# Investor Spotlight: Nick Giannuzzi, Humble Growth

- Show: [The Startup CPG Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-startup-cpg-podcast)
- Published: 2025-12-13
- Length: 39m
- Episode: 231
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-startup-cpg-podcast/2025-12-13-investor-spotlight-nick-giannuzzi-humble-growth
- Listen: https://share.transistor.fm/s/c8f3f8b8

## Summary

Nick Giannuzzi, founder and managing partner of Humble Growth, explains his transition from representing CPG founders at Gianuzi Lewenden to launching a $312M growth fund designed to align investor and founder interests. He details Humble Growth's strategy of working backwards from potential exits, using a simplified two-page term sheet, and leveraging a network of founder-LPs to provide operational support. Giannuzzi emphasizes the importance of building a business that can transact, maintaining rigorous data room hygiene, and choosing investors who offer genuine partnership rather than just capital.

## Outline

1. Introduction: Nick Giannuzzi and Humble Growth
2. From Vitamin Water to Gianuzi Lewenden Law Firm
3. Founding Humble Growth with Andrew Abraham and Orgain
4. Fund Structure, LP Base, and Two-Page Term Sheets
5. Working Backwards from Exit and Transactional Readiness
6. Founder Characteristics: Conviction, Discipline, and Integrity
7. Operational Support and Daily Investor-Founder Dynamics
8. Fundraising Preparation and Data Room Hygiene

## Topics

- [Fundraising & investors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/fundraising)
- [Pricing, margins & unit economics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pricing-and-unit-economics)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Humble Growth (company)
- Gianuzi Lewenden (company)
- Vitamin Water (product)
- Smart Water (product)
- Orgain (product)
- Nestle (company)
- Costco (company)
- Target (company)
- Walmart (company)
- Whole Foods (company)
- Amazon (company)
- Rxbar (product)
- Perfect Bar (product)
- Spindrift (product)
- Expo West (other)

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