epstein Jeremy Diem, MBA Austen McGregor Tracy Gallagher Arthur Diochon CFA CAIA Remington DuBois Alex Julian
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Martin Dolfi shared thisGreat people! Congratulations Pam!Martin Dolfi shared thisThis week we joined the PEWIN Foundation in celebrating AIC Chairman Pamela Hendrickson for her countless hours spent mentoring, advising, and counseling. It was a joyous event, highlighted by stories from Pam's family, friends, and coworkers. What struck me is how similar those stories are across different parts of her world -- she is the same generous and wise person everywhere she goes. That's certainly been true throughout her chairmanship at American Investment Council (AIC) as well. We are grateful for your leadership, Pam!
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Martin Dolfi shared thisThe center of gravity in consumer is moving South. Last week, 100 founders, CEOs, investors and partners from across the country gathered at Soho House Nashville for the 2026 Beliade Consumer Partners Annual General Meeting. We heard directly from leaders behind Rhone, Malbon, Recess, Stone & Skillet, Farm to People, Asana Partners, Embark and Ojas Partners – candid conversations about growth, culture and what it takes to build enduring brands. The day also brought Southbound – the next chapter at Beliade – to life. Southbound reflects a conviction that many of America’s next great consumer brands are being built outside the traditional coastal ecosystem, particularly across the South. Population, talent, culture and purchasing power are moving South. Exceptional entrepreneurs are building there. Capital has not fully caught up. That gap is the opportunity. If you are building a differentiated consumer brand in the South, I want to hear from you.
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Martin Dolfi reposted thisMartin Dolfi reposted thisExcited to be joining Y'all Street! https://lnkd.in/gg2xewnYDillard’s to transfer listings to the Texas Stock Exchange | Arkansas Democrat GazetteDillard’s to transfer listings to the Texas Stock Exchange | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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Martin Dolfi shared thisThank you Felice Gorordo for joining Nate Checketts and me and for bringing such a strong group from Embark to Nashville. Grateful to all our founders/CEOs, LPs and partners for making this year’s AGM such a meaningful day.Martin Dolfi shared thisHonored to have joined my good friend & Rhone CEO Nate Checketts to keynote this year's Beliade Consumer Partners Annual General Meeting in #Nashville for a fireside chat with Beliade Managing Partner Martin Dolfi to discuss wellness, longevity, performance and the #12Pursuits. Embark is a proud partner of Beliade and we're grateful for the opportunity to support their incredibly impressive portfolio companies. Utterly inspired after hearing briefings from Malbon Golf CEO Aaron Heiser, Stone & Skillet CEO Cam Meekins, Recess Co-CEO Benjamin Witte, and Farm To People CEO Michael Robinov. So great having Embark Founder & Chairman Paul Allen, CRO Laura Reale Neal, Head of PE BD Marc Glennon and our own CPG & Retail expert & Managing Director David Bushby, CPA, CA join us for the first of many! Congrats to Martin, Whitney Williams, and Bill Schultz and the entire Beliade team and family of LPs and PortCos on all your continued success! Here's to great things to come!
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Martin Dolfi reposted thisMartin Dolfi reposted thisRhone has hired its first chief merchandising officer. Alexa Andersen, the former senior vice president of merchandising at PUMA Group North America, has joined the Stamford, Conn.-based lifestyle brand in a move designed to drive further growth. Andersen has more than 20 years’ experience in the performance apparel industry and at Rhone, she will oversee both the merchandising and design teams. Read more: https://lnkd.in/evDDqfMM
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Martin Dolfi shared thisA healthier America starts with the food on our tables and the farmers who grow it. That’s why Beliade Consumer Partners new investment in Farm To People is such a natural fit for us. Michael Robinov and his team are making it easier for families to eat fresh, high-quality food while helping small farms reach more customers and earn a better living. We believe building a great consumer business and supporting American farmers can go hand in hand. Farm to People brings those interests together, connecting the quality of a farmers market with the convenience busy families need. After 13 years of bootstrapping, this team has earned its next chapter. Congratulations to Michael, the Farm to People team, and our fellow investors. Let’s get more good food onto more family tables.Martin Dolfi shared thisAfter 13+ years of bootstrapping, I'm excited to announce Farm To People's first outside investment, $5 million led by Elly Truesdell and Hallie Bonnar of New Fare Partners alongside a list of founders and operators I've admired for a long time, listed below. Read more in yesterday's The New York Times, linked in the comments. Farm to People was never meant to be a different grocery delivery company. It's infrastructure for a food system where a small farm can actually make a living. The Times put it as our ambition, and they're right: a new economy for small farms to succeed. That's what happens when the quality of the farmers market meets the ease of modern e-commerce. From my parents' studio apartment on the Upper West Side to a new 40,000 square foot warehouse coming soon in The Bronx, it's been a helluva ride. Thank you David Robinov for being a pioneer in the natural foods movement since before I was born and for making this all possible. And Anina von Haeften for your partnership and vision every day! To every customer, farmer, maker, driver, packer, buyer, and team member who got us here: thank you. And we're just getting started. If you want to build this with us, we're hiring. It's hard work. If you're ready to make an impact, reach out. Here's the incredible list of investors who share our vision of the future and inspire us: Gary Hirshberg (and Ethan, Alex, Danielle) founder of Stonyfield; Walter Robb former co-CEO of Whole Foods; David Barber of Blue Hill At Stone Barns; Fred Wilson (and Joanne & Josh) founder of Union Square Ventures; Martin Dolfi, Bill Schultz and Whitney Williams from Beliade Consumer Partners; Jean-Francois Jeff Déchant (and Felix Dechant, our COO, who makes FtP run every day); Jeff Sterrett & Jamie Sterrett; Stephen Williamson, John Charles Hanley & Daisy Bowes Williamson; Todd Lachman; Tom Gellert & Andrew Gellert; Sam Slover; Jeff Samberg; Gabi Lewis; and more. Thank you Jacqueline S. for sharing our story with the world.
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Martin Dolfi reposted thisMartin Dolfi reposted thisI sat down with Samir Kaji for his podcast Venture Unlocked. Samir is the co-founder and CEO of Allocate, and M13 wrote one of the early checks into the company, so this was a founder we backed asking the questions. Different kind of pressure test than a normal interview. We got into the thing Courtney Reum and I actually set out to do in 2016 when we talk about M13 being a truly operator-led VC firm. We weren't trying to build a better VC. We were trying to build a different one, the firm a founder would have built for themselves. What that looks like in practice: Samir Kaji and I got into a company aiming to be IPO ready in under five years. I could have weighed in. Instead I went and got Karl Alomar, who took DigitalOcean from pre-revenue to a $5 billion IPO. Same conversation covered why a founder gets Latif Peracha or Sarah Tomolonius instead of me when that is the better call. Knowing who to hand it to is the job. Samir Kaji pushed on the part most people in this business avoid, which is the gap between value-add investors and the ones who quietly subtract value. A bad board member doesn't just fail to help. They take founder hours and slow decisions at the moments speed matters most. Nobody has a scorecard for that. We also talked about AI. Everyone knows it will change the world. That's not the interesting part. The interesting part is where in the value chain you invest to find the best risk and probability adjusted return, and where the asymmetry actually sits right now. Full conversation here: https://lnkd.in/gq-3iPGkWins Above Replacement: The New Way to Judge FoundersWins Above Replacement: The New Way to Judge Founders
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Martin Dolfi reposted thisMartin Dolfi reposted thisWant to see 2 siblings debate (read argue) on a live panel for SXSW? I'm excited to share that my sister, Lily Checketts Shimbashi, founder of Sportsish, and I have submitted a panel for SXSW 2027: “Sports Culture Has New Owners.” Sports is changing faster than ever. The way fans discover, engage with, and build communities around sports is being reshaped by creators, athletes, NIL, and culture-first platforms. We’ll explore a big question: in a world where fandom is everywhere, who actually owns it? SXSW determines their panels based on voting and so if you'd like to see who would win in a sibling debate then we'd love your vote. Community voting is open now — click the ♥️ on our panel to help bring it to SXSW 2027. Link in comments. Rhone
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Martin Dolfi liked thisMartin Dolfi liked thisSEEKING ADVICE FROM MY NETWORK: We purchased our Range Rover in January for $178,000 and have frankly gotten bored of it. The dealer offered us $90,000 on trade. The Lamborghini Urus we’ve configured is $657,500. Budget is unlimited, but we’re trying to be thoughtful. Would it make more sense to give the Range Rover to our nanny and purchase the Urus outright? Nanny #2 currently drives something that requires her to physically insert a key, which has been difficult to explain to the kiddos. My only concern is that gifting her a Range Rover could blur the distinction between family parking and staff parking. Would appreciate hearing from anyone who has navigated a similar hardship. Please DO NOT suggest a Porsche.
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Martin Dolfi liked thisMartin Dolfi liked thisState and local chapters of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are on the front lines of economic growth and job creation, and it was an honor to speak with their CEOs from across the country about the work we can do together to strengthen communities. I was happy to be joined by American Investment Council (AIC) Chairman Pamela Hendrickson and grateful to be hosted by Neil Bradley (and Hon. Rodney Davis!).
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Martin Dolfi liked thisMartin Dolfi liked thisYesterday, Stride Consumer Partners announced its latest $550m fund, making it the latest group to announce a fundraise in a flurry of cpg related raises on the heels of plenty of massive exits Bansk Group leads the pack with a $1.45B Fund II, up 81% from its $800M debut. Its best-known bets include the amika and Eva NYC haircare platform and Red's All Natural. CAVU Consumer Partners closed Fund V at $325M, its largest fund yet. CAVU was the institutional backer behind Poppi. Encore Consumer Capital (Fund V, $350M) grew its fund 36%, and Stride's grew 30%. LPs are sizing up the managers who have delivered. Founders, here's who has the powder!!
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Martin Dolfi liked thisMartin Dolfi liked thisUNC may have just posted the best endowment return of fiscal 2026. The UNC Investment Fund returned an extraordinary 37.8% for the year ended June 30, roughly double the return of the OCIO Analytics Endowment Universe. Perhaps even more impressive: UNC has now compounded at 20.1% annually over the past three years. SpaceX was a major contributor to this year's result, highlighting something that can get lost in discussions about asset allocation: access, manager selection, and patience can matter enormously. Not every endowment has reported yet, but 37.8% is the highest FY2026 return I have seen so far. An extraordinary result, both for one year and over three. Congrats to UNC!
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Martin Dolfi liked thisMartin Dolfi liked thisI’m thrilled to share that I just joined Stand Together as Managing Director of Economic Innovation. In this new role, I will take the lead in crafting and deploying AI strategy for this incredible organization and its vast ecosystem of men and women working to ensure that America remains the world’s leader in innovation. For the past three years, I have built a business that helps ambitious start-ups raise capital, go-to-market, and execute strategies to win in the marketplace of ideas. These companies and their leaders embody the American frontier spirit in countless ways: permissionless innovation as the guiding principle, a tireless work ethic as the norm, and individual empowerment as the goal. But our American innovation ecosystem is fragile and faces constant threats. As AI transforms our economy, our society, and our way of life at a pace none of us could have perhaps ever imagined, new thinking is needed to ensure that this generation-defining technology and our frontier spirit flourish. I’m honored to have the opportunity to play a meaningful role in this moment. Follow this space for updates on my journey, visit www.StandTogether.org to learn more about our work, and reach out to me 1:1 to share your perspectives on what needs to be done to keep the American entrepreneur one step ahead.
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Martin Dolfi liked thisExcited to see Coterie and CURE participating in Third Person summit in Nashville this week - applications are open for the March 2027 retreat and comped for qualifying e-comm brands so get those applications in! Apply here: https://lnkd.in/drWb-A2rMartin Dolfi liked this🚨 🤠 📦 In about 10 hours, 45 founders and executives will meet at Soho House & Co Nashville. The next two days are going to change how they do business. Our Fall 2026 Retreat kicks off tonight. No pitching. No booths. No trudging through a Vegas casino. Only intentional conversations that, if the first two cohorts are any indication, turn into partnerships, referrals, and friendships that outlast the week. So here's your fair warning: over the next few days you will be seeing pics and moments from this cohort. And if you feel a little pang of "I wish I was there", applications for our Spring 2027 Retreat (Nashville, March 15–17) are open right now. It takes two minutes to apply, and it's comped ($4,950 value) for e-commerce brands, eligible 3PL Premier Plan members, and eligible Industry Partner Founding Members. Don't watch the next one from your feed. Celebrate St. Patrick's Day 2027 with 45 new friends 🍀 (link in comments 👇)
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Martin Dolfi liked thisI had the honor of representing S&P Global Market Intelligence at the 2026 GlobalCapital Covered Bond Awards in Sevilla last Thursday. Congratulations to Carl James, Nupur Singh, Alex S. and our entire Fixed Income Primary Markets team on another winning year with IssueNet named Best Primary Market Technology Platform for Covered Bonds!Martin Dolfi liked thisS&P Global Market Intelligence has been named Best Primary Market Technology Platform for Covered Bonds at the 2026 GlobalCapital Covered Bond Awards. Congratulations to the team. View the full list of winners here: https://lnkd.in/ePJG-8Tr #GlobalCapitalAwards #CoveredBonds
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Martin Dolfi liked thisMartin Dolfi liked thisMost private equity firms don’t have a government affairs team. Many don’t have a communications team either. They’re focused on finding businesses and helping them grow. That’s where AIC comes in. We bring those stories to lawmakers, show what private investment means in their states and districts, and advocate for policies that allow our members to keep building businesses. AIC President and CEO Will Dunham explains that role on The Deciders. Watch the clip, then see the full conversation: https://lnkd.in/epSRradB
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