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Consumer VC: Venture Capital I B2C Startups I Commerce | Early-Stage Investing I Brands | TechnologyThe “Better-For-You” Food Lie No One Talks About ft. Tyler MayorasFood can be “better for you.”But that doesn’t always mean it actually is.In this episode, Mike chats with Tyler Mayoras, Managing Partner at MANNATREE, a growth equity firm focused on investing in food, beverage, and wellness brands that genuinely improve human health. Tyler has spent decades investing across food and agriculture, from early plant-based pioneers like Boca Burger to modern brands navigating today’s tougher retail and M&A landscape.Tyler breaks down how “better-for-you” food has evolved, why many plant-based brands lost consumer trust, and what inv...
2026-01-121h 02
The Leader's Edge, By FlowLabTransforming Food Systems: Tyler Mayoras on Smart Growth, Clean Food, and Regenerative InnovationTransforming Food Systems: Tyler Mayoras on Smart Growth, Scalable Tech, Clean Food, and Regenerative InnovationEpisode 14: In the FlowLab with Tyler MayorasImpact Investor, Co-founder of Cool Beans, and Operating Partner at Beyond Impact VCRecorded between London and Chicago, this conversation bridges two continents and one shared mission—to transform the global food system through innovation, regeneration, and purpose-led entrepreneurship.Tyler Mayoras is part of a new generation of investors redefining what growth means in the food economy. With a background spanning decades in...
2025-10-1636 min
Shelf Help: The Tactical CPG PodcastTyler Mayoras - 15+ Years of CPG Private Equity InvestingOn this episode, we’re joined by Tyler Mayoras, Managing Director at Manna Tree Partners.Tyler has spent over 15 years in private equity CPG, partnering with brands like Simple Mills, Health-Ade, New Primal, and Verde Farms. But he’s also been on the operator side, building Cool Beans from scratch, launching into retailers like Sprouts and Wegmans, and learning firsthand how to navigate the frozen aisle, regenerative sourcing, and repeat purchase velocity.Tyler dives into the reality of regenerative, demo stra...
2025-06-1042 min
Eden Group Podcast#21 | Tyler Mayoras | Value Investing in Health & Wellness CPGConnect with Tyler 👇:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylermayoras/Websites: https://mannatreepartners.com/team/tyler-mayoras/–Check Out Eden Group:ATG Coaching Link:https://www.atgonlinecoaching.com/?rfsn=8345396.b605ecATG Equipment Link:https://atgequipment.com/?rfsn=8345628.c67298–Timestamps00:00 - Introduction 01:11 - Early Life and Career Beginnings 05:10 - Early Private Equity Deals: The Boca Burger Story 09:11 - Entering Health and Wellness Investing 17:05 - Common Mistakes When Scaling Companies 23:01 - Lessons from Investment F...
2025-05-0749 min
The Simplifiers PodcastHow to improve your digestion - with Tyler Mayoras (ALL-STAR) Today, we are talking all about how to improve your digestion. Are you feeling a bit bloated, and well, clogged up? Aha, this one's for you! My all-star special guest today is Cool Beans co-founder Tyler Mayoras and he's simplifying how to improve your digestion. There's nothing worse than having tummy aches and feeling like your body isn't working right. Tyler believes that with a few simple shifts in what you eat, all of this could improve fairly quickly. Here's how. My all-star special guest today is Tyler Mayoras and he's simplifying how to...
2025-02-2545 min
Protein Production Technology PodcastEP07: Extracting Protein From WasteJoin host Nick Bradley in this insightful podcast exploring alternative protein production from waste. Our diverse panel discusses the potential of insect proteins, fungi, and fermentation technologies in addressing global food waste, hunger, and the protein gap. Tune in to learn about innovative solutions for sustainable food production and the future of the food industry.
2023-05-3157 minThe Simplifiers PodcastHow to improve your digestion - with Tyler Mayoras (ALL-STAR) Today, we are talking all about how to improve your digestion. Are you feeling a bit bloated, and well, clogged up? Aha, this one is for you! My all-star special guest today is Cool Beans co-founder Tyler Mayoras and he's simplifying how to improve your digestion. There's nothing worse than having tummy aches and feeling like your body isn't working right. Tyler believes that with a few simple shifts in what you eat, all of this could improve fairly quickly. Here's how. My all-star special guest today is Tyler Mayoras and he's simplifying how...
2023-04-2545 min
NexxtLevel Brands PodcastEncore: The Best Product Name Ever: Cool Beans on the NexxtLevel Brands PodcastEncore from April 2022 -The biggest trends we’re seeing in the natural products industry (as evidenced at the recent ExpoWest 2022 in Anaheim this past March) are plant-based, regenerative, and upcycling/reducing food waste. Cool Beans’ whole food, plant-based, minimally processed frozen wraps are right on target.
In this episode, I’m speaking with Tyler Mayoras, founder, and CEO of Cool Beans. Tyler has over 20 years of private equity investing experience and is currently the Co-Manager of the $155 million Advantage Capital Food & Ag Fund. He invests in and helps scale growing food and agriculture companies. Tyler is involved with portf...
2023-04-1338 min
Filip The Terran Podcast#14 - Tyler Mayoras: The plant-based food revolutionTyler Mayoras is an experienced impact investor who has been supporting positive change in the world for multiple decades. His next big bet? The plant-based food revolution. A system he believes will foster global sustainability, improve our health and alleviate the suffering of animals. During the interview, I investigate the evidence Tyler has collected over time to support his view and discussed the future of the industry.
2022-05-1341 min
The Modern Health Nerd PodcastTaste is Key in Whole Food Plant Based with Tyler Mayoras of Cool Beans“It’s hard to build a trend if the stuff doesn’t taste good.” ~ Tyler Mayoras, CEO of Cool BeansEating plant based is a journey. For some, it starts with an all-in commitment to eat nothing but whole plant foods. But most of the time, the transition to new eating habits is supported by a range of plant-based products that replace meat, dairy and eggs.Tyler Mayoras is helping the next generation of these products come to life through his brand, Cool Beans. With their portable whole-food wraps, Cool Beans is making healthy...
2022-01-0535 min
SoFlo Vegans PodcastTyler Mayoras: Co-Founder, CEO of Cool BeansCool Beans co-founder, and CEO, Tyler Mayoras joins host Sean Russell to talk about the rapid growth of plant-based food businesses, the importance of fiber and shares his vegan origin story.
2021-11-2932 min
Dinner SistersPro Tip: Check the Freezer aisle for Fresh Food!This week, we have a pro-tip from impact investor, entreprenuer and freezer aisle expert, Tyler Mayoras. Tyler co-founded Cool Beans in 2018 with a few other like-minded investors. During the next 18 months the group developed the products, setup manufacturing andtrademarked the name before launching the product in the 2nd quarter of 2020. Theystarted with three globally-inspired wraps that put fiber-rich, bean-based superfoodsfront and center. Thanks to their bold flavors and no-guilt ingredients, they were asmash success. Today, Cool Beans wraps can be found in 800 stores including Sprouts,Wegman’s, HyVee and Dierbergs, he...
2021-10-1805 min
Plant Trainers Podcast - Plant Based Nutrition & FitnessCool Beans Good For Your Heart with Tyler MayorasIn this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk with Tyler Mayoras all about how cool beans are and how they are not only good for your heart but also good for your health and the health of the planet. Today, over 9.7 million Americans eat a plant-based diet. That is up from only 290,000 in 2004. While Tyler sees a bright future for the plant-based movement, the triple threat of climate change, animal welfare concerns, and meat-associated health risks mean this culinary revolution can’t come quickly enough. We cover so many topics from climate change, gas emissions of vegetables, upcycling fo...
2021-10-0529 min
Vegan Business TalkVBT 171: Tyler Mayoras of Cool Beans: From Investor to CEO of a Vegan Food BrandIn this episode I interview Tyler Mayoras, CEO and co-founder of Cool Beans, a plant-based food company in Chicago whose first products are globally-inspired, healthy frozen wraps.
After nearly two decades investing in agriculture and food brands, Tyler had seen the dark underside of the American food industry first hand.
After learning about the negative impact of animal agriculture on the environment, he began a journey into plant-based eating.
Tyler co-founded Cool Beans in 2018 with a few other like-minded investors and to date the product is in 1200 retail stores across the US.
2021-09-3042 min
Eat For The Planet with Nil Zacharias#145 - Tyler Mayoras: Crop Diversity and the Future of Plant-Based FoodTyler Mayoras is the Cofounder and CEO of Cool Beans. Tyler has spent more than 20 years in private equity investing and consulting, focused on sustainable food and agriculture. After adopting a plant-based lifestyle and seeing the incredible health benefits, he wanted to continue helping to create a sustainable future of food and worked with partners to create the 100% plant-based taste adventure that is Cool Beans.Topics covered on this episode:
What is Cool Beans and why Tyler decided to focus on building a food company with beans at its core.
The challenge of b...
2021-08-1658 minThe Simplifiers PodcastHow to improve your digestion - with Tyler MayorasToday, we are talking all about how to improve your digestion. Are you feeling a bit bloated, and well, clogged up? Aha, this one is for you! My special guest today is Cool Beans co-founder Tyler Mayoras and he's simplifying how to improve your digestion. There's nothing worse than having tummy aches and feeling like your body isn't working right. Tyler believes that with a few simple shifts in what you eat, all of this could improve fairly quickly. Here's how. My special guest today is Tyler Mayoras and he's simplifying how to i...
2021-08-0346 min
Food Heals337: More Plant-Powered Products We Can't Live Without Featuring Catharine Arnston & Tyler MayorasWe're back talking about two of our favorite plant-powered products - EnergyBits and Cool Beans! First up, EnergyBits Founder Catharine Arnston breaks down exactly how the immune system works and how to heal yourself with green algae. Then, Tyler Mayoras joins Food Heals to share his journey of losing 25 lbs on a plant-powered diet and creating the whole-food, plant-based, gluten free wrap company, Cool Beans. Tune in to hear: The magical single cell organism that contains over 40 different vitamins and minerals, but only 1 calo...
2021-07-291h 14
Vegetarian ZenVZ 388: Tyler Mayoras and the Making of Cool BeansIn this episode of the Vegetarian Zen podcast, we welcome Tyler Mayoras, CEO, and co-founder of Cool Beans, which strives to bring whole-food goodness to the frozen foods section of your grocery store by creating minimally-processed food that is good for your body, soul, and for the planet. We will talk to Tyler about his own plant-based journey, about his inspiration for creating Cool Beans, and about what he sees in the future for the plant-based industry.
2021-07-1936 min
The Plant Yourself PodcastCool Beans and Indoor Agriculture: Tyler Mayoras on PYP 469Thoughts on the episode? Let us know.How can we make whole food, plant-based options more convenient for consumers and more sustainable for the planet? Today's guest, Cool Beans CEO Tyler Mayoras, shares how he's investing and leading for a healthier planet.Click to subscribe to the Mindset Mastery Memo.Support the show
2021-06-221h 19
The Chef Bai PodcastEp. 53: Spilling The Beans On Big Agriculture With Cool Beans CEO Tyler MayorasIn this episode, Bailey talks with passionate impact investor and entrepreneur Tyler Mayoras CEO of Cool Beans, which is a company bringing whole food plant based goodness to the frozen aisle.
They talk about Big agriculture and the health effects, the ineffectiveness of the entire system, and the environmental impacts from meat and dairy. We learn about how veganism is growing and becoming a larger force for good each day more and more. They touch base on soil degradation and animal emissions running into our water, food, and the land we live in. How it affects not...
2021-06-0939 min
The Modern Health Nerd PodcastTyler Mayoras: Making Plant-Based the Healthiest Choice (with Beans!)Can a whole-food plant-based revolution start in the frozen food aisle? Tyler Mayoras of Cool Beans sees the transition coming—and believes it can grow across the plant-based space.With simple ingredients and upbeat branding, Cool Beans wraps are making it easier to eat whole plant foods on the go. But for Tyler, that's only part of a bigger picture that includes everything from regenerative agriculture to better-for-you plant-based products.In this episode, we get groovy about: How a lack of convenient whole-food plant-based options spawned the idea for Cool Beans Wh...
2021-06-0239 min
I AM HUMAN155: Making Beans Cool Again with Tyler Mayoras (Veggie Doctor Radio)In this episode of Veggie Doctor Radio, I interview Tyler Mayoras about his plant-based journey and what led him to start Cool Beans. About featured guest:Tyler Mayoras is giving a glow-up to the world’s most under-appreciated superfood: the bean. A passionate impact investor and entrepreneur, he co-founded Cool Beans with a vision of bringing sustainable, whole-food goodness to the frozen foods aisle. Inspired by his own journey to a plant-based diet, he’s making it easier than ever to eat clean, minimally processed food that's good for your body, your soul, and th...
2021-05-0944 min
Plant Based Eating for HealthEat Cool Beans the Plant Based WayHave you ever wondered what it takes to start a business? Add to that a business in a very niched market during a pandemic? Is it difficult to start a food manufacturing business? What do you do when you hit bumps in the road? During a recent conversation with Tyler Mayoras of Cool Beans, we discussed this and more. Tyler went plant based in 2017 after attending a conference where he heard a shocking statistic about greenhouse gases and animal agriculture being at 15%. After his own research, he discovered it was more like 16 – 19%. That was all it...
2021-04-1527 min
ACG NY Podcast Series14: Sustainable Future of FoodThis week Helena Huddleston, Parter, CohnReznick, talks to Tyler Mayoras, Co-Founder and CEO of Cool Beans on his journey as an impact investor to entrepreneur and where he see's the future of food. After a 20-year career in private equity investing and consulting. Mr. Mayoras has been focused on sustainable food and agriculture during the past 10 years. Prior to joining Cool Bean, Mr. Mayoras was a principal in the Advantage Capital Food and Agriculture Fund where he led transactions in Shenandoah Growers, Navitas Organics, Farmhouse Culture and Snaxsational Brands (Snack Pop and Pasta Chips). Tyler is...
2021-04-1216 min
Awesome Vegans with Elysabeth AlfanoIs There a Revolution Going On in the Frozen Food Aisle? The CEO of Cool Beans, Tyler MayorasIs there a vegan revolution going on in the frozen section of the supermarket? Tyler Mayoras, CEO and Co-Founder of Cool Beans is on the Plantbased Business Hour with me to discuss 1) leading a new brand to growth and success during a pandemic, 2) hockey stick velocity turns and 3) the renaissance of the frozen food section and 4) the worst mistake brands can make. http://EatCoolBeans.com For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.
2020-12-161h 00
Eat For The Planet with Nil Zacharias#113 - Tyler Mayoras: Impact Investing and The Future of Sustainable FoodTyler Mayoras has over 20 years of private equity investing experience and is currently the Co-Manager of the $155 million Advantage Capital Food & Ag Fund. Mr. Mayoras invests in and helps scale growing food and agriculture companies. He is involved with portfolio companies Shenandoah Growers, Farmhouse Culture, Snaxsational Brands and NurturMe. Mr. Mayoras is also an angel investor with a focus on sustainable brands including Simple Mills, Tiesta Tea, EVR Foods (Lavva), Spero Foods and CB Food Company (Cool Beans).More about this episode: https://eftp.co/tyler-mayorasNewsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletterFollow u...
2020-02-101h 13
Future of AgricultureFuture of Agriculture 079: Investing in the Future of Agriculture with Tyler Mayoras of Advantage Capital PartnersTyler Mayoras is a Principal at Advantage Capital Partners, a company that invests in small businesses that are ready for growth. As a principal, his duties revolves around screening and identifying potential opportunities for investments, facilitate due diligence, and close transactions. His primary focus is on investments made by their agriculture wing, aptly called Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners. Some of the most prominent businesses he watched over were Hip Chick Farms, Shenandoah Growers, and NurturMe. In this episode, Tyler shares the kind of businesses their company looks for when it comes to investing. He explains t...
2017-12-1330 min