Just before the pandemic, veteran corporate-financier John Conroy was getting close to launching a new fund aimed at investing in seed and early-stage food and beverage start-ups. But then the world froze as investors and companies, waiting to see what was going to happen, held onto their cash. It was a setback, but Conroy, who co-founded Merrion Stockbrokers and now leads the Redesdale Group, was determined. Redesdale regrouped, and today it launches the Redesdale Food & Beverage Fund, a new fund that is raising €75 million to invest at seed and early-stage in food and beverage start-ups. The fund has…