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Owners at WorkAuthor: Ohio Employee Ownership Center
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Inside CoRise Capital: A New Investment Model for Employee Ownership
Episode 2
Tuesday, 8 September, 2026
SUMMARY: Drew Larson and Brittany Brown of CoRise Capital join the Owners at Work podcast to break down their new investment fund's innovative approach to employee ownership: acquiring promising companies through traditional purchase deals, then transitioning them to ESOPs within three to five years. The catch? Their investors are exclusively 100% S-corp ESOPs. They explain how they support founders and employees through the transition, what sets their model apart from conventional private equity, and how they plan to engage selling owners, investors, and future employee owners. The conversation also touches on the succession planning crisis facing small business owners nationwide and the role they see CoRise playing to address it. SUBSCRIBE TO THE STAKEHOLD HERE: https://www.thestakehold.com/ GUEST INFO: Brittany Brown: LinkedIn: Brittany Brown | LinkedIn Email: brittany@corisecapital.com CoRise LinkedIn : (2) CoRise Capital | Expanding Employee Ownership: Overview | LinkedIn Drew Larson: LinkedIn: Drew Larson | LinkedIn Email: drew@corisecapital.com Website: Larson Firm: The Larson Firm — Boutique corporate and M&A law firm SUPPORT THE SHOW: We make all episodes of Owners at Work free and never place them behind a paywall. But they take time and money to produce. Consider making a DONATION today to help keep our work going. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU: We are always looking for new employee ownership stories to tell. Please contact us with your story at oeoc@kent.edu
