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Owl’s Brew Lands $4M in Series A Round
Owl’s Brew, makers of tea-based cocktail mixers and a tea-and-beer Radler line, announced Thursday it has closed a $4 million series A funding round. The round included large investments from firms Cambridge Companies SPG and Anheuser-Busch InBev’s ZX Ventures.
Reyes Holdings Acquires Distribution Rights to Coca-Cola in California and Nevada
Reyes Holdings LLC has signed a letter of intent with The Coca-Cola Company to acquire the distribution rights for the soda giant’s products in California and Nevada as well as three bottling facilities.
MATI Energy Raises $2.5 Million in Equity Offering
According to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing, the financing is part of a total $3,750,000 equity offering. The round was led by IDEA Fund Partners, Duke Angel Network, and DUMAC, and included contributions from local investors around the company’s North Carolina homebase.
Soylent Raises $50M in Venture Capital Funding
Los Angeles-based foodtech company Soylent has pulled in some Silicon Valley-grade investors, closing out a Series B financing round today with $50 million in funding, led by GV (formerly Google Ventures), bringing the company’s total funding to $74.5 million.
Spindrift Closes $10M Funding Round Led by VMG
In an interview with BevNET, Spindrift CEO Bill Creelman explained that the company’s rapid growth made securing more working capital a primary objective for this funding round.
“Ugly” Produce Platform Full Harvest Closes $2M Raise
The San Francisco-based Full Harvest, founded by Christine Moseley, a former head of business development at Organic Avenue, has raised $2.35 million thus far, having brought in $350,000 from The Impact Engine, Astia and Wilson last May.
Wandering Bear Raises $2.4M, Expands Retail Business
The New York-based bag-in-box coffee brand completed a $2.4 million equity funding round this week, giving founders Matt Bachmann and Ben Gordon the capital to tackle expanded distribution and a growing product line.
New Age Acquires Coco Libre, Marley Beverage Assets
The acquisition of Maverick Brands and its flagship brand Coco Libre for a combination of cash and shares of common stock in New Age “fills an important gap to complete the Company’s functional beverage portfolio,” according to a press release.
CB Insights: Investors Still Drooling Over Disruptive Brands
Zoe Leavitt, Retail & Food Technology Analyst at CB Insights, led the online presentation, which explored recent investments, current trends and forward-thinking innovations in the food and beverage industries.
Drink Maple Pulls in $3.9 Million in New Funding Round
The funding includes approximately $1.18 million in principal and interest under promissory notes converted into shares of Series A Preferred Stock in connection with the initial closing of the offering.
Celsius Lands $15 Million In New Investment Led By Horizons Ventures
Celsius Holdings, Inc., the maker of zero-calorie fitness drink brand Celsius, this week announced a new $15 million round of funding led by current investor Hong Kong-based Horizons Ventures, a private investment arm of billionaire Li Ka-Shing. Gloria Tang Tsz-kei, a popular Chinese singer-songwriter known as G.E.M, and zVentures, the strategic investment arm of Razer, a leading lifestyle brand for gamers, were also investors in the round.
AccelFoods Announces Fund Expansion, New Investments
In an e-mail to BevNET, Jordan Gaspar, co-founder and managing partner at AccelFoods, said that the move represented an evolution of the fund to better serve the specific needs of each company and its founders.
Happy Tree Completes Fundraising Round, Debuts Updated Label
In an interview with BevNET, Happy Tree CFO/COO Will Finkelstein called the new investment a recognition of the company’s potential and “a good validation of our brand and the maple water category” after a year in which the brand expanded to over 400 new retail locations and debuted several new SKUs.
Cott Sees 2016 Revenue Growth Spurred by Acquisitions
In a statement, Cott CEO Jerry Fowden explained that the company was making progress towards its goal of becoming a “more diversified, higher margin, cash generative business.”