Sam McBride
Description:
Sam is an investor, advisor and board member in consumer and consumer technology companies and the former Chief Operating Officer and Chief Sales Officer of RXBAR. At RXBAR, Sam drove net sales growth from $2mm in 2014 to $220mm in 2018 leveraging e-commerce as well as traditional retail distribution helping fuel its acquisition for $600 million by Kellogg in 2017. Sam started his career in finance at Wellspring Partners in 2008, focusing on healthcare mergers and acquisitions. In 2010 he moved to LiveWatch Home Security, helping build one of the fastest-growing and most disruptive companies in the direct-to-consumer home security space before its acquisition by Ascent Capital for $67 million in 2015. Prior to RXBAR, Sam led sales and marketing for 9 operating companies with a combined $180 million in annual revenue at the Rabine Group from 2013 to 2014. Sam has been investing through McBride Capital LLC since 2017, investing in pre-product, early and mid-stage consumer and consumer technology companies. He has been a member of the Board of Directors at Kettle and Fire since 2018, MUSH since 2019 and Four Sigmatic and Minor Figures since 2020. Sam is also a Director for B. Riley Principal 150 Merger Corp. (NASDAQ: BRPM), B. Riley Principal 250 Merger Corp as well as an early investor in Helium, People Powered Networks ($HNT).
Summary:
Sam is an investor, advisor and board member in consumer and consumer technology companies and the former Chief Operating Officer and Chief ...
Number of Registered Investments:2
Contact Details:
- Address: Aspen, Colorado, United States
- No email is provided
Location:Aspen, Colorado, United States
Email is Not Provided
Phone Number:Aspen, Colorado, United States
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