Who We Are
We believe in grit. We believe in ideas that improve the world, and founders who put it all on the line to be the change they want to see in the world. We believe in awareness, boldness, and compassion. We love to win, but care ferociously about the fight. We embrace the struggle, and lean into the good times with inspiring people.
A Little Back Story
Caitlin watched and listened to one of her literary heroes, David Foster Wallace, deliver a mind-altering commencement speech at her 2005 graduation. His message of awareness and the privilege of choice profoundly impacted Caitlin. This Is Water was published posthumously in 2008 and became required reading material for Stuart when the pair first met in 2013. The phrase “this is water” has been an important reminder for Stu and Caitlin to instill empathy in their decision making and strive for greater awareness.
About Caitlin
On a quest to develop the best beer in the world for active people, Caitlin Landesberg was the founder and CEO of Certified B Corporation and functional beer pioneer, Sufferfest Beer Company. After being fully acquired by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in 2019, Caitlin launched This Is Water, a seed stage investment fund focused on mission-driven consumer brands. Caitlin brings 20 years of consumer marketing experience from global brands such as Adobe Systems, Mozilla Firefox, and Strava, to her portfolio brands, board seats, and advisory roles.
Staying focused on CPG and passionate about the beverage companies focused on impact, she currently sits on the Boards of the non-alcoholic beer brand, Partake Brewing, and acclaimed wellness tea brand, Traditional Medicinals. Residing in Mill Valley, California, Caitlin has a deep passion for supporting and protecting Marin County’s farmers, farmland and coastline through her support of Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) the Agricultural Institute of Marin (AIM). Caitlin is an avid hiker and trail runner, proud wife and mom of three, farmers market regular, and graduate of Kenyon College, where she proudly serves on its Campaign Leadership Committee to support the school’s equity and diversity initiatives.
About Stu
Stuart Landesberg is the Co-Founder of This is Water and Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Grove Collaborative, PBC (Public Benefit Corporation). Stu founded Grove, which has been a Certified B Corp since its inception, after learning that offline distribution meant that just a small percentage of families were choosing healthy, sustainable home care products.
Grove is now a market leader in moving the home and personal care sectors towards health and wellness, and in particular away from plastic. Grove's ecommerce platform has done $2 billion in lifetime revenue and since inception has saved over 20 million pounds of plastic from oceans and landfills. After raising over $600 million, Grove went public on the NYSE in 2022. Stu was the CEO through mid 2023. Fun fact: at Grove's IPO, Stu and Caitlin's daughter became the youngest person ever to ring the NYSE opening bell.
Stu was previously an investor in private and public consumer and technology companies at TPG and Toro Investment Partners respectively and has served on various corporate and non-profit Boards over the last two decades. Stu enjoys cycling and running, audiobooks, scrabble, wine and spending time outdoors with his three children.
