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2021 / Nov / 10
This 24/7 Livestream Starring Chefs is Going After the $500 Billion Cooking Market
- posted in Investment
From: Fast Company
By: Nicole LaPorte

A sports-TV pioneer has launched Kittch, a live feed of cooking classes and restaurant action—creating digital revenue for chefs like Marcus Samuelsson and Chris Bianco.
This 24/7 livestream starring chefs is going after the $500 billion cooking market

Chef Amanda Shulman is chattering away as she expertly whacks a pile of charred beets with a knife and tosses them into a bowl.

“I just want them to be roughly chopped,” she says. “I like when things are recognizable. You should be able to take a bite [of a dish], and it should be full of all these things, not, like, minced.”
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2021 / Nov / 08
Starbird Chicken Closes $12 Million Capital Raise
- posted in Investment
From: Nation’s Restaurant News

Led by KarpReilly, capital raise to fuel super-premium fast food’s next phase of growth

Starbird Chicken, the nation’s first super-premium fast food concept, announced today the closing of a $12 million capital raise. The fundraise was led by KarpReilly and will ignite Starbird Chicken’s next phase of growth, which includes development of additional company-owned restaurants and ghost kitchens, increasing licensing engagements, and launching its franchise offering. read more
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2021 / Nov / 04
Olive Oil Startup Kosterina Spills Into The Beauty Market With EVOO-Based Skincare Line
- posted in Portfolio
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

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2021 / Nov / 04
TRUE Linkswear To Accelerate Growth In Golf Footwear With $11.25m Investment From Karpreilly
- posted in Investment
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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2021 / Mar / 26
Wilde Brands Disrupts Protein Snack Category (Again) with Launch of First-Ever Pork Chip
- posted in Portfolio
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
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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
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2021 / Jan / 29
Two-Time Masters Champion Bubba Watson to Invest and Become Brand Ambassador for Linksoul Apparel
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News provided by

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

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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
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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

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