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  • Nov
    2021
    04
    2021 / Nov / 04

    Olive Oil Startup Kosterina Spills Into The Beauty Market With EVOO-Based Skincare Line

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    Kosterina

    From: Forbes
    By: Tanya Klich

    While working as a VP at Walmart’s incubator, Mountanos founded Kosterina on the belief that high quality olive oil is a superfood and a key component for health and longevity.
    When Katerina Mountanos was VP of brand incubation at Walmart, she would often walk the store aisles in search of inspiration. One day she cruised past the olive oil section, and noticed that all the packaging seemed to fall from the same tree.
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  • Nov
    2021
    04
    2021 / Nov / 04

    TRUE Linkswear To Accelerate Growth In Golf Footwear With $11.25m Investment From Karpreilly

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    FROM: Cision PR Newswire

    With significant growth and momentum, TRUE has established itself as the premier golf shoe brand focused on comfortable, versatile footwear that can be worn on or off the golf course.

    KarpReilly is a Greenwich, CT-based private investment firm focused on consumer growth brands including Mack Weldon, Linksoul, Stio, Christy Dawn, Made In, Boxycharm and many others.

    With significant growth and momentum, TRUE has established itself as the premier golf shoe brand focused on comfortable, versatile footwear that can be worn on or off the golf course.
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  • Mar
    2021
    26
    2021 / Mar / 26

    Wilde Brands Disrupts Protein Snack Category (Again) with Launch of First-Ever Pork Chip

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    From:Perishablenews.com

    BOULDER, Colo. – Salty, crunchy snacks have long been relegated to the sidelines – something to consume while watching television from the couch, movies in theatres, or games from the stands. But what if someone did it differently? What if someone was able to reinvent the salty snack space and make it about living life, not watching it? Welcome to the world of Wildebrands read more

  • Mar
    2021
    26
    2021 / Mar / 26

    Rowdy Mermaid Launches Mushroom-Based Adaptonic Line

    • posted in Portfolio

    From: Bevnet
    By: Brad Avery

    Rowdy Mermaid is extending its portfolio of functional beverages beyond kombucha with its new Adaptonic line of sparkling immunity beverages. read more

  • Jan
    2021
    29
    2021 / Jan / 29

    Two-Time Masters Champion Bubba Watson to Invest and Become Brand Ambassador for Linksoul Apparel

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    Linksoul Jan 26, 2021, 12:18 ET

    OCEANSIDE, Calif., Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — PGA TOUR superstar Bubba Watson and Linksoul today announced the two-time Masters Champion has invested in the company and will serve as brand ambassador. The lifestyle apparel brand founded by golf apparel icon John Ashworth and his nephew, artist Geoff Cunningham, has a passionate and growing legion of “Linksouldiers” who embrace the philosophy that drives the brand. read more

  • Jan
    2021
    08
    2021 / Jan / 08

    Peels Citrus CBD Brand Secures Multimillion Dollar Investment from KarpReilly

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    Peels Citrus CBD 

    LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — CBD startup Citrus CBD Industries, Inc. (“Peels“), launches the first nationwide CBD brand made from oranges led by Founder & CEO Chris Hetherington, an 11-year NFL veteran and Yale alumni, announces they have secured a $4mm investment from KarpReilly, LLC. KarpReilly, a Greenwich, CT-based private investment firm, with a diverse portfolio of emerging brands in the consumer sector with notable food, beverage, and natural products including: KeVita, Spindrift, Salt & Straw, LIFEAID, and Wilde, among many others. read more

  • Jan
    2021
    07
    2021 / Jan / 07

    Hungryroot Is Simplifying The Way Consumers Shop For Groceries

    • posted in Investment

    Hungryroot delivers fresh and organic groceries based on consumers dietary, meal planning and timing preferences.  MICHAEL MARQUAND

    From: Forbes
    By: Yola Robert
    FORBESWOMEN

    Last year changed the way consumers shopped, prepared, and consumed food. Consumers are taking fewer 73% trips to the grocery store and instead are shopping more at food subscription services and online grocery stores, with 80% of U.S. consumers having shopped online for groceries since COVID-19 outbreak. read more

  • Jan
    2021
    06
    2021 / Jan / 06

    De La Calle Seeks to Build U.S. Tepache Market ‘From the Street’

    • posted in Investment

    From: BevNET
    By: Martín Caballero

    While probiotic and prebiotic sodas are a relatively recent trend, Los Angeles-based branding and design agency Here Studio is aiming to introduce U.S. consumers to a similar drink with a few hundred years more of a track record. This month, the company is set to debut De La Calle (“from the street”), a line of traditional Mexican tepache fermented drinks in 12 oz. cans. read more

  • Oct
    2020
    30
    2020 / Oct / 30

    Ipsy Acquires Beauty Subscription Competitor Boxycharm

    • posted in Portfolio

    The combined business is expected to have $1 billion in sales.

    From: WWD
    By: Allison Collins 

    Ipsy is acquiring Boxycharm.
    The companies will live under new parent company Beauty for All Industries, which expects more than $1 billion in sales for 2020.

    Marcelo Camberos, cofounder and chief executive officer of Ipsy, said the deal allows Ipsy to strengthen its “position in the personalized beauty ecosystem.” read more

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