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Chris Van Dusen

solycocapital.com

Listed by Solyco Capital as Senior Partner. Published responsibilities include marketing & sales, private equity and corporate strategy. The manager publishes a detailed professional biography at the cited profile. Manager biography: Chris Van Dusen is a marketing and growth professional with extensive early stage and capitalization experience. Chris launched a marketing agency Parcon LLC, was a partner in an Orange County liquor distillery Surf City Still Works and is formally the CGO (Chief Growth Officer) of Balanced Health Botanicals (BHB) in Denver, CO. An expert at navigating the challenges of an industry with many roadblocks, he allocated a budget of ~$20 million to lead a diverse team of marketers focused on democratizing CBD and making BHB the largest supplier of hemp-derived CBD in the world. Chris’ implemented strategy supported company growth both DTC and brick and mortar retail, which reflects unparalleled growth in 2019 and navigated the ever shifting landscape of COVID-19 in 2020. This culminated into a $75mm sale of BHB to Village Farms (NASDAQ: VFF) in August 2021.