Our Sponsors

Crowell & Moring LLP is an international law firm with offices in the United States, Europe, MENA, and Asia. Drawing on significant government, business, industry and legal experience, the firm helps clients capitalize on opportunities and provides creative solutions to complex litigation and arbitration, regulatory and policy, and corporate and transactional issues.  The firm is consistently recognized for its commitment to pro bono service and its programs and initiatives to advance diversity, equity and inclusion.

Set Creative Studios is visual content creation and social media management agency for fun and innovative brands. We create visually stunning content so you don’t have to. Then we manage that content on your social platforms in a way that stays true to your brand so you can focus on other tasks. We partner with brands who are positive and impactful thought leaders in the food community. Let’s work together to create content with a purpose.

The Charlotte’s Web purpose is simple: to better the planet and the people living upon it. We endeavor upon this quest to pioneer a better future for those seeking peace—in mind, body, and soul.

We understand that is a lofty goal. But this is our work.

That’s why we are a leader in the industry in product quality, safety, and consistency. Our high-quality hemp extract harnesses powerful botanical benefits. We simply serve as nature’s stewards.

Our field is the science of botanics, and unlocking their power is our focus. To that end, our mission remains at the core of everything we do: improve lives, naturally.

William Blair’s consumer and retail investment banking team is a global advisor to leading providers of specialty food and beverage and consumer product companies. With extensive experience in business financings, merger-and-acquisitions, and initial public offerings, our team has advised companies like yours through more than 30 transactions in the past five years.

A number of our clients actively participate in Naturally Boulder events and value our expertise in the better-for-you space. More than one-third of our M&A transactions are cross-border—a testament to our vast network of worldwide relationships—and approximately 80% of our sell-side engagements are sold to strategic buyers. Learn about trends shaping the deal-making landscape in Food for Thought, our quarterly perspective on the food and beverage industry.

Brand Geek is a soulful intellectual property law firm serving other multiple-bottom-line enterprises. We delight our clients through creatively solving complex puzzles and by connecting dots (often known as humans).  As a member of 1% for the Planet since 2006 and a Certified B Corp since February 2008, we strive to lead by example.

Noosa Yoghurt offers a unique combination of sweet and tart taste plus a thick, velvety texture, unlike any other yoghurt on the market today. It’s made in small batches on a family farm in Colorado with wholesome ingredients: fresh  whole milk from happy cows, all natural fruit purees, and a touch of wildflower honey.

With decades of experience, the ROOT Marketing & PR team is made of tastemakers specializing in marketing and PR, social media, influencer marketing, and content marketing. We’re passionate, go-getter-type people who love people, love to help them put their best foot forward, and get the attention they deserve. Visit our website or contact us to find out more!

The sweet brown flavoring specialists at PROVA have been providing food and beverage companies with natural, organic and Fair Trade certified flavors and extracts for more than 70 years. To produce our extracts, we source only the finest quality vanilla beans, cocoa beans and coffee beans from global suppliers who share our commitment to sustainable practices. Our sweet brown epicurean flavors range from almond to zabaglione and include numerous varieties of traditional favorites such as caramel, maple and honey.

Since 1989, RFI has been developing and manufacturing innovative natural ingredients, custom blended formulas and turnkey products for the nutritional, dietary supplement, food, functional food and beverage industries.

Quality, timeliness and service are the keys to their success and continued growth. Whether you want to take advantage of their pool of knowledge and experience to develop a new product, improve current products or consolidate sourcing with product development and manufacturing… RFI has solutions for you.

Nexus means connection… and the focal point of importance. Our goal is to get you connected to the people and organizations who can help you grow your business and meet your goals. Specifically, we are Consumer Packaged Goods experts skilled at working with Walmart Inc. We focus on value creation through analytics, strategic initiatives and partnerships. We are employee-owned, community and family-oriented, and we care about what you care about. With New Nexus Group, you’ll have a true partner for navigating the retail space at the world’s largest retailer.

It was 2009 and the ice cream aisle was seriously lacking in great tasting, better-for-you dessert options. Using the creamy goodness of Greek yogurt we introduced Yasso, mouthwatering indulgent desserts that taste as good as your ice cream shop favorites but with nutritional benefits that allow you to enjoy anytime, anywhere.

Ciranda is the premiere supplier of certified organic, non-GMO, and fair-trade ingredients with expertise in syrups and sweeteners; gluten-free flours and starches; fats and oils; cocoa and chocolates; coconut; and lecithin. Our customers range from emerging brands to the most beloved CPGs in the natural food, beverage, personal care and nutraceutical industries. Since 1994 we’ve been connecting brands to the source and building partnerships with producers around the globe who share our vision for a sustainable and equitable supply chain. 100% EMPLOYEE-OWNED AND OPERATED.

Teton Waters Ranch is dedicated to providing 100% grass-fed and finished beef products families can serve at every meal. Founded on a ranch in the Teton Valley of Idaho in 2009, and now based in Colorado, Teton Waters Ranch has become the fastest growing brand in the category.

Teton Waters Ranch is Certified Humane and is committed to creating a better future from the ground up by being better for the planet, better for the animal and better for you through its dedication to using regenerative agricultural practices. For more information on Teton Waters Ranch visit TetonWatersRanch.com and follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest.

Conscious Alliance is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to supporting communities in crisis through hunger relief and youth empowerment. Conscious Alliance operates grassroots food collection and hunger awareness programs throughout the United States, primarily by organizing food drives at concerts and music events. Donations to Conscious Alliance benefit America’s local food pantries and economically isolated Native American Reservations. Conscious Alliance has hosted hundreds of food drives at music festivals including Bonnaroo, Power to the Peaceful, and Wakarusa, and at concerts by artists such as The String Cheese Incident, STS9, Jack Johnson, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Dave Matthews, Phil Lesh, Bassnectar, and many others.

Javo Beverage Company is passionate about its superior and authentic products derived from its simple, perfected cold-brew process. Its values of quality, employee and customer welfare, and sustainability drive its culture and priorities, as they are evident in everything Javo does. Javo sources the best products from this great planet and recognizes the importance of taking care of it in return. That’s why Javo’s commitment goes above and beyond providing authentic, quality coffee, tea and botanical extracts. Its spent coffee grounds from production are repurposed; its dispensers have lower energy consumption and all Javo boxes are made from 100% recyclable materials. Javo is also proud to offer a full-spectrum of sustainable products, including Fair Trade, Rainforest Alliance, Kosher, and Certified Organic products.

Good Karma’s commitment to goodness spans across nutrition, taste and values. We are committed to being major allergen free, minimally processed, free of additives, and full of good fats. We are also sustainable, free of GMOs, and kind to animals. On top of all of that, we stand behind products that have variety, are creamy and delicious, and contain nutrients like calcium and protein.

Looking for comprehensive outsourcing operations management services? Whole Brain Consulting is a fully integrated consultancy providing operations and supply chain management services to companies that outsource the manufacturing of their product. We provide a full suite of services, from contract manufacturer management to food quality and safety services.

Sunrise Strategic Partners provides growth capital and expertise to emerging brands in the healthy, active and sustainable living space. We team up with founders to add strategic value, share guidance on tactical priorities and leverage our industry relationships to maximize potential. The team at Sunrise has been growing businesses for over 30 years and has deep experience with the unique challenges and decisions that growing brands face. We partner with passionate founders who are ready to take their business to the next level, because we know scaling your brand can be a challenging journey. We know because we’ve been there.

Ordinary cows’ milk contains a mix of both A1 and A2 proteins. Only a2 Milk® comes from cows hand-picked to naturally produce only A2 protein and no A1 – and that makes all the difference.

1908 Brands manufactures, manages, and markets a family of natural product brands including Boulder Clean, Thrive Tribe Snacks, Fruitivity Snacks, Yummari, and Schultz’s Gourmet. We envision a world of trusted products that inspire happiness by adapting with the ever-changing needs of our planet and people. At our core, we are environmentalists. We are driven to create quality, trusted products that adapt with the ever-changing needs of our planet and people. We reject the idea that safer, healthier products must come with a sacrifice and proudly disrupt markets that have poor environmental and health impacts.

It’s right in the name: Green Chef is all about eating and living green. We are a USDA certified organic company. We work with farmers to source sustainable, delicious ingredients.

KeHE is dedicated to the success of our customers and suppliers by providing exceptional marketing, merchandising, and distribution services.  KeHE Distributors prides itself in being employee owned and operated.

At the heart of ORGANIC INDIA is our commitment to be a living embodiment of love and consciousness in action. ORGANIC INDIA’s Tulsi teas and herbal supplements are ethically and sustainably grown by small family farmers using regenerative agricultural practices. We provide meaningful livelihoods, as well as whole herb solutions for healthy, conscious living.

Holland & Hart has been a part of the Food & Beverage industry for decades, helping our clients through the entire lifecycle of a company’s growth and with an office at the epicenter of natural and organic products – Boulder, Colorado. We don’t just have “clients” in the Food and Beverage industry — our friends are entrepreneurs alongside you. We get what you’re doing and why you’re doing it. And we’re here to help with practical legal solutions and specialized practices to address niche food and beverage legal needs.

We share the passion you have for your mission, your company, and your unique products. You can review a representative list of some of the folks we have the opportunity to work with at: https://www.hollandhart.com/food-and-beverage.

Bobo’s Oat Bars have a moist and delicious home-made taste unlike any other snack bar on the market. Our vegan bars are made with NON-GMO, natural and organic ingredients and come in ten tasty original flavors and six new gluten-free flavors. Our gluten-free bars are just as outrageously yummy as our original flavors, so there’s no feeling of compromise.

The City of Boulder Economic Vitality Program is pleased to sponsor Naturally Boulder. The natural products industry is a natural fit for Boulder’s environment and consumers. Naturally Boulder fosters business growth as Boulder’s largest and most evolved “industry cluster.”

Aurora Organic Dairy’s mission is making high-quality organic milk and butter more affordable and available for American families. Founded in Boulder, CO in 2003, the Company is a leading producer of private-label and store-brand organic milk and butter for U.S. retailers.

Vermilion is a 25-person, full-spectrum integrated design and interactive agency. For nearly 30 years, Vermilion has been providing distinctive and effective solutions to a wide range of clients. While we have obtained awards and recognition for our strategic and creative products, we are most proud of our partnerships with clients who are making this a better world.

Kurtz Fargo LLP is a nimble accounting firm based in Boulder, CO, that provides high-quality assurance, tax, and advisory services to emerging growth, small, and mid-sized businesses .The Firm is committed to delivering high quality expertise, outstanding client service and utilizing cutting edge technology and research tools. We combine high-level expertise with a personal and involved client approach. Together, we build lasting partnerships to create, grow, and sustain healthy companies. Working hard to understand your unique business challenges, we tailor solutions to shape your complex problems into simple, clear results.

Sheridan Ross, the Rocky Mountain region’s largest intellectual property law firm, has been protecting its clients’ intellectual capital for more than 65 years. We have longstanding client relationships because of our strategic advice, attention to detail, personal client service, and flexible cost structure.

From our office in Denver, Colorado, our 40+ attorneys, agents, and technical specialists provide a full range of intellectual property services to in-house counsel at Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, start-up companies, and individual inventors throughout the world and across a spectrum of technologies. Our services include domestic and international patent and trademark prosecution, infringement and freedom-to-operate opinions, validity and invalidity opinions, intellectual property litigation, Internet- and security-related counsel, as well as technology transactions and licensing services.

Moss Adams is a fully integrated professional services firm distinguished for our depth of industry knowledge, including food & beverage. We take the time to understand each client’s business or individual situation, anticipate needs, and identify gaps before they become obstacles. Plus, our strength in the middle market enables us to advise clients at all intervals of development—from start-up, to rapid growth and expansion, to transition. At Moss Adams, we bring our spirit of optimism and enterprise, and believe in the great promise of our clients, our people and the markets we serve.

Growing frustrated that modern medicine wasn’t helping her daughter Maty with her health challenges, Carolyn Harrington was inspired to begin researching natural ways of healing. What started with a mission to keep her friends and family healthy became what is now known as Maty’s Healthy Products. Maty’s is focused on providing pure, all natural, and organic alternatives to traditional medication without a long list of scary side effects. Join our movement and rethink your medicine cabinet with Maty’s whole food health alternatives!

With a mission to shift consumer purchasing patterns to more natural products, Social Nature is a trusted online platform for consumers to discover, try & review natural products.

Brands tap into our community of half a million shoppers to build and activate consumer demand for natural products at retailers online and offline. We collect over 50 data points on each member so we can hyper-target our community for sampling and insights.

Over 500 better-for-you brands leverage Social Nature’s community to:

– Drive targeted sampling at retailers online or offline
– Syndicate product reviews to e-commerce channels
– Collect consumer feedback and test new product concepts

Purely Elizabeth is an all natural and organic food company that creates products using the most innovative, nutrient-rich ingredients. Purely Elizabeth’s product lines include Ancient Grain, Grain-Free and Probiotic Granolas, Ancient Grain Muesli, Oatmeal and Cereal, all of which are certified gluten free, vegan, organic and non-GMO project-verified.

Lily’s Sweets’ mission is to surprise and delight consumers with delicious, low-sugar treats.

For over 30 years, we have developed a deep expertise on Target, built category knowledge in key focus businesses, nurtured longstanding partnerships, and driven mutually beneficial growth for our partners.

Fortnight Collective is an award-winning brand marketing accelerator that liberates the strategic and creative development process to produce extraordinary and innovative work.

We are an organic dog treat company on a mission to elevate the uniquely special bond that you share with your four-legged family member. Our foundation and core principle is built on a never-ending promise to love your dog like our very own, and to treat your dog to the healthiest culinary experience. Exceptional flavors achieved by using real holistic organic ingredients with nutritional benefits.

Summit Venture Management consults and partners with entrepreneurs and equity investors on business and brand growth initiatives.

Sherpa Chai comes from a recipe passed down through generations of Sherpas. Our chai is an age-old blend of Organic Black Tea, a touch of Organic Cane Sugar, a load of Fresh, Organic Ginger, and delicate Organic Spices. To top it all off these delicious, Organic ingredients are inherently Non-GMO. It is the recipe Pemba Sherpa’s mother, Chhokpa, made for him each morning before he set off on his three-hour trek to school.

We make grain free and raw foods, healthy chews + treats, and supplements for dogs and cats. Everything a well-rounded pet needs, minus a tummy rub. We’re still trying to figure out how to put that in a package.

Based in Boulder, Ridgeline Ventures invests in natural foods/products, active lifestyle, and technology companies.  We are former business owners and operators and take a unique approach to investing.  The capital we invest is our own which allows us to strategically align with management teams for the long run.  Our goal is to build lasting partnerships, not quick exits, and we work with teams to build successful, sustainable companies that we can all be proud of.

Encore Consumer Capital is an innovative private equity firm built specifically to help consumer products companies grow. We invest exclusively in leading consumer products companies, and utilize the experience and network of our operating partners at Encore Associates to accelerate their growth.

Boulder Organic Foods’ mission is to craft “oh my gosh!” good organic food with uncompromised nutrition using garden-fresh ingredients. We’ve got a major thing for organic eating and we’re not ashamed to show it. Some may call our love of nutritious, fresh soup an obsession, but around here we just call it delicious business as usual.

BFG seeks partnerships with early stage food and beverage consumer product companies. BFG works alongside exceptional entrepreneurs to ensure the business is able to deliver sustainable growth and outperform its competitors.

All Packaging Company, a Denver manufacturer of retail paperboard packaging, utilizes the latest technologies and sustainability practices. While big enough to sell to the major brands, we are small enough to offer real service and support to local startup companies.

The Quinoa Corporation brought the first 50 lb bag of this unknown grain into the United States to share with the natural foods industry. Since that time, we have spread the word of this amazing grain to all corners of the earth.

Sterling-Rice Group was formed in 1984. Having had experience in large, sophisticated packaged goods companies and small, intuitive, entrepreneurial firms, the founders saw value in both approaches. Quaker, Jovan, Celestial Seasonings and Frito-Lay were among the first clients. Today, companies that could go anywhere in the world come to Boulder to work with us.

Fresca Foods helps young natural food companies grow quickly into national brands. We partner with innovative companies that inspire conscious consumers and transform traditional food categories. Fresca brings manufacturing, brand management and growth capital, and together we build category leading brands.

SRW is the agency built for natural, wellness and better-for-you brands. With offices in Chicago and Colorado, we’re always at-the-ready to make an impact for growing brands through digital media and classic good thinking. Our methods have launched and fueled companies like Simple Mills and Kite Hill, and continue to propel wellness world mainstays and newcomers, to boot.

Moxie Sozo is a full-service creative agency, with accounts in North America, South America, Asia, Europe and Australia. Our clients range from early-stage startups to global brands like Nike, Nickelodeon, and Gruppo Campari. Since starting in 1999, we’ve helped our clients sell several billion dollars worth of products, goods & services. From the initial brand strategy to final delivery, we are fanatical about coming up with original solutions. Our comprehensive approach has been developed and refined over the course of thousands of projects for hundreds of brands. We obsess about the details and are not happy until our clients are happy.

Headquartered in sunny and sloped Boulder, Colorado, we are a CBD-infused food and beverage company that is out to change the way the world thinks about wellness. In a culture where self-care and minding your mind-body balance can feel like a full-time job (and demand the income from it!), we believe the feel-good-feeling that comes with wellness should be available to everyone, anywhere.

CleanWell has been delivering proprietary, botanical-based, clean-without-compromise formulas since 2005. We develop our products with one belief: that harmful germs can be eliminated safely with the power of nature. With powerful botanical ingredients like Thymol to refreshing plant-based fragrances, our germ-fighting household disinfectants, hand sanitizers, and hand soaps are safe for the whole family—no harsh chemicals or harmful ingredients. And, we’re planet-friendly too. So, when life gets messy go ahead and embrace the good-and-dirty. We will always help you Live Free, CleanWell.

KO Firm is a corporate law boutique with a deep industry knowledge and focus in the natural products space. KO Firm represents businesses, private equity and venture capital funds, investors and individuals in a broad range of sophisticated transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments, entity formations and restructurings. KO Firm also regularly advises clients on general corporate and business matters, serving as outside general counsel and drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide variety of commercial contracts including supply, manufacturing, co-branding, equipment leasing, co-packing, distribution, employment, consulting and brokerage contracts.

The Wells Fargo Food & Beverage Finance Group, is a national team of experts with dedicated focus on the Food & Beverage industry. This team possesses vast experience and deep industry knowledge of what is important to our customers.

For more than 20 years, Customer Marketing Group (CMG) has helped leading and emerging brands maximize the efficiency of their trade spend, generating a minimum 200% ROI in the first year. How do we do it? A dedicated team with extraordinary academic qualifications, analytical firepower, and real world industry experience fully focuses its expertise on the complex job of optimizing your trade budget.

We’re all about sourcing the best ingredients and creating premium blends without any artificial ingredients, flavors or colors because the words “delicious” and “natural” can and should absolutely go together. Pretty regular at everything else, but our candy game’s tight. And like any good little secret, sharing is optional.

We are a boutique experiential marketing agency that utilizes insight-based strategy to reach and engage natural consumers while they pursue their lifestyle passions. Connecting your brand and products with a consumer’s lifestyle passion and driving trial motivates them to purchase and share experiences as advocates. We create customized experiential sampling solutions for each client with seamlessly integrated marketing disciplines to ensure a better business outcome. We share a common passion to build brand advocacy for companies we believe in and take our craft very seriously.

From innovative ideas to onsite activation, we are always focused on delivering turnkey, flawless execution. Services include:

Creative Design
Event Production
Field Marketing
Grassroots Campaigns
Guerilla Street Teams
Retail Demos
Sampling
Sponsorship Activation
Strategic Partnerships
Trade Shows

Faven Creative is a Boulder-based branding studio specializing in the food, beverage, and restaurant industries. We build lasting impressions through the brands we develop, the consumer connections we help clients create, and the meaningful relationships we establish along the way.

Community Banks of Colorado is a division of NBH Bank. We serve clients throughout Colorado by providing a comprehensive portfolio of products and services to meet the needs of commercial, consumer and small business clients. As we grow, our goal is to continue to deliver a superior level of service that reflects our commitment to our clients, colleagues and the communities we serve.

Employee-owned and locally operated, Alpine Bank has been a part of Colorado since 1973. With 39 convenient locations from Durango to Denver, including Front Range branches in Denver’s Union Station, Cherry Creek, Denver Tech Center neighborhoods and Boulder, Alpine Bank serves over 160,000 customers with personal, business, wealth management1, mortgage and electronic banking services. Alpine Bank’s newest Front Range branch in Boulder, serves Boulder area customers from our new location at 2375 Canyon Blvd.

LoCo Food Distribution delivers locally grown and locally processed foods to restaurants, grocery stores, caterers and institutions along the Front Range. Our team works hard to make the connections between producers and wholesale purchasers, so that producers can do what they do best – produce exceptional food! And our customers can do what they do best – make and sell amazing food! We carry food that is grown and/or made within a 400 mile radius of our office in Fort Collins and deliver it along the Front Range from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs. Product variety in our online catalog includes seasonal produce, meat, cheese, grains, grocery items and beverages.

SPINS is a wellness-focused data company and advocate for the Natural Products Industry. Over the past two decades, the wide adoption of SPINS’ Product Intelligence has led to a common language used across the industry as well as laid the foundation for the next generation of innovation, while providing dynamic data, actionable insights, and digital activation solutions that drive growth for our clients & partners and contribute to a healthier and more vibrant America. Learn more at www.spins.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.

We are strategic, hands-on professionals that believe in pragmatic solutions, choosing simplicity over complexity, to efficiently achieve your business objectives. From financial strategy and processes, to cash flow management and operational improvements, our fractional CFOs, controllers and accounting managers provide the strategic leadership, value-added insights, and day-to-day support for companies to achieve the next level.

KeHE is dedicated to the success of our customers and suppliers by providing exceptional marketing, merchandising, and distribution services.  KeHE Distributors prides itself in being employee owned and operated.

Moss Adams is a fully integrated professional services firm distinguished for our depth of industry knowledge, including food & beverage. We take the time to understand each client’s business or individual situation, anticipate needs, and identify gaps before they become obstacles. Plus, our strength in the middle market enables us to advise clients at all intervals of development—from start-up, to rapid growth and expansion, to transition. At Moss Adams, we bring our spirit of optimism and enterprise, and believe in the great promise of our clients, our people and the markets we serve.