Strengthen the Business Behind the Brand
Work through the fundamentals that support growth while building relationships with people who can help you make progress.
BevNET Live Returns to Los Angeles, CA December 6-8
The leading event for the beverage industry returns to Marina del Rey for three days of strategic planning, business connections, product discovery, and conversations that can shape what comes next. For 20 years, BevNET Live has brought together the people building, growing, buying, investing in, and supporting beverage businesses — creating a place to share ideas, solve challenges, and build relationships that continue long after the event ends.
Early registration is open! Register now and save.
What Are You Looking to Accomplish?
Come with a business challenge. Leave with a better way forward. Choose the goal that best matches what you’re working toward and we'll show you how BevNET Live can help.
Been to BevNET Live Before? See how you can build upon your last experience and keep the momentum going.
Open Up New Paths to Growth
Explore new channels, grow distribution, strengthen strategic relationships, and work through the decisions that come with taking a beverage business further.
Find the Brands Your Customers Will Want Next
Taste new products and meet the founders behind them to see what could have a place on your shelves, in your portfolio, or across your network.
Meet Founders Before Their Next Big Move
Build relationships with founders as they make key decisions about capital, production, distribution, and growth.
Thank You to Our Sponsors
What Happens at BevNET Live
Hear How Other Leaders Are Navigating the Business
Founders, operators, investors, and buyers share how they’re approaching growth, retail, capital, marketing, operations, and the challenges shaping the beverage business right now.
Meet the People You Need to Know
Whether it’s over lunch, between sessions, or during a scheduled 1:1 meeting, conversations at BevNET Live can lead to a new account, key introduction, strategic partner, or fresh way to solve a business challenge.
Put Products at the Center of the Conversation
Sampling helps brands spark conversations, gather feedback, and build visibility with buyers, investors, operators, and potential partners. Put your product on display in the sample fridges or at the happy hour.
Pressure-Test Your Next Move
Use the insights, trends, and feedback from BevNET Live to sharpen your next move. Beverage School, the New Beverage Showdown, and conversations throughout the event give you practical ideas you can put to work.
Who You’ll Meet
BevNET Live brings together people from across the beverage business — founders and operators, retailers and distributors, investors, suppliers, advisors, and other partners who help brands grow.
Take a look at a few of our past attendees:
Past Speakers
Allison Ellsworth
Co-Founder, Poppi
Recent Event Announcements
Consultancy Firm Outlier Initiative’s Strategy To Build For The ‘Long-Haul’
In a BevNET Live replay, beverage marketing consultant Courtney O’Brien discussed how emerging brands can build for long-term growth.How Beverage Investors Find The Next Big Thing
Three beverage industry investors discussed the metrics they use to guide their decisions in backing new drink brands.How To Lean Into Success Without Sacrificing An Insurgent Mindset
At BevNET Live Winter, three brand founders and previous New Beverage Showdown champions discussed strategizing for the next stage of growth.Judges Revealed for the New Beverage Showdown at BevNET Live L.A. 2025
It’s time to introduce the judges for BevNET’s signature pitch competition, the New Beverage Showdown, taking place during BevNET Live in L.A. December 7-9. More than 750 are registered and limited seats remain.BevNET Live L.A. 2025: Friend Finder – How Functional Brands Gained Their Audience
No matter the functional promise, it takes a lot more than a good idea to build a successful brand. It takes an audience of consumers and customers to successfully carve out territory in the drink case. At BevNET Live L.A. 2025, three brand leaders will discuss how they successfully scaled into a wide consumer base by finding their initial audience.BevNET Live L.A. 2025: Special Cannabev Sessions Discuss Category Trajectory for 2026
The recent change to the 2018 Farm Bill that mandates the end of the hemp-based beverage business hit like an earthquake, but for now, at least, the buildings are still standing. Under the law, there’s now an expiration date for the manufacture of intoxicating hemp drinks – and, in fact, most of the $28 billion U.S. hemp business: Nov. 12, 2026.BevNET Live L.A. on Dec. 7-9: Meet the New Beverage Showdown Semifinalists
It’s time to reveal the semifinalists for BevNET’s signature pitch competition, the New Beverage Showdown, taking place at BevNET Live L.A. December 7-9.BevNET Live L.A. 2025: Meet and Partner With Generous Brands – The World’s Largest Beverage Startup
When it comes to a potential sale for your beverage brand, a new strategic acquirer has come in from the cold: Generous Brands. To provide a look at the strategy that’s driving this new fresh, healthy beverage behemoth, Todd Putman, the Chief Transformation Officer at Generous Brands, will speak at BevNET Live Winter 2025 (Dec. 7-9) in Marina Del Rey.BevNET Live L.A. 2025: Early Registration Pricing Ends This Friday 10/24
This Friday 10/24, early registration pricing expires for BevNET Live, taking place December 7-9 in L.A. Register before the weekend and save $100.BevNET and :INCLUDED CPG: Featured Brands Attending BevNET Live L.A. 2025
BevNET and :INCLUDED CPG are proud to share the three brands selected to attend BevNET Live L.A. (Dec. 7–9) through our :INCLUDED partnership.
Why People Keep Coming Back
"BevNET Live has positively impacted GHOST in a number of ways. And I'd encourage a lot of founders and other people in the industry to make sure that they get to the next one."
"I love the Showdown — I think that format is an amazing way for new brands like ours to be introduced to the decision makers of the industry... We’re in big places like CVS, Gelson's, and Sprouts because of the New Beverage Showdown."
"It brings together the right people in one place and compresses months of outreach, feedback, and networking into a few focused days."
Questions?
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