Carl Warkentin

About

I have spent more than a decade building companies across the textile value chain — from materials and industrial production to consumer products and recycling. I have founded and co-founded multiple ventures, built manufacturing and recycling operations across Asia, Europe, and North America, served as chairman and board member, and taken two companies through successful exits. Companies I have founded and helped build have raised more than $150 million and created more than 300 jobs. I founded CAWA Ventures in Los Angeles to turn that experience into a larger company-building and investment platform. At CAWA, we build, invest in, and scale companies transforming materials, manufacturing, consumer products, and the circular economy. We combine capital, operating experience, and access to an international network of industry leaders, investors, family offices, and family-enterprise owners. We work alongside selected founders from formation through industrial scale, partner with funds and family offices on investments and portfolio development, and work with global brands on more profitable, resilient, and circular business models. We invest directly, take board and advisory roles,

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