Catching Up With CEO Turned Tech Investor James McCann

James McCann, the former Ahold USA CEO who three years ago embarked on a second career as an early stage retail tech investor, today holds a stake in 28 young companies in five broad areas of the retail and consumer goods fields that he believes his former counterparts in the trade can find opportunity for the future: reducing food waste and improving fresh foods; enabling e-commerce; improving store productivity; enabling marketing, loyalty, pricing and promotions; and better-for-you CPG brands. The following Q&A was excerpted from a conversation with WGB on July 30.