Since 2009, BevNET Live has been the place where the beverage industry comes together to do business, explore trends and traction, learn tactics for growing brands and develop strategies based on insights from the people shaping the market.
BevNET Live L.A. returns December 6–8 to Marina del Rey, bringing founders and operators together with retailers, investors, suppliers and other experts who can help move a beverage business forward.
A lot has changed in the beverage business since the first BevNET Live. Categories are evolving and subdividing, while paths to market have broadened. The companies showing up today are building businesses across categories and channels that barely existed 20 years ago, while consumers are turning to beverages to fill an ever-increasing set of need states.
The reason our attendees choose to come together has stayed consistent, however: the incredible value that comes with seeing where both individual brands and the collective industry is heading, the chance to understand where the market is moving, and the access to the people you may otherwise spend months trying to meet.
This December, attendees can approach BevNET Live based on what they want to accomplish.
Strengthen the Business Behind the Brand
For an emerging beverage company, progress often depends on getting access to people who can answer the questions you can’t solve on your own.
At BevNET Live, founders can sit down with buyers and investors through scheduled 1:1 meetings, hear candid feedback from experienced operators and use Beverage School to dig further into the mechanics of the business.
It’s also a chance to see those lessons play out in real time. Stage content features case studies and retailer and investor profiles, while the New Beverage Showdown puts emerging brands in front of industry judges for feedback and advice. Sampling opportunities available to all attendees give companies another way to put the product directly into the hands of people they want to meet.
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Open Up New Paths to Growth
Once a brand has traction, the questions change.
The next opportunity might come from entering a new channel, expanding distribution or advancing a relationship that has been developing for months. It can also mean deciding whether the business is ready for a bigger move.
BevNET Live brings growing companies into conversations with people who understand those inflection points. Sessions tackle what brands are facing as they scale, while 1:1 meetings create time to pressure-test an expansion plan or move an important conversation forward.
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Find the Brands Your Customers Will Want Next
BevNET Live has long been a place to see beverage brands before they enter the hypergrowth stage.
For retailers, distributors, and investors responsible for finding new products, the event puts a large number of emerging companies within reach over three days.
The sampling fridges make it easy to taste through the market at your own pace. The New Beverage Showdown offers another way to see promising brands under pressure, hear the questions industry judges ask and understand how the company behind the product thinks.
And because the founders are there too, discovery doesn’t end with the first sip.
Meet Founders Before Their Next Big Move
For investors and strategic partners, being early to a relationship can matter as much as finding the right company.
Founders come to BevNET Live while they are actively thinking about what their business needs next. A raise may be approaching. Production may need to scale. Distribution could be expanding. Experienced employees and subject matter experts may need to enter the picture.
That creates an opportunity to meet companies before those decisions have already been made. Through 1:1 meetings, the New Beverage Showdown and conversations throughout the event, attendees can spend time with founders and understand where their businesses are headed.
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Been to BevNET Live Before?
Returning attendees can build on relationships already in motion while meeting a new mix of founders, buyers, investors, operators, and industry partners.
Every BevNET Live brings a different mix of people, products, and priorities — creating new conversations and opportunities each time.
BevNET Live L.A. 2026 takes place December 6–8 in Marina del Rey, California. Early registration pricing is still available.
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About BevNET Live
BevNET Live is a leading business event for the beverage industry, bringing together founders, operators, retailers, distributors, investors, suppliers, advisors, and other industry leaders to share insights, discover products, and build relationships across the beverage business.