Poppi
Acquired by PepsiCo
$1.95B
Consumer Growth Equity
We give extraordinary founders access to growth capital, and give our investors access to world-class consumer investments they could not otherwise reach.
Selected holdings
Brands people buy every week
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Brands backed since inception
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Realized exits and public listings
$0M+
Minimum revenue at entry
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Nine-figure outcomes
Access Capital invests in emerging brands that consumers purchase daily, weekly, or monthly. We look for a proven track record of market adoption, intelligent and unique management, and a fair valuation. The three things that survive every cycle.
We are operators before we are allocators. Our value shows up in retail introductions, supply chain, brand strategy, and the second and third rounds our founders raise after us.

Beverage & Energy
Cold-case velocity, repeat purchase, and brands that turn a can into an identity.

Better-For-You Food
Pantry staples with clean labels, real margin, and household penetration.

Apparel & Craft Goods
Category-defining product quality with direct relationships to the customer.
Brands across food, beverage, spirits, personal care, pet, and apparel held through our funds and special purpose vehicles.
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Direct-to-consumer Western boots built on obsessive product quality.

Farm-to-bottle rye whiskey with genuine collector demand.

Functional breakfast with subscription economics and cult repeat rates.

Membership grocery built for the household that reads the label.

Small-batch kettle chips with an outsized cult following.

Hair and beauty essentials with mass retail velocity.

Seasonal, anti-inflammatory dining scaled across the country.

Tobacco-free alternative built for a loyal, habitual customer.

Liquid Death
Beverage

WHOOP
Wearables

Recess
Beverage

Kettle & Fire
Food

Outer Aisle
Food

Physician's Choice
Supplements
Bloom Nutrition
Supplements

Supergut
Better-For-You Food
ZBiotics
Biotech
KOS
Supplements
Bubble
Personal Care

Tiff's Treats
Food

MASA Chips
Snacks

Onda
Spirits

Bitewell
Food Health

Eight Elite Light Lager
Beverage

Gelato Festival
Hospitality

Slrrrrrp
Beverage

BKN
Beverage
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New positions added each quarter
Strategic acquisitions and public listings across the beverage, food, spirits, pet, and health categories.
Poppi
Acquired by PepsiCo
$1.95B
2022C4 Energy
Keurig Dr Pepper acquires stake
$863M
2026Once Upon a Farm
Public listing, +17% debut
$198M IPO
ONE Bar
Acquired by The Hershey Company
$397M
Beyond Meat
Initial public offering (NASDAQ: BYND)
IPO
Hims & Hers
Public listing (NYSE: HIMS)
Public
LALO Tequila
Acquired by Fifth Generation (Tito's)
Undisclosed
2023Waterloo Sparkling Water
Strategic recapitalization
Undisclosed
2015Deep Eddy Vodka
Acquired by Heaven Hill Brands
Undisclosed
Favor Delivery
Acquired by H-E-B
Undisclosed
Good Culture
Strategic growth recapitalization
Undisclosed
2021Nulo Pet Food
Majority recapitalization
Undisclosed
For founders
Capital that arrives with a category operator attached.
Checks into growth-stage consumer brands, plus hands-on support across retail expansion, margin structure, and the next round.
For investors
Institutional-quality consumer deals, deal by deal.
Our investor network invests alongside us in the same companies, on the same terms, with diligence and reporting handled.
Blake
Wiley
Founder & Managing Partner
Blake founded Access Capital to close the gap between exceptional consumer founders and the capital they deserve. He has invested across food, beverage, spirits, pet, and apparel, including positions in brands that went on to nine-figure acquisitions and public listings.
He builds relationships the way he builds portfolios: concentrated, long-dated, and earned. He is based in Dallas, Texas.
01The basics
We're operators first. Access backs consumer brands that people already buy every week, food, beverage, pet, personal care, and apparel, and pairs capital with a founder and investor platform built to move real distribution, not just advise from a board seat.
02What we look for
03Working together
04The process
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Dallas, Texas