Monica Joran

Austin Eastciders LLC engages in growing apples and making and retailing ciders. It offers original dry sider, pineapple cider, hopped cider, Texas honey cider, blood orange cider, and ruby red grapefruit cider. The company was founded by Mark King and Ed Gibson in 2015 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Sweet Leaf Tea Co. produces and sells bottled tea and beverages. Its products include coffee-tea blends, sweet teas, green teas, fruit teas, lemonades and zero-calorie teas. The company was founded by Clayton Christopher and David Smith in 1997 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

TriplePulse, Inc. engages in the online retail of sports nutrition products for athletes. The firm offers a package that include a full month supply of elevated multivitamins, electrolyte crystals, glutamine recovery complex, amino acid complex, time release amino patches and free samples. The company was founded by Christopher Thompson and Constantine Anastasakis in 2012 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

The University of St. Thomas is an institution that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. The private company is based in St. Paul, MN. It offers over 150 undergraduate majors and minors, as well as graduate programs in various fields such as business, engineering, law, education, social work, and arts and humanities. The University of St. Thomas was founded in 1885 by John Ireland.

NextFoods, Inc. produces and supplies probiotic juice drinks for digestive health. Its products include Organic GoodBelly Quarts, GoodBelly Citrus Varieties, Organic GoodBelly+, Organic GoodBelly BigShot, GoodBelly Probiotic Coconut Water and GoodBelly StraightShot. The company was founded by Steven A. Demos and Todd Beckman in 2006 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

301 Inc (301) is a venture capital subsidiary of General Mills Inc founded in 2012 by John Haugen .The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Urban Remedy, Inc. provides pressed juices, nutrition-based drinks, snacks and meals. It offers certified organic, raw ready-to-eat meals and snacks, cold-pressed juices, health and wellness education. The company was founded by Neka Pasquale in 2009 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Manna Tree Partners LLC (Manna Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Ellie Rubenstein, Ross Iverson and Brent Drever. The firm is headquartered in Vail, Colorado.

Revive Brands operates a brewery that produces kombucha drinks in California. It offers its products in still organic, still vegan, still raw, caffeine-free, and ultra-low sugar flavors. The firm also provides bottle exchange programs. It sells its products through retailers. The company was founded in 2010 by Rebekah Lovett, lya B. Nykin, Bentley Hall and Sean J. Lovett and is headquartered in Sonoma County, CA.

Biena LLC manufactures roasted snack products and sells through retail stores and online. Its products include sea salt, rockin ranch, habanero, honey roasted, barbeque and cinnamon crunch, variety pack, milk chocolate and dark chocolate. The company was founded by Poorvi Patodia in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Fermented Sciences, Inc. produces alcoholic beverages. It offers organic hard kombucha with live probiotics and botanical adaptogens. The company was founded by William D. Moses in 2016 and is headquartered in Ojai, CA.

Vive Organic, Inc. produces cold-pressed organic juices. The company was founded by Wyatt Taubman, Kyle Withycombe and JR Simich and is headquartered in Venice, CA.

Blueberry Ventures Management LLC (Blueberry Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded by Arif Fazal in 2015. The firm is headquartered in California.

Specialty Food Association, Inc. is a not-for-profit trade association that supports food artisans, importers, and entrepreneurs. The Specialty Food Association is based in New York, NY. Established in 1952, the association provides its 3,800 members with resources, knowledge, and connections to nurture their companies in an ever-evolving marketplace. The association owns and produces the Winter and Summer Fancy Food Shows and presents the Sofi™ Awards, which honor excellence in specialty food.

SKU LLC provides investment services. The company is based in Austin, TX. The company was founded by Shari Wynne Ressler.

High Brew Coffee, Inc. manufactures and sells ready-to-drink cold brew coffee. The firm offers Black & Bold, Double Espresso, and Creamy Cappuccino +Protein. The company was founded by David Smith in 2013 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.