SPRING FLING
Wednesday, May 1st | 6-9 PM | The Spaniard - 190 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10014
Join us for an evening of springtime celebration and networking with the Naturally New York community!
Enjoy complimentary food and beverages while mingling with fellow members of the CPG industry.
A sincere thank you to our Founding and Community Partners for their continuous support.
We hope to see you there!
Member & Non-Member tickets available - TICKET REQUIRED FOR ENTRY
Ampla is a tech enabled, modern line of credit solution that helps brands to grow with quick access to capital and simplify business operations by centralizing finances on one intuitive platform. Ampla provides scalable funding, built-in accounting automation, and pricing transparency combined to allow customers to focus resources on growing their business.
www.getampla.com/
Alliance Consumer Growth is a growth equity firm which provides capital, value-added partnership and industry-specific resources to the most promising emerging consumer and retail brands.
www.acgpartners.com/
As full-service accounting and advisory professionals, Anchin provides a complete range of top-tier advisory, tax and financial reporting services.
www.anchin.com
Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individuals, small- and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. The company serves approximately 56 million U.S. consumer and small business relationships. It is among the world's leading wealth management companies and is a global leader in corporate and investment banking and trading.
about.bankofamerica.com/en
Creating a world of good, one conscious business at a time. Our collective builds profitable businesses that benefit people and the planet. We are a team of industry veterans from the natural products industry. We love what we do, and the people and brands we work with. If you are looking to grow your brand, you've come to the right place.
beyondbrands.org/
Chobani is a food maker with a mission of making high-quality and nutritious food accessible to more people, while elevating our communities and making the world a healthier place.
www.chobani.com/
Dwight Funding is a leader in providing working capital solutions and lines of credit to early and growth stage businesses in food and beverage. Dwight partners with entrepreneurs and equity providers to provide funding solutions designed specifically for the unique needs of growing consumer brands.
dwightfunding.com/
Foa & Son, an Alera Company is one of the leading Insurance Brokers in the Food Industry and currently protects more than 135 Food & Beverage companies. We are industry experts in the food supply chain, and understand how to negotiate coverage terms and pricing from an owners perspective. We help translate industry regulations, including the Food Safety Modernization Act, and ease the burden of FSMA compliance for clients. We have a passion for the Natural Foods and have a number of clients in the Plant Protein and Dairy alternative categories.
www.foason.com/
ForceBrands is the leader in strategic hiring for consumer brands. We offer executive recruiting services and a job board for consumer brand professionals. We build the teams that build the brands.
Go HIRE with ForceBrands.
Servicing a unique and important part of consumer-driven business, the firm’s tailored experience and resources enable their clients to meet the unique range of legal challenges facing consumer brands such as brand and infrastructure development, raising capital, market implementation, consumer acceptance, and ultimately, selling their business.
The firm’s long-established relationships with investors, manufacturers, distributors, marketing companies and other consultants and advisors, makes the Giannuzzi Group a value-added legal practice.
Since 1993, Nicholas L. Giannuzzi, the firms’ managing partner has focused on the legal representation of small to mid-sized consumer products companies which have become some of the best known and most successful category leaders in the United States.
In 2010, Nick launched the Giannuzzi Group – the premiere law firm dedicated to guiding clients to achieving their business, brand and product development goals.
JPG Resources builds companies and brands of all sizes through innovation and operational excellence. Our team of 60 industry professionals have deep experience in their respective fields, as well as true appreciation for the challenges brands face from startup to global reach.
www.jpgresources.com/
MWNY is a preeminent packaging prototyping agency located in NYC. We specialize in the execution and realization of brand packaging. We build partnerships that drive development, creative, and production of packaging in all forms.
Within our packaging Innovation Labs we are able bridge the gap between design intent and realization by turning ideas into producible and manufacturable product(s) helping our brand partners make conscious and thoughtful decisions that increase speed to market and realize supply chain efficiencies.
Our teams diverse expertise has led to partnerships within every vertical of the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) / Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG); Beauty, Cosmetic, Fragrance, Personal Care, Home Care, Food, Beverage, Toy, Liquor & Spirits.
A deep integration affords our team better optics throughout the spectrum of brand development. Working directly with brand owners, creative proxies, and their manufacturers we provide turn-key solutions for efficient and effective product launches.
From multi-national corporations to emerging start-ups, packaging prototyping is the backbone of successful brands.
Pitch Publicity specializes in securing publicity. In fact, our name is derived from the pivotal function of gaining publicity; the pitch. From developing a strategic story angle for the media, to creating the perfect combination of program elements for a fundraising event; one of the primary keys to obtaining results that have an impact is a carefully crafted strategic message, or pitch. We understand what makes a story newsworthy and we respect journalists’ deadlines and needs. Pitch is about results. Our services are based on custom campaigns designed to produce results that match your company’s objectives to inform and educate.
pitchpublicitynyc.com/
SnackFutures is Mondelēz International's innovation and venture hub. We push the boundaries of what's possible in snacking by creating, growing and supporting well-being innovation around the world.
www.snackfutures.com/
BFY Capital, a privately-owned debt financing company is focused on providing growth capital to “better for you” consumer brands in the food, beverage, beauty and wellness sectors to support scale and growth with minimal dilution.
www.bfycap.com/
Broadleaf Digital is a full-service Amazon agency, specializing in creating holistic and tailor-made strategies to fuel your growth on Amazon. Our approach is far from the set-it-and-forget-it mentality – we become true teammates with your brand, handling every aspect as if it were our very own company. From in-depth business analysis to strategy development, seamless product launches, and ongoing profitable growth management, we are fully committed to your success.
broadleafdigital.com/
Kerry is the world’s leading taste and nutrition partner for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical markets. We innovate with our customers to create great-tasting products, with improved nutrition and functionality, while ensuring better impact for the planet. Our leading consumer insights, global RD&A team of 1,100+ food scientists and extensive global footprint enable us to solve our customers’ complex challenges with differentiated solutions. At Kerry, we are driven to be our customers’ most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition, and will reach over 2 billion consumers with sustainable nutrition solutions by 2030.
www.kerry.com/
The mission of The Norinchukin Bank is to fully support Japan’s agricultural,fisheries and forestry industries as the national-level organization of JA Bank Group,JF Marine Bank Group and JForest Group. Through this support, the Bank contributes to the development of food production and consumption and a better quality of life for the people living in local communities.
Securing stable profits through global investments as one of Japan’s leading institutional investors is an important activity that we undertake to fulfill our mission.
As we head into our 100th anniversary in December 2023, courageously facing change, we will pursue our unchanging mission and continue to challenge new horizons.
We are an early stage venture capital firm dedicated to investing in ambitious entrepreneurs reshaping the food and beverage industry.
www.rcvfrontline.com/
Zuckerman Honickman, a fourth-generation family-run business backed by more than 130 years of experience, provides innovative packaging to many of the most iconic beverage brands in the world, as well as entrepreneurial, breakthrough brands. The company serves customers in every beverage vertical including sports drinks, craft beer, cider, craft soda, wine, spirits, and more.
www.zh-inc.com/
AF Ventures invests in visionary founders building authentic, next-generation consumer brands driving omnichannel innovation. AF Ventures manages over 30 portfolio brands across the consumer landscape of food & beverage, health & wellness, beauty, personal care, and pet. Advocating for emerging growth brands, AF Ventures offers its portfolio a proprietary suite of resources to achieve large-scale impact, improving the health of future generations.
www.afventures.vc/
Corient is an independent, employee-owned Wealth Management firm providing objective advice to families and non-profits. We currently oversee approximately $6B in assets.
corient.com/
Corporate Venture Fund of global CPG company, Danone.
www.danoneventures.com/
We are sales and marketing consultant in Asian food industry.
globalsalesforceinc.com/
Our story is one about farms, family, food, people and planet.
The country of Colombia is where GoodSam has its main supply chain. A country rich in history but also in violence and class division. Colombia has a bad reputation for guerrilla groups, narcotics and political violence. What we've seen, as a company, is a country of hard working and passionate people, biodiversity and family values. One where everyone is working to be paid a fair wage and expects neighbors and business to take care of each other and the Earth.
A ground zero for organic and regenerative farming efforts Colombia is the second most biodiverse country in the world, lagging only after Brazil which is approximately 7 times bigger. It has the highest rate of species by area unit worldwide and it has the largest number of endemisms (species that are not found naturally anywhere else) of any country on the planet. About 10% of the species of the Earth live in Colombia.
Green Circle is a middle market with an advisory division at Green Circle Capital Advisors, www.greencirclecap.com, and a venture capital division that makes principal investments at Green Circle Foodtech ventures, www.gcfoodtech.com.
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Green Circle is a leading, boutique investment banking advisory firm led by experienced investment professionals and former operators that provides advisory services in raising capital and mergers & acquisitions. The firm’s focus is very specifically applied to middle market companies in certain segments of the health & wellness ecosystem. These include natural and plant-based products (food, beverage & supplement companies) Foodtech and Restaurants (primarily Restaurant-tech and chain concepts that are Better for you, Better for the Planet and Better tech-enabled to navigate the post-Covid landscape) where our experience, knowledge, and network are uniquely extensive. Green Circle’s reach is global, as we’ve represented clients in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa. Our client companies are typically led by bold entrepreneurs or family-owned.
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP (HSE) is a full-service law firm founded in 1894 with offices throughout New York State. They provide a full range of legal services through collaboration among highly sophisticated and specialized practice areas and represents private and public companies throughout the United States and abroad. HSE enjoys an impeccable reputation among clients and colleagues as evidenced by the numerous awards and recognitions received by the firm including U.S. News - Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms”, Chambers USA, and The Best Lawyers in America©.
www.hselaw.com/
Founded in 1947, Holland & Hart is a full-service Am Law 200 firm with offices in eight states and in Washington, D.C. We deliver integrated legal solutions to regional, national, and international clients of all sizes in a diverse range of industries. For more information, visit www.hollandhart.com. Content includes attorney advertising.
www.hollandhart.com/
We are food specialists investing across the value-chain. New Fare invests in early stage food and beverage businesses with distinct value propositions. We prioritize integrity - in people, in process, and in product.
newfarepartners.com/
RIND makes unique and crave-able whole fruit snacks powered by the peel. Fruit rinds are a nutritional powerhouse packed with fiber, vitamins and anti-oxidants. Our snackable slices are sweet and tangy and utilize the whole fruit to maximize taste and minimize food waste. The result is a wholesome, clean ingredient snack packed with flavor, texture and vitality. Keep it Real. Eat the Peel!
www.rindsnacks.com/
We work with brands and businesses to help them understand social and digital media. Then we create a workable plan, customized for their business to help them WIN online.
We provide:
Content: Photography, Video Production, Graphic Design.
Engagement: Community Management, Influencer Outreach, Email Strategy.
Growth: E-commerce, Influencer Engagements, Paid Social, Retail Support.
SIX60 Partners is an operator led agency created to help growth stage CPG companies make the necessary steps to scale appropriately. We are not career consultants, we come from the brand side, and have walked many a mile in those shoes. From go-to-market strategies, to retail execution, to pricing models, to marketing support, to packaging redesign, to digital and social, and even guerrilla tactics we have led all aspects of the business. We run lean with a deep bench of contacts. Big finish - There are 660ft around an average city block... so as we they say... wait for it.... You can trust in the fact that we've been around the block. (oof. we know)
www.six60partners.com/
With over 85+ years of leadership and industry experience, Rosenthal is now led by the third generation of the Rosenthal family. As a privately held company, Rosenthal is committed to providing personalized service, credit protection and flexible lending to small to middle-market clients across a broad range of industries, with loans ranging from $500,000 to $30MM+. With unmatched financial capacity and decades of experience, Rosenthal is best in class for all its clients’ creative financing needs, including factoring (recourse, non-recourse and international), asset-based lending, purchase order financing and inventory financing. Rosenthal’s team of seasoned commercial finance professionals covers the U.S. from coast to coast and nearly everywhere in between, with dedicated offices in New York, California, Georgia, North Carolina, Colorado, and Illinois.
www.rosenthalinc.com/
Working capital financing for high-growth consumer brands.
www.sgcreditpartners.com
At Divina, we craft crave-worthy food with ingredients you can trust. Beginning with our partnerships in the fields with family-owned, sustainable farms, we help preserve timeless culinary heritages while our collection of olives, preserved vegetables and spreads simplify the joy of cooking and entertaining. Our ingredients were designed to be shared and they’re often the start – or star – of the party. We are so excited to be invited in to your kitchen and community. Our wish is for our food to bring you joy, health and the time to savor every moment.
foodmatch.com/
Founded in 2011, Emil Capital Partners (“ECP”) invests in early-stage growth companies in the consumer goods, consumer tech, retail, and digital media sectors. Recognized as one of the most active investment companies in the consumer space, ECP has partnered with more than 35 companies through its value-add investment approach. Representative past and present portfolio companies include Bare Snacks® (Exited to Pepsi), TCHO (Ezaki Glico), Chef’s Plate (Hello Fresh), Persona (Nestle), Ollie, Base Culture®, Cheribundi®, Goodbelly®, Zeel and Kidfresh. The fund is headquartered in Greenwich, CT and continues to look for disruptive opportunities.
www.emilcapital.com/
For startups and evolving companies that need help navigating the financial complexities of their business, IronClad Consulting is a professional service firm that provides full stack financial leadership and resources to help strengthen their business and effectively manage growth – without the investment of hiring a full-time team.
ironcladconsultingservices.com/
We are a full service national agency that works with clients in the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Franchise, Health and Wellness and Lifestyle industries. Our brand strategists develop marketing campaigns that intersect earned media & influencer marketing, creative content, technology, and digital advertising to elevate and expand a brand’s awareness and positively influence the bottom line. We’re uniquely able to combine expertise in these domains to drive incredible results for our clients to ensure their unique voice and value proposition is infused in every tactic. We’re a partner, enabler, and true collaborator cultivating new ideas and a clear path forward.
www.konnectagency.com/
NielsenIQ, a global information services company, delivers the gold standard in consumer and retail measurement, through the most connected, complete, and actionable understanding of the evolving global, omnichannel consumer.
NielsenIQ is the source of confidence for the industries we serve and the pioneer defining the next century of consumer and retail measurement. Our data, connected insights, and predictive analytics optimize the performance of CPG and retail companies, bringing them closer to the communities they serve and helping to power their growth.
NielsenIQ, an Advent International portfolio company, has operations in 90+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population. For more information, visit Nielseniq.com/Byzzer.
Propeller Industries is the leading strategic finance and accounting partner for venture-stage and high-growth companies, offering a dynamic workforce solution that provides a cost-effective alternative to hiring full-time finance talent too early.
www.propellerindustries.com/
At SPINS, we believe there’s more than meets the eye to data. As the leading provider of retail consumer insights, analytics and consulting for the Natural, Organic and Specialty Products Industry, we strive to transform raw data into intelligent and actionable business solutions.
Our mission is to maximize the value of information for growing the natural products industry. We carry out our mission by providing information, insight and a common language for the industry with which to understand and analyze consumer, retail and broad marketplace dynamics.
Bags is a loan discovery and management platform, built by and for the culture. We connect diverse and women-owned businesses to equitable lenders at the lowest interest rates in the market, saving small business owners time and money so they can get to the building.
securebags.com
Constellation Capital invests in early-stage consumer goods companies within the health and wellness space. We work with entrepreneurs to build leading brands utilizing our marketing expertise, a rolodex of best-in-class industry professionals, and an extensive network of influencer and celebrity investors.
constellation.capital/
The Elliot Group is in the business of people. As a premier human capital firm, we power businesses forward through retained executive search and strategic advisory services. We are experts in the consumer and service industries – CPG, health and wellness, beverage, restaurants, and more – and partner with companies of all sizes to identify transformational talent. We are proud that our team is sought after for our successful track record, disciplined approach, creative views, and personalized insights that create the partnerships that unlock possibilities. We make futures happen.
theelliotgroup.com
ePac Flexible Packaging is a global company that serves small and medium-size businesses providing a fast and easy way to buy flexible packaging.
ePac specializes in short to medium run-length orders, and 5 business day turnaround for roll stock and 15 business day turnaround for finished pouches. The first supplier in North America built entirely on state-of-art digital printing technology, ePac offers true high-definition custom printed graphics while enabling customers to print to demand and avoid inventory and obsolescence costs.
With locations throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Africa, ePac is here to serve brands in their communities.
Fairfield Partners is an executive search firm that has completed key searches for many iconic brands in the natural space beginning in 2005. Their early successes included clients such as Bear Naked, KIND Snacks, and Food Should Taste Good.
Today’s clients include high-growth companies from the food, beverage, supplement, personal care, and pet care sectors such as a2 Milk, Angie’s BOOMCHICKAPOP, Base Culture, BrightFarms, Enzymedica, HIPPEAS, Ito En, jack & annies, Jovial Foods, lesser evil, Little leaf Farms, MADE GOOD, Maine Crisp, Maya Kaimal, PopCorners, Q Drinks, Saffron Road, Tasty Bite, UNFI, UNREAL, YumEarth, Zesty Paws, and many others.
Village Supermarkets is a 3rd generation family business with stores in NY, NJ, PA, and MD. We operate 3 banners: ShopRite, Gourmet Garage and Fairway.
www.fairwaymarket.com/sm/planning/rsid/4000/
As trusted advisors to early-stage ventures, established businesses and investors in the food & beverage, CPG, and beauty & wellness sectors, Foster Garvey provides strategic, full-service counsel aimed at minimizing risk and maximizing business potential. Bringing decades of industry knowledge and experience, our team partners with a wide range of natural, organic, better-for-you, plant-based, vegan and cultivated/cell-based/cultured meat brands and food tech innovators to help these clients navigate the complex legal landscape and advance their business goals. From corporate to intellectual property to regulatory matters, we ensure that our clients are positioned for success. Learn more at foster.com
www.foster.com/
Freemen Nutra is committed to helping our clients in the food and beverage, dietary supplement, personal care and animal nutrition markets bring their innovative ideas to life as a leading raw ingredients distribution company.
www.freemennutra.com/
Propeller Industries is the leading strategic finance and accounting partner for venture-stage and high-growth companies, offering a dynamic workforce solution that provides a cost-effective alternative to hiring full-time finance talent too early.
www.tryglimpse.com/
Helbraun Levey is New York’s premier law firm for the hospitality and cannabis industries. Our one-stop-shop approach to legal and licensing services is catered to our clients: restaurants, bars, dispensaries, bakeries, hospitality groups, entrepreneurs, and more.
Founding Partners David Helbraun and Joseph Levey bring a combined 30 plus years in the restaurant business to HL, and since 2005 they have created the largest licensing team in the state to complement our suite of comprehensive legal services. Their understanding of the needs, opportunities, and challenges unique to the hospitality and cannabis worlds has shaped a law firm dedicated to holistically supporting your business from concept to opening and beyond.
Helbraun Levey operates by the principals of hospitality: our firm's hallmark traits include warm, responsive customer service, in-depth industry knowledge and a welcoming firm culture. We also understand the fast pace of the industry; we return phone calls and emails promptly, complete our work quickly and effectively, and we are always available to advise our clients on all aspects of operating a bar restaurant or cannabis business in New York.
It is the mission of our firm to provide unparalleled legal and licensing services to the hospitality and cannabis industries.
myPocketCFO is the new smart finance management platform for growing eCommerce and omnichannel consumer brands. It delivers real-time auto-bookkeeping, analytics, monthly reconciliation, and CFO advice all in one place. Unlike traditional accounting firms that charge by the hour and deliver siloed services, myPocketCFO ingests all your transactional data daily to automatically generate financial statements that you can collaborate on it with business partners to make critical decisions at one simple subscription price. myPocketCFO is a VC-backed, tech-forward company loved by many F&B, beauty, pet, or personal care brands.
www.mypocketcfo.com/
Take your brand to the next level with a Fractional CMO specializing in Food & Beverage brands. With 20 years of Marketing experience in the F&B space, Next Level CMO has the expertise you need at a fraction of the cost of a full time CMO. Services offered:
• Develop brand fundamentals to ensure consistent message across channels
• Update package design and website to bring brand positioning to life
• Create communication strategy to build brand awareness and drive velocities
• Optimize investor and retailer pitch decks to stand out from the crowd
• Manage entire Marketing function including internal employees and external agencies
We are an FDA, DEA Registered & Inspected, ISO: 17025:2017 Accredited, CGMP Certified Laboratory that performs raw materials, excipients & finished products testing.
njlabs.com/
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7 Mile Brands manages a portfolio of brands including PRETZELIZED SNACKS and CHEFMOSA.
7milebrands.com/
SimplyDepo is an order management software with essential integrations and tools. Manage wholesale distribution, retailers, and sales teams in one place.
simplydepo.com/
Since 1969, STAUBER has consistently offered the finest quality ingredients to the nutritional, supplement, functional food, beverage, pet care, gummies, pharmaceutical, and personal care industries. Our company was founded on the principle of partnership with manufacturers that provide a robust portfolio of innovative and sustainable products and the highest level of service. Our global reach allows us to be at the forefront of what’s new for our industry and for our customers by delivering innovation from our worldwide sourcing.
www.stauberusa.com
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