Investor · Founder · Operator · Host of The Advantage
Mike
Wystrach
Co-founder of Cutting Horse — growth capital for enduring consumer brands. $5B+ in enterprise value created, $300M+ raised for companies founded. Built Freshly to a $1.5B exit; now also operating Petfolk.
Press
“Helped create over $5 billion in enterprise value over the years and have raised more than $300 million for companies they founded.”
Track Record
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Enterprise value created · Cutting Horse & founders
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Raised for companies founded
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Freshly exit to Nestlé · 2020
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Cutting Horse portfolio companies
Guest Appearances
Podcasts I've Been On
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E113: £500M Exit — Behind The Curtain With Petfolk Founder Mike Wystrach
Mike Wystrach on entrepreneurship, Freshly, and the trials that built him
The Best Thing About Not Giving a F*ck
Talking Food Delivery With Freshly's Michael Wystrach
Freshly: Michael Wystrach
E113: £500M Exit — Behind The Curtain With Petfolk Founder Mike Wystrach
Mike Wystrach on entrepreneurship, Freshly, and the trials that built him
The Best Thing About Not Giving a F*ck
Talking Food Delivery With Freshly's Michael Wystrach
Freshly: Michael Wystrach
The Work
What I'm building.
The fund
Growth capital for enduring consumer brands.
Co-founded with Chris Protasewich. $75M Fund I, oversubscribed. We back founder-led businesses across food, health, pet, and consumer services — Ghia, Beam, Promix, Butternut Box, and more.
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Enterprise value
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The exit
$1.5B exit to Nestlé, October 2020.
Founded 2012. Raised $107M. Scaled to 2,500 employees, shipping over a million fresh meals a week to all 48 states.
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Acquisition
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Team at exit
Operating
Connected pet care, with my sister.
Co-founded with Dr. Audrey Wystrach. 40+ care centers across 8 states, NPS 90+. Most loved veterinary care group in every market we serve.
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