Food, Beverage & Consumer Goods

For the second year in a row, KO partner Jennifer Rosenthal was selected as a Colorado Super Lawyers Rising Star. This recognition goes to the top 2.5 percent of lawyers in the state who are under 40 or in practice 10 years or less. Jennifer leads KO’s natural foods practice group and…

KO client Good Buy Gear, an online marketplace for secondhand baby gear, recently announced it has raised $2 million to hire more employees and expand into new markets. The round was led by Be Curious Partners, an Atlanta-based venture capital fund. Another KO client, Access Venture Partners, previously invested in…

KO client Delivery BIZ Pro, a leading delivery management SaaS platform for the food and beverage industry, was recently acquired by GetSwift, a SaaS logistics technology provider. Delivery BIZ Pro provides a subscription-based, cloud service for businesses with recurring product orders in the produce, meal kit, dairy, farm-to-table, water, home…

KO client CircleUp Growth Partners, a leading venture fund for emerging consumer brands, closed on a new round of financing for The Good Crisp Company, a brand of guilt-free stacked chips taking on the $8 billion potato chip market. The capital will be used to grow The Good Crisp’s team,…

KO client Hope Foods LLC, producer of Hope hummus and other spreads, recently closed on $2 million in capital. The funds are being raised through an equity offering. Read more about the deal worked on by KO team members Jon Taylor and Ian Kuliasha.

Boulder-based Bobo’s, maker of oat bars and other natural baked products, has secured new financing from investors for production expansion to meet growing demand. KO team members Jennifer Rosenthal and Melissa Mellen supported the funding to help Bobo’s in their next phase of growth.

This month, with the guidance of KO team members Jennifer Rosenthal and Melissa Mellen, KO client SOFT Style, LLC (Bamboobies) was acquired by Apothecary Products. Bamboobies was started by entrepreneur Kerry Gilmartin and manufactures a wide range of breastfeeding support products. Click here to read more.

KO client BIGR Ventures and AccelFoods led a $2.5 million round of funding for frozen baked goods company Soozy’s, the first institutional funding for the grain-free, gluten-free brand. The funding reflects increased interest in grain-free products which are expected to grow from $200 million today to $4 billion by 2020.…