Charles Tapp is a Founder & Managing Partner at Vetted Capital based in Denver, Colorado, United States, North America. Investor, entrepreneur & advisor with proven global P&L responsibility in corporate, startup, fund, divisional and functional leadership roles. Purpose-driven leader tackling challenges through innovation & growth. Founder & Managing Partner of Vetted Capital, a specialist growth fund backing founders at the intersection of Consumer, Healthcare & Tech for Pets. Former CEO of Defender Bio. We helped develop 2 small molecule pan-viral platforms with broad applications in infectious disease. First product was an intranasal Paxlovid competitor. Helped transform Mars, Inc. from a $33B/Sales | $100B EV candy company with a pet food division into a $45B/Sales | $180B EV vertically-integrated Petcare company. Helped build the Koch Network (d/b/a Stand Together), a juggernaut with a legacy of market-oriented reforms that enabled unrivaled GDP growth among large advanced economies. My partners & projects have been covered in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Axios, CBS News, USA Today, Pitchbook, Fast Company, Harvard Business Review & Stanford Social Innovation Review. Specialties: - Investment (VC/PE, Corporate Development, Impact & High-Impact Philanthropy) - Operating (Entrepreneurship, General Management, Business Development & Innovation) - Advisory (Board Director, Strategy Consulting: Growth, Transformation & Product/Innovation)
Current Position: Founder & Managing Partner
Company: Vetted Capital
Location: Denver, Colorado, United States, North America
Social: Professional profiles available
Network: Extensive professional connections