Nate Cooper
Investor at Barrel Ventures focused on early-stage food and beverage companies from pre-seed to Series A, with operator experience founding food businesses and a track record backing brands like Olipop, Gonanas, and Nowadays.
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Jan 31, 2026 • 39min
Investor Spotlight: Nate Cooper, Barrel Ventures
Nate Cooper, investor at Barrel Ventures with operator roots and early bets like Olipop, discusses how he evaluates early-stage food and beverage brands. He covers product-market fit, conviction signals beyond metrics, margins versus category norms, and why humble, gritty founders win. Conversation also touches on market shifts like GLP-1s and wearables and the power of compounding growth.
