The Venture Capital Hunt

Our panel of beverage investors discusses dealflow, evaluates the state of capital availability and some of the key factors affecting the ongoing money hunt being staged by entrepreneurial brands.

Transcript

Speaker 1 [00:37] I looked over the past 6 months or so of beverage investment deals recently, and the categories that got the most attention were, and they're out there, probiotic soda brands, energy drinks, booze, and a booze, beer companies. Otherwise, there are a few celebrity startups. We saw this combined venture investment in Blue Stripes, which is a cocoa company. One of our panelists threw some money at Magic Mind. Um, we saw two major transactions in the past year. Um, the purchase of Owen by Simply Simply Good Foods, and the purchase of Ghost Energy by KDP. We also saw the…

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