BevNET Live Winter 2024 is Just Two Weeks Away!

The leading event for the beverage industry is just two weeks away! More than 700 beverage industry professionals are already registered. Check out the agenda and attendee list and start planning your BevNET Live experience.

Daily Briefing (Insiders Only): Langers Jumps in on Cola

The family behind Langers Juice Company never imagined it would get into the soda category when it founded the health-minded business back in 1960. But in 2024, up is down and soda is good for you (well, better-for-you to be completely accurate).

Prime Countersues Mark Anthony Brands Over Messi Sports Drink Claims

Logan Paul and KSI’s Prime Hydration is hitting back at Mark Anthony Brands’ Más+ by Messi, a sports drink developed in collaboration with soccer legend Lionel Messi, claiming that visual similarities between the brands is creating consumer confusion.

Finances in Focus at BevNET Live Winter 2024: Piper Sandler, Rocana, Willow, Barrel, Life Aid discuss Investing and Capital Strategies

Finding investors and lenders is always a concern for beverage entrepreneurs, but the past two years have been incredibly difficult, particularly at the seed and series A rounds. For more established brands it hasn’t been a picnic, either: as strategic activity has slowed, fundraising for institutional investors has taken longer and that means founders have been faced with tough terms and valuations – if there are any entreaties at all.

Daily Briefing (Insiders Only): Lifeway Rejects Second Danone Purchase Offer

Lifeway Foods spent little time weighing a second acquisition offer from Danone North America, and the answer is still “no.” The kefir producer officially rejected Danone’s proposal this morning, which included acquiring all remaining Lifeway shares for $27 per share – around $307 million total.

Bawi Closes $3.5M To Scale Operations

Agua fresca maker Bawi has raised a $3.5 million seed round led by a $1.5 million infusion from Brand Foundry as the Austin-based brand scales operations for a distribution push in 2025.