Financing Cycles & Food Brands – Nosh Live Winter 2024
Rodney Clark, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, discusses at Nosh Live Winter 2024 in Santa Monica, California, the M&A and financing environments over the past three boom and bust cycles.
Rodney Clark, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, discusses at Nosh Live Winter 2024 in Santa Monica, California, the M&A and financing environments over the past three boom and bust cycles.
Wine Access, a leading online platform for discovering and purchasing premium wines, announced its acquisition by Full Glass Wine Co., a rapidly growing direct-to-consumer (DTC) wine company. The acquisition by Full Glass Wine Co. positions Wine Access to leverage advanced technology and operational efficiencies, enhancing its ability to connect wine enthusiasts with exceptional, often hard-to-find wines.
Straus Family Creamery, known for its minimally processed, premium organic dairy products and leadership in sustainable organic farming, today announced that it has secured equity investment from Grounded Capital, a San Francisco-based investment firm focused on deploying capital that supports healthy social, ecological and financial systems.
Calistoga, CA – July 9, 2024 – Jayson Woodbridge, founder and owner of Hundred Acre Wine Group, has acquired Napa Valley’s historic Madrigal Winery to support his newest wine project, Fortunate Son Wines. Jacinto Madrigal came to the Napa Valley from Mexico in 1938, farming the orchards of apples, pears, walnuts and grapes, halfway between St. Helena and…
San Francisco and St. Helena, CA – December 2023 – Aspect Consumer Partners today released its 2023 impact report, illustrating the company’s commitment to operating in a more ethical and sustainable manner. The 2023 impact report outlines the company’s focus on environmental, social, and governance-related issues and achievements. “In 2023, we celebrated our 10th year…
Garrett Wade, a leading DTC, catalog and e-Commerce company focused on designing, sourcing and selling fine woodworking tools and hand tools for the garden, has completed the sale of the Garrett Wade and King’s County Tools brands and assets to Trademark Global for an undisclosed sum. Trademark Global will add the Garrett Wade and King’s County Tools brands to its portfolio of leading brands, expanding the brands’ reach and accelerating growth.
Ian Malone of Aspect Consumer Partners offers perspective on the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the effects of such a collapse on dealmaking in the broader wine industry.
Stewart Cellars , a premium producer of hand-crafted wines from the Napa Valley, Sonoma Mountain, and Sonoma Coast, announced today that it has acquired Monticello Vineyard in the Moon Mountain AVA in the Mayacamas Mountains of Sonoma County. The 51 acres of vines are primarily planted to Zinfandel and Cabernet Sauvignon, with one block of Cabernet Sauvignon planted in 1964, making the vines some of the oldest in California.
Aspect Consumer Partners today announced it has officially become a Certified B Corporation™. In achieving this certification, the company joins a community of more than 4,300 companies across 153 industries and 77 countries worldwide committed to using business as a force for good, including companies such as Patagonia, Stonyfield Farms, Warby Parker, Nuun and Ben & Jerry’s.
The Planting Hope Company, a plant-based food and beverage company focused on producing the world’s most nutritious and planet-friendly products, has acquired the RightRice® brand and assets from Betterer Foods, Inc. The transaction adds another high potential line of breakthrough innovation to Planting Hope’s growing portfolio of plant-based, planet-friendly, highly-nutritious brands.