Keith Kohler is the Founder of The K2 Group LLC, a finance consultancy.  Keith has worked with and impacted hundreds of companies with financing and financing education.  Over the past few years, he has originated and closed over $100 million in financing, with a particular focus on the natural products and food and beverage industries.  Currently he is the Consulting CFO of Sempera Organics, a California-based grower of mushroom powders (and soon extracts and food).  He supports founders in multiple other areas via several other roles, including as a mentor of the Nutrition Capital Network, a Year 5 Mastermind Advisor for Babson College’s Women’s Innovating Now Growth Lab, a Wharton Venture Lab Expert in Residence and Mentor, and as the Finance instructor for The Idea Center at Miami-Dade College.  Keith has also participated in financing webinars for the Specialty Food Association and has been the featured expert on all aspects of debt financing for 15 years for Natural Products Consulting’s “Financing Your Consumer Products Company” in-person seminars.  

Under his newly created Financing Man brand, Keith recently launched a new retreat and mastermind-based business to help founders get comfortable with and master the finance function in their business called Making the Numbers Work for You (www.makingthenumbersworkforyou.com).  Keith also provides a complimentary review of any company’s financials to give founders a 2-3 year financing strategy including debt, equity, and alternative financing options.