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The Future of Restaurant-Tech: Inside EMERGING’s $100M Fund with Mathew Focht

Mar 27, 2025
49:33

Mathew Focht is the Founding Managing Partner of EMERGING, a $100M growth capital fund investing in the future of restaurant-tech and entertainment.

In this episode of The Consumer VC, Mathew breaks down how EMERGING helps scale innovative hospitality concepts like F1® Arcade, BatBox, Puttshack, and more. We explore why the intersection of restaurants, entertainment, and technology is such a powerful space for venture capital, how they evaluate scalable concepts, and what makes EMERGING different from traditional investors.

You’ll learn:

  • Why eatertainment is booming post-COVID

  • What metrics EMERGING looks at before writing $2–8M checks

  • How restaurant-tech is evolving for both consumers and operators

  • What makes a concept scalable, profitable, and defensible

  • Why EMERGING focuses on experience + IP, not just margins

If you're curious about how tech is transforming food and entertainment, and what it takes to build the next big concept, this episode is a must-listen.

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