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Asher Hochberg January 08, 2026 at 04:02 PM

🙋Name: Asher

📍Location: Danville, CA

💼Current Role: Founder, Rootspring Ventures. General Partner, Redbud Ventures. I invest in highly differentiated early-stage consumer / health & wellness companies. I also have some fractional CFO roles.

🎯Hobbies: Spending time with my family (2 young kids), squash, cooking, rope flow, skiing.

💬Topics You’re Interested in Connecting About: I am generally fascinated by biology. Companies with defensible IP / patents, unique ingredients / supply chain, or network effects. Blurry consumer categories that have potential to become mainstream.

🤝How You Can Help WGM: I have invested in both very large companies (PE / public companies) and very small / pre-launch companies. I understand the products / services and strategies that drive a brand to endure through cycles. I help founders with fundraise storytelling / strategy, unit-level economics, how investors measure and look at retention statistics, etc.

✨How WGM Can Help You: Meeting great people and companies who share my passion for health & wellness topics.

Brian Von Ancken January 08, 2026 at 04:35 PM

welcome!! rope flow looks really cool. what company do you use to do it??

Darci January 08, 2026 at 04:48 PM

Hi and welcome! I'm a hobby gardener and when you listed "squash" as a hobby, I literally thought you meant the veggie 😂 Would love to pick your brain about raise strategy - especially if you have any good playbooks or connections!

Sarah Tyer January 08, 2026 at 10:54 PM

Where are you skiing this year!?

Asher Hochberg January 09, 2026 at 03:46 PM

@Brian Von Ancken I bought a rope from Slush Ropes and saw a few tutorials from Nsima Inyang's free online course at Skool. Happy to chat more about it offline.

Brian Von Ancken January 09, 2026 at 05:13 PM

wooooaah! i'm down to try this! coming to SF next month maybe we get a jump in 😉

Sam Faillace January 12, 2026 at 12:33 AM

Welcome Asher - also here in SF Bay

Namita Gupta January 14, 2026 at 03:40 AM

great to have you here <@U0A7G1BEU77>

Asher Hochberg January 14, 2026 at 10:53 PM

<@U0A4KT4D1FA> We're attempting to take our 1 and 3yr old up to Tahoe to ski and see some family up there. Mostly mid-week to avoid the wkd crowds. You?

Sarah Tyer January 19, 2026 at 08:21 PM

<@U0A7G1BEU77> which mountain in Tahoe!? I have family up near Heavenly. I'm trying to plan something in UT or CO!