Thrive is a food ordering application that provides a comprehensive suite for restaurants, facilitating table ordering, pickup, and delivery services. The platform integrates marketing tools to help restaurants manage customer engagement, track customer behavior, and conduct targeted marketing activities. By enabling restaurants to take control of their operations and customer interactions, Thrive aims to enhance customer retention and boost revenue, ultimately allowing businesses to improve loyalty among their clientele.
BodyArmor is an independently owned sports drink manufacturer based in Queens, New York. It was founded in 2011 by Lance Collins, founder of Fuze Beverage and NOS Energy Drink, and Mike Repole, co-founder of Energy Brands, vitaminwater, and Smartwater. In March 2013, Kobe Bryant purchased a large stake in the company, joining the Board of Directors and becoming the third largest shareholder. BodyArmor super drink provides superior nutrition, superior hydration, and superior taste. These delicious beverages are formulated with a combination of proprietary blends and coconut water that work together to protect, prevent and hydrate. What makes Body Armor a Super Drink? For starters, this delicious beverage has over twice the amount of electrolytes than the leading sports drink. Body Armor also contains 100% of your daily Vitamins A, C and E, and is packed full of healthy antioxidants. All that super nutrition and super hydration, and deliciously refreshing too. These beverages are perfect for on-the-go, while working out or any time of day! Body Armor is all natural, gluten free, kosher, no preservatives, and has no artificial colors or flavors.
Arqlite specializes in transforming complex plastic waste into innovative, eco-friendly materials for the construction industry. Utilizing a proprietary process, the company effectively recycles all types of plastics, including those typically deemed non-recyclable, which make up a significant portion of plastic waste. The result is a lightweight artificial gravel that serves multiple applications in construction, precast concrete, and landscaping. This product is not only a greener alternative but also functions as a superior insulator and is three times lighter than traditional materials, offering both environmental benefits and cost savings. Additionally, Arqlite has developed a homogenized composite pellet suitable for injection molding and extrusion, further promoting a circular economy and enabling businesses to provide sustainable solutions while reducing reliance on landfills.
Fairlife is a health and wellness dairy company that focuses on producing and marketing premium-quality dairy products. It specializes in ultra-filtered milk, which retains essential nutrients while reducing sugar content. The company offers a variety of milk options, including reduced fat, chocolate, and fat-free milk, catering to health-conscious consumers in the United States. Fairlife aims to provide nutritious products that support a balanced diet and promote overall well-being.
Kombucha is made via primary and secondary fermentation, the process that transforms sweet tea into kombucha and significantly reduces the sugar content.Financing the new brewery will be important, Oza adds, because Health-Ade currently is unable to make enough kombucha to satisfy demand. He estimates that the company could be selling five times more product, if only it could brew it.
Bringg is a leading delivery management platform that focuses on optimizing last-mile delivery operations for over 800 global customers. The company offers a cloud-based solution that digitizes, automates, and enhances supply chain processes, allowing organizations to tailor logistics models to their specific needs. By providing access to a robust network of more than 250 delivery providers, Bringg enables enterprises to offer a variety of delivery options, whether through internal drivers or external partners such as third-party logistics, parcel carriers, or gig economy drivers. This flexibility helps businesses reduce costs and transform delivery into a growth opportunity. Bringg serves notable brands including H&M, Burger King, and Wegmans, enhancing their customer experience with efficient and cost-effective delivery solutions.
Wabi is an ecosystem of projects that seek to transform the way consumers buy their products on a daily basis. By bringing the neighborhood store to the consumer’s cell phone and gives them the ability to access their favorite brands in an easy and fast way. We provide a differential service that looks forward to disrupt the paradigms of consumption and technology, empowering shopkeepers through a simple app that allows Latin American stores to grow, building a new bond with their customers. Our revolution is based on innovating the rules of the game, focusing on the needs of consumers and the inclusion of entrepreneurs who dared to set up a new store and storekeepers who have been striving for a lifetime. WABI is a tool that democratizes the market without intermediaries!
Omnivore is a company focused on enhancing agricultural systems and transforming the food industry to promote profitability, resilience, and sustainability in farming. It offers a range of services, including farmer platforms, precision agriculture, and agri-biotech, aimed at improving agricultural practices. Additionally, Omnivore operates a universal point-of-sale connectivity platform designed to digitize the guest and operational experience within restaurants. This platform provides an end-to-end suite of services that includes online ordering, pay-at-the-table options, third-party delivery, reservations, loyalty programs, inventory management, labor tracking, and data analytics. By leveraging real-time consumer purchase intelligence, the platform helps restaurants make informed decisions and optimize their operational strategies.
Tropico is a well-established brand in the non-alcoholic beverage sector, founded in 1982. The company specializes in producing and distributing a variety of refreshing fruit drinks, including mango, apple, orange, and pomegranate juices. These beverages are available in both cans and PET bottles, catering to a diverse consumer base. Tropico's focus on quality ingredients, such as fruits and spring water, underscores its commitment to providing refreshing drink options.
MOJO Beverages provides the most pure, most healthy, most beneficial sparkling probiotic beverages possible. We are raw, we are mindful, and we ensure everything we do is in tune with the world around us. We produce our MOJO locally with the best ingredients that we can source, to deliver a premium health-focused product.
Wabi is an ecosystem of projects that seek to transform the way consumers buy their products on a daily basis. By bringing the neighborhood store to the consumer’s cell phone and gives them the ability to access their favorite brands in an easy and fast way. We provide a differential service that looks forward to disrupt the paradigms of consumption and technology, empowering shopkeepers through a simple app that allows Latin American stores to grow, building a new bond with their customers. Our revolution is based on innovating the rules of the game, focusing on the needs of consumers and the inclusion of entrepreneurs who dared to set up a new store and storekeepers who have been striving for a lifetime. WABI is a tool that democratizes the market without intermediaries!
BodyArmor is an independently owned sports drink manufacturer based in Queens, New York. It was founded in 2011 by Lance Collins, founder of Fuze Beverage and NOS Energy Drink, and Mike Repole, co-founder of Energy Brands, vitaminwater, and Smartwater. In March 2013, Kobe Bryant purchased a large stake in the company, joining the Board of Directors and becoming the third largest shareholder. BodyArmor super drink provides superior nutrition, superior hydration, and superior taste. These delicious beverages are formulated with a combination of proprietary blends and coconut water that work together to protect, prevent and hydrate. What makes Body Armor a Super Drink? For starters, this delicious beverage has over twice the amount of electrolytes than the leading sports drink. Body Armor also contains 100% of your daily Vitamins A, C and E, and is packed full of healthy antioxidants. All that super nutrition and super hydration, and deliciously refreshing too. These beverages are perfect for on-the-go, while working out or any time of day! Body Armor is all natural, gluten free, kosher, no preservatives, and has no artificial colors or flavors.
Bringg is a leading delivery management platform that focuses on optimizing last-mile delivery operations for over 800 global customers. The company offers a cloud-based solution that digitizes, automates, and enhances supply chain processes, allowing organizations to tailor logistics models to their specific needs. By providing access to a robust network of more than 250 delivery providers, Bringg enables enterprises to offer a variety of delivery options, whether through internal drivers or external partners such as third-party logistics, parcel carriers, or gig economy drivers. This flexibility helps businesses reduce costs and transform delivery into a growth opportunity. Bringg serves notable brands including H&M, Burger King, and Wegmans, enhancing their customer experience with efficient and cost-effective delivery solutions.
Bringg is a leading delivery management platform that focuses on optimizing last-mile delivery operations for over 800 global customers. The company offers a cloud-based solution that digitizes, automates, and enhances supply chain processes, allowing organizations to tailor logistics models to their specific needs. By providing access to a robust network of more than 250 delivery providers, Bringg enables enterprises to offer a variety of delivery options, whether through internal drivers or external partners such as third-party logistics, parcel carriers, or gig economy drivers. This flexibility helps businesses reduce costs and transform delivery into a growth opportunity. Bringg serves notable brands including H&M, Burger King, and Wegmans, enhancing their customer experience with efficient and cost-effective delivery solutions.
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.
Chi Limited is a prominent company in Nigeria's food and beverage sector, recognized for its leadership in categories such as fruit juices, iced tea, value-added dairy products, and snacks. Established in 1980, Chi has developed an extensive portfolio of well-known brands, including CHIVITA 100%, CHIVITA Active, CHI Exotic, and Hollandia, among others. The company focuses on non-alcoholic beverages, offering a diverse range of products that includes juices, soft drinks, packaged milk, and iced tea. Chi Limited has achieved its market position through innovative product development, a comprehensive product range, and an efficient distribution network, supported by a modern manufacturing facility.
Virent Energy Systems, Inc. is an energy technology company based in Madison, Wisconsin, that specializes in producing hydrocarbon chemicals and fuels from plant sugars. Utilizing its BioForming technology, the company converts plant-based sugars into a variety of hydrocarbon products that are chemically identical to those derived from petroleum, including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and various chemicals used in plastics and fibers. The feedstocks for its processes include bio-based materials such as beet sugar, sugar cane, and corn starch, as well as cellulosic sources like bagasse, corn stover, grasses, and wood. Virent also produces bio-paraxylene, bio-toluene, and bio-benzene, along with Bio-Aromatic 100, a versatile aromatic solvent used across multiple industries like paints, textiles, and construction. The company has established strategic partnerships with notable firms including Royal Dutch Shell and The Coca-Cola Company, enhancing its position in the renewable energy sector. Virent was founded in 2002 and operates as a subsidiary of Marathon Petroleum Corporation.
HIVERY is a software development company focused on enhancing retail assortment strategy through simulation and optimization solutions tailored for consumer packaged goods. Their precision category management platform assists clients in maximizing returns on physical space investments by offering intelligent product recommendations, price optimization, space rationalization, and effective promotional strategies. By leveraging algorithms, HIVERY enables packaged goods manufacturers and retailers to analyze their existing data, facilitating informed decision-making that transforms category management and trade promotion.
Avantium is a leading technology company specialized in advanced high-throughput R&D for applications in the energy, chemicals and pharmaceutical industries. The company's headquarters and laboratories are located in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. Avantium's proprietary high-throughput technology enables a faster and more cost-effective development of new and improved products and production processes. Using its unique rational approach towards the design of experiments and data analysis, Avantium is capable of accomplishing innovations with superior success rate. Avantium has demonstrated the validity and commercial viability of its technology by successfully providing research services and tools to more than 70 companies worldwide, including many industry leaders. The company's mission is to increase the success rate and economics of product and process development. Building on its expertise and track record in the energy, chemicals and pharmaceutical industries, Avantium focuses on developing products in two fields: new biofuels and bio-based chemicals, and new crystal forms of marketed drugs under patent. Avantium's strategy is to progress its development programs and exploit the commercial value of its expanding patent portfolio by securing value-adding partnerships during the coming years. Avantium seeks continuous expansion of its profitable services and tools business. Avantium has assembled a team of highly educated professionals who are experts in catalysis, crystallography, organic chemistry, engineering of robotic systems, process engineering, statistics, cheminformatics and software development. Its teams collaborate closely with partner R&D organizations.
Lumense, Inc. is a company based in Atlanta, Georgia, specializing in the development of optical interferometric sensor technology for chemical and biological applications. Founded in 2011, Lumense has made significant advancements by exclusively licensing technology from Georgia Tech, where it originated from $20 million in research funding. The company offers real-time, in situ sensors that detect a range of substances, including chemicals, cellular organisms, viruses, and toxins. Lumense aims to enhance quality control by providing scalable sensors that enable clients to proactively manage contaminants in gases and liquids. In addition to launching standard products, Lumense is also engaged in the development of custom sensors in collaboration with various industry leaders.
ZICO is a beverage company known for its ZICO Coconut Water, an electrolyte-infused drink designed to provide hydration. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Seal Beach, California, ZICO offers a range of fruit-flavored coconut water products, each containing five electrolytes, including potassium comparable to that found in bananas. The company aims to deliver healthy and natural hydration alternatives while maintaining a commitment to sustainability and impact.
Nidan is the fourth largest juice producer in Russia, selling more than 100 varieties of juices, nectars and fruit drinks, with a number one position in Siberia. Nidan’s portfolio of branded juice products was led by flagship brand, Moya Semya, and included the Sokos, Caprice, Caprice Tea, Champion and Da! brands. The company enjoyed an extensive distribution network across Russia and Eastern Europe. Headquartered in Moscow, Nidan operated 20 production lines in two plants with total capacity of more than 870 million litres of production per annum.
Glaceau
Acquisition in 2007
Glaceau manufactures and distributes various lines of enhanced water. Its product portfolio is comprised of vitaminwater, fruitwater, smartwater, and vitaminenergy. Glaceau focuses on providing its users with products that are free of sodium and artificial ingredients. It was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, United States. Glaceau is subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company.
Fuze Beverage commercially referred to as simply Fuze is a manufacturer of teas and non-carbonated fruit drinks enriched with vitamins.
CSTV Networks, Inc., doing business as CBS Sports Network, operates a sports television channel. It televises men’s and women’s sports, live games, and live programming, such as college football, college basketball, and others. The company also operates sports radio stations; broadcasts television programs online; and sells sports apparel, accessories, and gear through its online store. CSTV Networks, Inc. was formerly known as College Sports Television and changed its name to CSTV Networks, Inc. in 2005.
iFuse, Inc. operates a social Website for young adults looking to learn about their faith. Its Website also enables to share stories, pictures, and videos.
Digital:Convergence allows media companies, manufacturers and virtually all organizations to link their printed or broadcast content and advertisements as well as their products directly to web pages deep within their websites. The company's technology, which includes the :CueCat device and :CRQ software, takes a broadcast viewer or reader of print media directly to relevant information on the Internet. The :CRQ software responds to a proprietary digital signal called a "cue" that is transmitted. Digital:Convergence became on of the first .dotCom era Unicorns (even before the term was coined). Scheduled for it's IPO lead by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, ING Barings LLC, Banc of America Securities LLC and Bear, Sterns & Co. Inc. The IPO was registered to share an initial 10,000,000 shares at a price which could go as high as $40. The IPO was pushed due to weakening markets and then the company became part of the huge .dotCom market crash. The company was shuttered, however a new company was formed - lead by founder Jovan Hutton Pulitzer; to insure the patents and the technology survived. Those patents matured and are now one of the most financially successful patent portfolios ever created.
Barq's is an American soft drink.
Columbia Pictures Entertainment
Acquisition in 1982
Columbia Pictures Industries a film production company, produces and distributes films.
Minute Maid is a product line of beverages that associates with lemonade, orange juice, or soft drinks of many kinds, including Hi-C. the products of the company are orange juices, lemonade and punch juices, light juice drinks, variety juices such as apples and berries, and kids juices and juice drinks. Minute Maid is a U.S.-based company that was founded in 1945 and it was acquired by The Coca-Cola Company on January 1, 2003.