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Food and Beverage Trends at Expo West: Plant-Based Products Drive Innovation, Increased Competition for Funding, Shelf Space and Consumer Wallets Image

Food and Beverage Trends at Expo West: Plant-Based Products Drive Innovation, Increased Competition for Funding, Shelf Space and Consumer Wallets

Much of the focus this year at Expo West, the premier natural foods trade show, was on plant-based products. From “real” food to medicinal infusions and environmentally friendly packaging trends – plant-based products are everywhere. As head of the firm’s food and beverage industry practice, I joined attorney Samantha Pjesky…

KO Partner Jennifer Rosenthal Named Super Lawyers Rising Star Image

KO Partner Jennifer Rosenthal Named Super Lawyers Rising Star

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 Raises $2 Million for Expansion Image

KO Client Good Buy Gear Raises $2 Million for Expansion

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 Acquired By SaaS Provider GetSwift Image

KO Client Delivery BIZ Pro Acquired By SaaS Provider GetSwift

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 Closes Round of Financing for The Good Crisp Image

KO Client CircleUp Growth Partners Closes Round of Financing for The Good Crisp

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 BIGR Ventures Invests in Soozy’s Muffins Image

KO Client BIGR Ventures Invests in Soozy’s Muffins

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.…

Big Brands Seek to Capitalize on Plant-Based Beverage and Snack Trends Image

Big Brands Seek to Capitalize on Plant-Based Beverage and Snack Trends

The buzz at this year’s premier natural foods trade show, Expo West, included talk about increasingly popular plant-based beverages as well as meatless, dairy-free and protein-packed snacks. KO partner Jennifer Rosenthal and attorney Samantha Pjesky attended the show, as they keep a close eye on trends in the industry and…

KO Partner Jennifer Rosenthal Named Super Lawyers Rising Star Image

KO Partner Jennifer Rosenthal Named Super Lawyers Rising Star

KO partner Jennifer Rosenthal was recently 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’s practice focuses on corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private…