Gainful
Venture Round in 2023
Gainful is a personalized sports nutrition company that serves athletes with tailored nutrition products delivered via subscription, including a Hydration line of electrolyte drink mixes and protein bars and powder supplements that are plant-based, gluten-free, soy-free, and naturally flavored with organic ingredients to support athletic performance and recovery.
Cirkul is a Tampa, Florida-based beverage company founded in 2015. It sells a system comprising water bottles and flavor cartridges that filter water and mix beverages to a personalized taste, making it easier for consumers to drink more water. The product line includes flavored cartridges and bottles with different formulas and benefits, including options without added colors. The aim is to provide convenient, customizable hydration and support healthier drinking habits through this reusable bottle and cartridge system.
Tea Drops
Series A in 2021
Tea Drops is an innovative, woman-owned company based in Los Angeles, producing dissolvable, organic shaped teas. Their products are USDA certified organic, GMO-free, gluten-free, and free of artificial/natural flavors. Tea Drops offers a variety of blends including caffeinated and caffeine-free options, collaboration teas, natural wellness teas, and bath and body teas.
Proud Source Water
Series B in 2021
Founded in 2016, Proud Source Water is a Boise, Idaho-based company that bottles naturally alkaline spring water. It offers zero-additive, pH 8.1 water packaged in infinitely recyclable aluminum bottles, providing an eco-friendly alternative to plastic bottled water.
Gainful is a personalized sports nutrition company that serves athletes with tailored nutrition products delivered via subscription, including a Hydration line of electrolyte drink mixes and protein bars and powder supplements that are plant-based, gluten-free, soy-free, and naturally flavored with organic ingredients to support athletic performance and recovery.
Echelon
Venture Round in 2021
Echelon is an organization that develops military performance beverages. It commits real funds to support exceptional programs for active-duty and veteran service members.
Skinny Dipped Almonds
Seed Round in 2021
Skinny Dipped Almonds is a snack food company that offers chocolate-covered almond treats. Its roasted almonds are skinny-dipped in a thin layer of artisan dark chocolate and finished with a whisper of pure cocoa, espresso, or raspberry.
Tea Drops
Venture Round in 2020
Tea Drops is an innovative, woman-owned company based in Los Angeles, producing dissolvable, organic shaped teas. Their products are USDA certified organic, GMO-free, gluten-free, and free of artificial/natural flavors. Tea Drops offers a variety of blends including caffeinated and caffeine-free options, collaboration teas, natural wellness teas, and bath and body teas.
Skinny Dipped Almonds
Seed Round in 2020
Skinny Dipped Almonds is a snack food company that offers chocolate-covered almond treats. Its roasted almonds are skinny-dipped in a thin layer of artisan dark chocolate and finished with a whisper of pure cocoa, espresso, or raspberry.
Tractor Beverage
Venture Round in 2020
Founded in 2014, Tractor Beverage produces a range of carbonated and non-carbonated beverages. These drinks are crafted with real ingredients, inspired by functional benefits, and free from artificial flavors and sweeteners. They are designed to complement meals and are sold through restaurant partners.
Tractor Beverage
Debt Financing in 2020
Founded in 2014, Tractor Beverage produces a range of carbonated and non-carbonated beverages. These drinks are crafted with real ingredients, inspired by functional benefits, and free from artificial flavors and sweeteners. They are designed to complement meals and are sold through restaurant partners.
Proud Source Water
Series A in 2020
Founded in 2016, Proud Source Water is a Boise, Idaho-based company that bottles naturally alkaline spring water. It offers zero-additive, pH 8.1 water packaged in infinitely recyclable aluminum bottles, providing an eco-friendly alternative to plastic bottled water.
Tea Drops
Venture Round in 2019
Tea Drops is an innovative, woman-owned company based in Los Angeles, producing dissolvable, organic shaped teas. Their products are USDA certified organic, GMO-free, gluten-free, and free of artificial/natural flavors. Tea Drops offers a variety of blends including caffeinated and caffeine-free options, collaboration teas, natural wellness teas, and bath and body teas.
Skinny Dipped Almonds
Venture Round in 2019
Skinny Dipped Almonds is a snack food company that offers chocolate-covered almond treats. Its roasted almonds are skinny-dipped in a thin layer of artisan dark chocolate and finished with a whisper of pure cocoa, espresso, or raspberry.
Rethink Water
Seed Round in 2019
Rethink Brands, Inc. is a beverage manufacturer based in Columbia, Maryland, founded in 2015. The company specializes in producing boxed water beverages and a variety of flavored drinks, including juice splashes and fruit punches aimed primarily at children. Rethink Brands focuses on creating nutritious energy drinks with zero sugar, zero calories, and zero sodium, using organic fruit essence flavors. The products are designed to promote hydration and wellness, making them suitable for various occasions such as birthday parties and sports events. Rethink Brands distributes its beverages through retail channels and online, emphasizing environmentally friendly packaging to align with its commitment to health and sustainability.
Bonafide Provisions
Series B in 2019
Bonafide Provisions, LLC is a family-run company based in Carlsbad, California, that specializes in producing organic frozen bone broth and drinkable vegetable products. Founded in 2011 and formerly known as Real True Foods LLC, the company aims to deliver the healing benefits of traditional bone broth to a wide audience. Its offerings include pasture-raised chicken and grass-fed beef broths, as well as nutrient-dense soups. Bonafide Provisions utilizes traditional cooking methods, simmering bones and water with apple cider vinegar for over eighteen hours to create broths rich in collagen and essential amino acids. This approach ensures that the products are not only low in calories but also balanced in macronutrients, supporting overall wellness, gut health, immunity, and skin health. The company sells its products through both online channels and retail stores.
Cirkul
Venture Round in 2019
Cirkul is a Tampa, Florida-based beverage company founded in 2015. It sells a system comprising water bottles and flavor cartridges that filter water and mix beverages to a personalized taste, making it easier for consumers to drink more water. The product line includes flavored cartridges and bottles with different formulas and benefits, including options without added colors. The aim is to provide convenient, customizable hydration and support healthier drinking habits through this reusable bottle and cartridge system.
Roar Organic
Venture Round in 2018
Roar Organic is a beverage company that produces electrolyte-infused hydration drinks. The products are organic, low-calorie sports beverages built on a proprietary coconut water base, with added B vitamins and antioxidants, and they are free from artificial sweeteners and preservatives. The line is available in flavors such as cucumber watermelon, mango clementine, blueberry açaí, and Georgia peach, each containing 3 grams of sugar or less per bottle. These drinks are designed to support athletes with hydration and sustained energy.
Koia
Funding Round in 2018
Founded in 2014, Koia is a Los Angeles-based food and beverage company specializing in plant protein drinks. Its mission is to empower people through plants by offering natural, high-protein (15-19g per bottle), low-sugar alternatives.
Tractor Beverage
Funding Round in 2018
Founded in 2014, Tractor Beverage produces a range of carbonated and non-carbonated beverages. These drinks are crafted with real ingredients, inspired by functional benefits, and free from artificial flavors and sweeteners. They are designed to complement meals and are sold through restaurant partners.
Skinny Dipped Almonds
Seed Round in 2018
Skinny Dipped Almonds is a snack food company that offers chocolate-covered almond treats. Its roasted almonds are skinny-dipped in a thin layer of artisan dark chocolate and finished with a whisper of pure cocoa, espresso, or raspberry.
Rethink Water
Corporate Round in 2018
Rethink Brands, Inc. is a beverage manufacturer based in Columbia, Maryland, founded in 2015. The company specializes in producing boxed water beverages and a variety of flavored drinks, including juice splashes and fruit punches aimed primarily at children. Rethink Brands focuses on creating nutritious energy drinks with zero sugar, zero calories, and zero sodium, using organic fruit essence flavors. The products are designed to promote hydration and wellness, making them suitable for various occasions such as birthday parties and sports events. Rethink Brands distributes its beverages through retail channels and online, emphasizing environmentally friendly packaging to align with its commitment to health and sustainability.
Bonafide Provisions
Funding Round in 2018
Bonafide Provisions, LLC is a family-run company based in Carlsbad, California, that specializes in producing organic frozen bone broth and drinkable vegetable products. Founded in 2011 and formerly known as Real True Foods LLC, the company aims to deliver the healing benefits of traditional bone broth to a wide audience. Its offerings include pasture-raised chicken and grass-fed beef broths, as well as nutrient-dense soups. Bonafide Provisions utilizes traditional cooking methods, simmering bones and water with apple cider vinegar for over eighteen hours to create broths rich in collagen and essential amino acids. This approach ensures that the products are not only low in calories but also balanced in macronutrients, supporting overall wellness, gut health, immunity, and skin health. The company sells its products through both online channels and retail stores.
Tea Drops
Seed Round in 2018
Tea Drops is an innovative, woman-owned company based in Los Angeles, producing dissolvable, organic shaped teas. Their products are USDA certified organic, GMO-free, gluten-free, and free of artificial/natural flavors. Tea Drops offers a variety of blends including caffeinated and caffeine-free options, collaboration teas, natural wellness teas, and bath and body teas.
Founded in 2014, Koia is a Los Angeles-based food and beverage company specializing in plant protein drinks. Its mission is to empower people through plants by offering natural, high-protein (15-19g per bottle), low-sugar alternatives.
Mansi
Venture Round in 2018
Mansi specializes in premium ready-to-drink citrus beverages, notably the first calamansi juice product available in North America. Their flagship offering is Non-GMO Project verified, crafted from hand-picked calamansi, naturally sweetened with organic cane sugar and honey.
Harmless Harvest
Funding Round in 2018
Harmless Harvest, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2009 that specializes in producing organic coconut water and other beverage products. The company's offerings include pro-plant, pro-people, pro-biotic coconut water and coffee coconut water, along with dairy-free yogurts and smoothies. Harmless Harvest is committed to sustainability and ethical practices, being the first Fair for Life certified coconut water producer, which ensures fair wages and decent working conditions for its workers. The company integrates innovative scientific methods with traditional agroforestry knowledge to create products that uphold nutritional and ethical integrity. Additionally, through its Fair for Life initiatives, Harmless Harvest has provided free healthcare services to farmers and their communities, significantly improving access to medical care for many individuals who had previously been without such services. By prioritizing the welfare of ecosystems and local communities, Harmless Harvest aims to redefine the food and beverage industry with a focus on long-term stakeholder benefits.
Wandering Bear Coffee
Series A in 2018
Wandering Bear specializes in producing cold brew coffee products. Their signature offering is a boxed, tapped cold brew that preserves freshness by eliminating air and light, ensuring consumers enjoy strong, customized coffee anytime throughout the day. The product can be conveniently stored in home or office fridges.
Harmless Harvest
Venture Round in 2017
Harmless Harvest, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2009 that specializes in producing organic coconut water and other beverage products. The company's offerings include pro-plant, pro-people, pro-biotic coconut water and coffee coconut water, along with dairy-free yogurts and smoothies. Harmless Harvest is committed to sustainability and ethical practices, being the first Fair for Life certified coconut water producer, which ensures fair wages and decent working conditions for its workers. The company integrates innovative scientific methods with traditional agroforestry knowledge to create products that uphold nutritional and ethical integrity. Additionally, through its Fair for Life initiatives, Harmless Harvest has provided free healthcare services to farmers and their communities, significantly improving access to medical care for many individuals who had previously been without such services. By prioritizing the welfare of ecosystems and local communities, Harmless Harvest aims to redefine the food and beverage industry with a focus on long-term stakeholder benefits.
Bonafide Provisions
Venture Round in 2017
Bonafide Provisions, LLC is a family-run company based in Carlsbad, California, that specializes in producing organic frozen bone broth and drinkable vegetable products. Founded in 2011 and formerly known as Real True Foods LLC, the company aims to deliver the healing benefits of traditional bone broth to a wide audience. Its offerings include pasture-raised chicken and grass-fed beef broths, as well as nutrient-dense soups. Bonafide Provisions utilizes traditional cooking methods, simmering bones and water with apple cider vinegar for over eighteen hours to create broths rich in collagen and essential amino acids. This approach ensures that the products are not only low in calories but also balanced in macronutrients, supporting overall wellness, gut health, immunity, and skin health. The company sells its products through both online channels and retail stores.
Rethink Water
Venture Round in 2017
Rethink Brands, Inc. is a beverage manufacturer based in Columbia, Maryland, founded in 2015. The company specializes in producing boxed water beverages and a variety of flavored drinks, including juice splashes and fruit punches aimed primarily at children. Rethink Brands focuses on creating nutritious energy drinks with zero sugar, zero calories, and zero sodium, using organic fruit essence flavors. The products are designed to promote hydration and wellness, making them suitable for various occasions such as birthday parties and sports events. Rethink Brands distributes its beverages through retail channels and online, emphasizing environmentally friendly packaging to align with its commitment to health and sustainability.
Founded in 2014, Koia is a Los Angeles-based food and beverage company specializing in plant protein drinks. Its mission is to empower people through plants by offering natural, high-protein (15-19g per bottle), low-sugar alternatives.
Skinny Dipped Almonds
Venture Round in 2017
Skinny Dipped Almonds is a snack food company that offers chocolate-covered almond treats. Its roasted almonds are skinny-dipped in a thin layer of artisan dark chocolate and finished with a whisper of pure cocoa, espresso, or raspberry.
Four Sigmatic
Venture Round in 2017
Four Sigmatic produces a range of beverages centered around mushrooms. Their products include mushroom coffees, elixirs, hot chocolates, and superfood blends, offering consumers an innovative way to incorporate the benefits of mushrooms into their daily routines.
Aloe Gloe
Venture Round in 2017
Aloe Gloe is part of L.A. Libations, an emerging beverage incubator that was founded by Stepper, Pat Bolden and Dino Sarti. The three first met while working as merchandisers for Coca-Cola Enterprises and after many successful years in the beverage industry they reunited to create L.A. Libations and in turn their own passion project, Aloe Gloe.
Wandering Bear Coffee
Seed Round in 2017
Wandering Bear specializes in producing cold brew coffee products. Their signature offering is a boxed, tapped cold brew that preserves freshness by eliminating air and light, ensuring consumers enjoy strong, customized coffee anytime throughout the day. The product can be conveniently stored in home or office fridges.
Tractor Beverage
Venture Round in 2017
Founded in 2014, Tractor Beverage produces a range of carbonated and non-carbonated beverages. These drinks are crafted with real ingredients, inspired by functional benefits, and free from artificial flavors and sweeteners. They are designed to complement meals and are sold through restaurant partners.
Mansi
Venture Round in 2016
Mansi specializes in premium ready-to-drink citrus beverages, notably the first calamansi juice product available in North America. Their flagship offering is Non-GMO Project verified, crafted from hand-picked calamansi, naturally sweetened with organic cane sugar and honey.
Skinny Dipped Almonds
Venture Round in 2016
Skinny Dipped Almonds is a snack food company that offers chocolate-covered almond treats. Its roasted almonds are skinny-dipped in a thin layer of artisan dark chocolate and finished with a whisper of pure cocoa, espresso, or raspberry.
Wandering Bear Coffee
Venture Round in 2016
Wandering Bear specializes in producing cold brew coffee products. Their signature offering is a boxed, tapped cold brew that preserves freshness by eliminating air and light, ensuring consumers enjoy strong, customized coffee anytime throughout the day. The product can be conveniently stored in home or office fridges.
Wandering Bear Coffee
Venture Round in 2016
Wandering Bear specializes in producing cold brew coffee products. Their signature offering is a boxed, tapped cold brew that preserves freshness by eliminating air and light, ensuring consumers enjoy strong, customized coffee anytime throughout the day. The product can be conveniently stored in home or office fridges.
Four Sigmatic
Venture Round in 2015
Four Sigmatic produces a range of beverages centered around mushrooms. Their products include mushroom coffees, elixirs, hot chocolates, and superfood blends, offering consumers an innovative way to incorporate the benefits of mushrooms into their daily routines.
Iconic Protein
Venture Round in 2014
Iconic Protein is a business dedicated to producing high-quality protein drinks and powders for health-conscious consumers, particularly those involved in fitness activities. The company stands out by using clean-label, premium ingredients that are not only delicious but also beneficial for one's health. All Iconic Protein products are 100% natural, free from artificial ingredients or chemicals, and made with recognizable, pronounceable components. Their protein is sourced from grass-fed animals, ensuring a healthier option for consumers. Moreover, their products are crafted to be gluten-free, lactose-free, soy-free, and antibiotic-free, catering to diverse dietary needs and preferences while maintaining great taste.
Four Sigmatic
Venture Round in 2014
Four Sigmatic produces a range of beverages centered around mushrooms. Their products include mushroom coffees, elixirs, hot chocolates, and superfood blends, offering consumers an innovative way to incorporate the benefits of mushrooms into their daily routines.
Whynatte Enterprises
Seed Round in 2014
Whynatte Enterprises is a beverage company specializing in the production and sale of ready-to-drink coffee products, including canned coffee and milk beverages. The company positions its offerings as not only energizing beverages but also as mixers for alcoholic drinks. In addition to its beverage line, Whynatte Enterprises operates an online store where it sells a variety of branded merchandise, including hoodies, shot glasses, T-shirts, hats, bar mats, prints, posters, and cups. Through its diverse product range, Whynatte Enterprises aims to appeal to both coffee enthusiasts and those seeking unique lifestyle products.