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Austin Grisham

Principal, Portfolio & Firm Operations

Austin Grisham is Principal of Portfolio & Firm Operations at Bee Partners. With experience as a 2x founder, he brings expertise in strategy, marketing, product, and operations to Bee Partners and portfolio Founders. Working alongside Michael Berolzheimer, Founder and Managing Partner, he helps drive Bee Partners strategy for LP networks with heavy focus on fundraising and firm operations. He works closely with Tim Smith, Partner of Portfolio Ops, on Portfolio Operations.  Austin works to expand our general ecosystem by evangelizing our Partnership Model. He is dedicated to forging authentic relationships with Founders, LPs and Advisors.

Austin initially established a boutique agency in 2016 focused on website dev, storytelling, content creation and brand strategy. Next, he founded an agricultural supply chain startup based in Rwanda working to integrate sustainable agriculture and grow supply chains for larger consumer brands in the U.S. for makeup, food production, and other consumables. He continues to stay involved in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Colorado and beyond having owned/operated a Whole Foods CPG company from 2019-2020 while he helped establish a buyout private equity firm in Denver prior to joining Bee in 2022. 

Austin has been a photographer for over twenty-five years earning several awards and being published on platforms in the outdoor industry for product and brand photography. Austin lives in the mountains of Colorado spending his free time with family and friends often outside on the back porch, riding mountain bikes, and skiing in the winter, exploring resorts and the backcountry.

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