Funding

Outstanding Foods lands $5m funding round, eyes more of sports and fitness snacking category

01-Jul-2020 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Plant-based snack brand Outstanding Foods, maker of PigOut Pigless Pork Rinds, has closed a $5m round of financing led by SternAegis Ventures to propel the snack brand into its next phase of growth.

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Plant-based seafood brand Good Catch raises over $32m in Series B financing round

15-Jan-2020 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Gathered Foods, parent company to plant-based seafood brand Good Catch, has closed a series B funding round led by several industry players including Greenleaf Foods and 301 INC, the venture arm of General Mills.

Stacy’s limited-edition bags spotlight Women’s Entrepreneurship Day

19-Nov-2019 By Kristine Sherred

Stacy’s Pita Chips has released three designer bags in Kroger’s US stores in honor of the November 19 celebration and PepsiCo's broader WomanMade platform.

NuttZo skips venture capital in favor of revenue-based financing to expand distribution, portfolio

09-Oct-2019 By Elizabeth Crawford

While venture capital is a popular choice to fund food and beverage brands, other options – such as revenue-based financing* – can provide entrepreneurs with capital necessary to grow without diluting their equity, according to the founder and CEO of...

Soup-To-Nuts Podcast: How is the flood of investment funds reshaping the food & beverage space?

01-Mar-2019 By Elizabeth Crawford

Whether through multi-million dollar investments in startups or high dollar mergers and acquisitions of larger, established companies, the food and beverage industry currently is being flooded with funding, and with it many opportunities as well as challenges.

Your Super raises $5M to introduce the power of superfoods to more Americans

31-Jan-2019 By Elizabeth Crawford

An injection of $5 million in Series A funds will help the fast-growing, ecommerce-based startup Your Super introduce the power of superfoods to more Americans who want to eat healthy but either don’t know how or don’t have access through traditional...

Equity crowdfunding offers a way to raise funds without compromising values

31-Jan-2019 By Elizabeth Crawford

Conventional investors focused on the bottom-line or high returns may not be a good fit for small companies that are unwilling to compromise their values to increase their margins – but that doesn’t mean mission-based businesses are limited to bootstrapping,...