Eberhardt: ReCraft plans to own processing machines while partner breweries operate them
Dean Eberhardt · $1M Pitch: Can This Beer Startup Transform the Brewing Industry? · Oct 9, 2024 · at 20:31
Dean Eberhardt, founder of ReCraft, explains his updated hub-and-spoke manufacturing strategy to host Josh Muccio following his pitch to VCs.
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“The design is that we would still own the machines in the facilities and they would operate them.”
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