Our Sponsors

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Danone North America

Danone North America is a leading consumer packaged food and beverage company that is focused on providing innovative, great-tasting food and beverage choices that meet consumers increasing desire for nutritious, flavorful, convenient, and responsibly-produced products.

Danone North America is creating a new kind of food company, one that is driving the high-growth, on-trend food categories that consumers love, and working toward a better tomorrow at the same time.

Danone North America’s widely-recognized, leading brands distributed in North America include Silk®, So Delicious® and Vega™ plant-based foods and beverages, Horizon Organic® and Wallaby Organic premium dairy products and Earthbound Farm® organic salads, fruits and vegetables, International Delight® and LAND O LAKES® coffee creamers and beverages.

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New Hope Network

The New Hope Network is at the forefront of the healthy lifestyle products industry.

With solutions for the complete supply chain from manufacturers, retailers/distributors, service providers and ingredient suppliers, the network offers a robust portfolio of content, events, data, research and consultative services.

Through its mission to grow healthy markets, the New Hope Network helps businesses identify the people, products, partnerships and trends that create opportunities to bring more health to people.

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Justin’s

Justin’s makes naturally delicious, high-quality nut butters, nut butter snacks and organic peanut butter cups that deliver great taste, unique texture and convenient nutrition.

Our products are made with common sense. A sense that cooking in small batches ensures higher quality. That selectively choosing fine, naturally delicious ingredients creates better tasting products. And no matter their size, companies should always be grateful to their customers, employees and community.

Established in 2004 in the home kitchen of Justin Gold, Justin’s supports an on-the-go lifestyle and strives to make a difference everywhere, basing its values on four fundamental pillars: Nourish, Nurture, Inspire and Educate.

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Green Chef

The first and only USDA-certified organic meal kit company, Green Chef makes healthy cooking fun, easy, and accessible to chefs of all skill levels. We cut out the shopping and food waste by delivering all you need for quick, nourishing dinners: fresh, organic ingredients and inspired, chef-crafted recipes. We even help with the prep, from chopping up veggies to making sauces and marinades.

Inspired by Boulder’s active, eco-friendly spirit, Green Chef is dedicated to supporting sustainable agriculture and empowering conscious, wholesome living through great food.

Each handpicked ingredient comes from our trusted community of ranchers, farmers, fishermen, and artisans. We offer a wide range of meal plans, from vegetarian to paleo and gluten-free.

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Charlotte’s Web

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.

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Ardent Mills

Welcome to Ardent Mills, a new company, born from two industry pioneers, ConAgra Mills and Horizon Milling.

A company dedicated to helping you grow in a challenging marketplace.

A company that offers the industry’s broadest range of flours, mixes, blends and specialty products, customized to meet your needs and backed by unrivaled technical support, customer service and the supply assurance of a coast-to-coast network. Ardent Mills’ operations and services are supported by more than 40 flour mills and bakery-mix facilities along with a specialty bakery and Mobile Innovation Center, all located in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico.

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Boulder Brands

Boulder Brands is the Health & Wellness division of Pinnacle Foods LLC.

Boulder Brands is committed to offering food solutions that give consumers opportunities to improve their lives – one product at a time.

The company’s health and wellness platform consists of brands that target specific health trends: the Glutino® and Udi’s Gluten Free® brands for gluten-free diets; the Earth Balance® and Gardein® brands for plant-based diets; and EVOL foods for consumers seeking simple and pure ingredients.

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William Blair & Company

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.
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Holland & Hart LLP

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.
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PROVA

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.
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ONE Brands

ONE Brands proves that guilt-free indulgence is possible. ONE Brands delivers anytime, anywhere protein bars that prove great taste and good health are not mutually exclusive. Each ONE bar is packed with 20 grams of protein and only ONE gram of sugar and comes in decadent, crave-worthy flavors. ONE is committed to offering exceptional taste, superior texture, and functionality—no compromises. Congratulations, You’ve Found The ONE.
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1908 Brands

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.
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Noble Adventures Pet Innovations, LLC

Noble Adventures Pet Innovations, LLC is a small-yet-mighty offshoot from Purina with the mission to explore the frontier of what’s next in pet food. We’re doing things differently, and seek to share and learn as an active part of this vibrant natural products community. As the first step in our effort, we launched Honestly Bare in 2017, an honest and uncomplicated dog food which uses high quality ingredients with purposefully simple recipes.
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Alfalfa’s

At Alfalfa’s Markets, it is our mission to serve, educate and inspire our customers through our tireless support of local, organic and innovative food, wellness products and culinary creations. Alfalfa’s is a marketplace where products that are good for people, for producers, and the planet are celebrated. At Alfalfa’s, all are welcome and community is embraced. We have remained true to our Core Beliefs since the day we opened our doors in 1979. We believe in supporting organic, serving with passion, behaving ethically, supporting our community, and embracing change.
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Celestial Seasonings
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Kinneberg Management Group

KMG has tremendous expertise in launching, developing and thoughtfully growing brands at Target and Walmart. Partnering with Brands to navigate the Mass Channel is our core competency. We are particularly focused on the rapidly growing categories within which natural, organic, socially responsible, eco-friendly and other healthy lifestyle products continue to disrupt and gain market share.
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New Nexus Group

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.
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Faegre Baker Daniels LLP

Faegre Baker Daniels has been a part of the Boulder community since 2002. With approximately 15 lawyers practicing in our Boulder office, we are one of the few AmLaw 100 law firms with a dedicated presence in the community.
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Vermilion

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.
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Yum Love More

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

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The Nourished Group

The The Nourished Group is the leading U.S. integrated media company dedicated to promoting the gluten free lifestyle, with a captive audience of more than three million gluten free consumers. We offer marketing solutions through our mobile app, consumer expo tour, websites, e-newsletters, blogger outreach and social media interaction.
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Noosa Yoghurt

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.
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Kurtz Fargo LLP

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.

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Aurora Organic Dairy

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.
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Eco-Products

Eco-Products is the nation’s leading brand of single use foodservice packaging made from renewable and recycled resources. Their products are, relative to traditional counterparts, gentler on the environment because they require fewer virgin resources to produce, and make diversion from landfills an option upon disposal. Visit www.ecoproducts.com for more information.
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Crowe

Crowe LLP is one of the largest public accounting firms in the United States, providing audit services to public and private entities while also helping clients reach their goals with tax, advisory, risk, and performance services. Built on a vision of deep industry specialization, Crowe is a leader serving the Food & Beverage Industry. Recognized six times by Fortune as a ‘Best Place to Work’, Crowe is committed to a progressive work environment that leverages the diversity of all its professionals.
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Redzone Production System

At Redzone we take a systematic approach to improving productivity & food safety, using easy to deploy social technology combined with coaching. Built for food, beverage & CPG companies, our capabilities provide real-time, plant wide visibility into key metrics such as OEE with integrated food safety/quality management in a single platform. By leveraging next generation consumer style mobile technology, the system goes live in 1 week with minimal training, empowering the shop floor and wider workforce with real-time manufacturing intelligence. Redzone benchmarked its 1st 400 deployments and demonstrated an average 13.3% productivity improvement in 90 days; the equivalent to $612k in annualized cost savings.
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K·Coe Isom

K·Coe Isom brings measurable impact to businesses and families. Want to preserve wealth, boost working capital, expand, ensure a smooth business transition, or thrive in difficult situations? We improve lives and businesses in food and agriculture, banking, manufacturing, education, construction, and technology.
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Bhakti

Bhakti produces a blend of organic ginger and spice in a brew of antioxidant rich fair-trade black tea. The company uses sustainable practices, and supports nonprofit organizations that work to empower and educate women and girls worldwide.
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Goddess Garden

Goddess Garden is a certified organic skincare company, created by a mom after her daughter’s skin reacted poorly to the synthetic chemicals in body products. Goddess Garden makes sheer, reef-safe, mineral sunscreen, and a corresponding facial care line that counters the effects of the sun. All products are safe, effective, free from harsh chemicals, and free from worry!
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Compass Natural Marketing

Based in Boulder, Colorado – considered by many to be the “Epicenter of the Natural Products Industry,” Compass Natural is a boutique digital marketing, branding, PR, and business development agency serving the rapidly growing market for natural, organic, socially responsible, eco-friendly and other healthy lifestyles products. Founded in late 2001 and driven by a commitment to create a better world through business, Compass Natural has been a leader in the Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) market.
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Bobo’s Bars

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.
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Mile Hi Express

Mile Hi Express is a refrigerated/frozen warehouse and trucking company providing distribution along the Front Range of Colorado. We receive, consolidate and redeliver! Our services include local pickups and deliveries into all the major retail and food service warehouses in Colorado, i.e. UNFI, Whole Foods, King Soopers, Safeway, Sysco, US Foods, Shamrock, both Walmart DC’s in Cheyenne, WY and North Platte, NE….just to name a few. Coming in April/May of 2018, we will be moving into a new facility that will greatly expand our current frozen storage from our existing 120 pallet spots to roughly 1,200 pallet spots! Give us a shout for more details. 303-296-8465.
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BIGR Ventures

Founded by proven industry veterans Carole Buyers, Duane Primozich, and Bill Weiland in December 2015, BIGR Ventures is a growth equity fund providing value-added, strategic partnership and capital to promising early-stage natural and organic products. Headquartered in Boulder, CO, and boasting 70+ years of combined natural product experience between its founders, BIGR Ventures leverages unparalleled industry relationships and experience to maximize the potential of promising young companies.
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Boulder Organic Foods LLC

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.
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I and love and you

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.
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Purely Elizabeth

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.
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ORGANIC INDIA

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.
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SPINS

Since 1995, we have provided market measurement information and specialized insights into the trends that are top of mind for health and wellness consumers. Our comprehensive offerings include retail measurement services, consumer information and advanced analytics for the natural, specialty and conventional retail channels.
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The a2 Milk Company

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.
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Sterling-Rice Group

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.
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Whole-Brain-Consulting, LLC

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.
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Inspo

Inspo is a video platform that enables brands to integrate their products into category-expert influencer videos with ease, certainty and scale. Its video platform creates thousands of original, television-quality videos with category-expert lifestyle creators who reach more than 200 million fans.
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City of Boulder

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.”
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Amalgamated Bank

Amalgamated Bank is a triple-bottom-line bank serving values-driven businesses and nonprofits that are building a more sustainable world. We see money as an agent of positive social, environmental and economic change and believe banking can transform the economy into one that serves all people and the planet. By putting deposits to work for good, we lend to organizations that benefit our communities and preserve our planet.
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Sunrise Strategic Partners

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.

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Birch Benders

We believe that some of the best moments in life are spent around the table with the ones you love. In these crazy, dizzy, over-scheduled days, we want to bring people back together. Our goal at Birch Benders is to make the world a more beautiful and delicious place, one pancake at a time.
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OMG, Inc.

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.
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Moss Adams

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.
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Ibotta

With over 24 million consumer downloads, Ibotta is the largest and fastest growing mobile shopping application in CPG, retail, and mobile commerce. Ibotta partners with the world’s leading brands to generate incremental purchases in a 100% pay for performance model. Ibotta is holistically different from a legacy coupon in that we are 100% mobile, we deliver brand engagement versus a simple margin giveaway, and brands only pay Ibotta when a verified sale happens at retail.
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Good Karma Foods

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.
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KeHE Distributors

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.
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Notogroup Executive Search

We are committed to getting it right. Our tailored process was created to identify the exceptional few who possess the vision, purpose and shared values that align with what’s next for your company. Our mindful partnership ensures we succeed. A Certified B Corporation, we work with companies that support active, healthy and sustainable lifestyles with a purposeful commitment to the growth and support of those who work for them. We have cultivated relationships with sustainable grocers, natural products and healthy food companies to uncover extraordinary talent.
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Love Grown Foods
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Alliance Sales & Marketing

Through polished and proven methodology Alliance leads your brand to market with the right blend of Passion, and Expertise. We will work with you in a collaborative way to customize and implement a winning and evolving go-to-market game plan.
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Fresh Ideas Group

FIG is a fiercely distinct communications agency. We’re specialists not generalists. FIG’s tenacity is born of our core belief that saving the planet is as simple as changing the way we eat, drink and, well, do business.
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VOCO Creative

We’re (spirited) pragmatists. Witty strategists. Results-obsessed pros with your brand in mind. Founded in 2008 and nestled between Denver and Boulder, Colorado, VOCO Creative is a boutique marketing agency with a national client list and a straightforward, savvy, and sustainable outlook on business and life.

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PSL Law Group

PSL Law Group believes in providing quality legal advice at fair prices. We advise food and beverage businesses ranging from startups to established, fully capitalized companies on topics such as complying with FDA and USDA in food safety, managing regulatory and litigation risk in food labeling and marketing, providing general corporate guidance, and raising capital. Feel free to give us a call to set up a meeting– with offices conveniently located off of Pearl Street, we would love to sit down with you anytime!
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CapitalValue Advisors

We are a unique investment bank based in Colorado, bringing operational experience and focusing on long-term vs transactional success for our partners. We are proud to support our clients and all groups working in the natural food space. Find out more about the success of our consumer product clients by talking to our team – www.capitalvalue.net
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PartnerSlate Inc.

Whether you’re a new startup or an existing brand, PartnerSlate helps you gain efficiencies, cut costs, and build partnerships in the food industry.
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Fresca Foods Inc

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.
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Little Secrets

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.
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Hope Foods

Simply put, our products make us happy and we hope to make you happy. We believe that business has the potential to have a deeper purpose — to generate HOPE. We are about people. We are about health. We are reliable. We are responsible. We are charitable. We are sustainable. We are HOPE.
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Ripple Foods
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Ancient Harvest

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.
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bare snacks

Our snacks are born of the belief that simple is more satisfying and downright delicious. We slice real fruit, sprinkle with a dash of seasoning, and bake it up slowly for a one-of-a-kind crunch.
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Mighty Fudge Studios

To be successful, you’ve got to think outside of the box. But just as important is what’s on the box. Your product packaging is a representation of your brand’s vision and promise.
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P2Binvestor Inc.

P2Binvestor Inc. (P2Bi) is the first and only crowdfunding platform for working capital loans for growing small and medium businesses in the US. P2Bi offers a contemporary approach to financing with affordable rates, a range of financial products, quick access to working capital, and an easy online loan application process. Normally secured by a company’s accounts receivable, P2Bi underwrites each loan and then offers it to its crowd of accredited investors to fund. Companies that apply for P2Bi funding can expect funding decisions within three business days. P2Bi is headquartered in Denver.

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KO Firm

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.
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MyChelle Dermaceuticals

Founded in Colorado 12 years ago, MyChelle Dermaceuticals’ singular obsession has been to create the most effective, nontoxic skin care products in the country. Today, MyChelle is the #1 brand of facial skin care in the natural products industry.

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Center for Education on Social Responsibility, The Leeds School of Business, CU-Boulder
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Heavenly Organics
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Brand Geek

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.
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Wish Garden Herb

– Providing the highest quality, most elegantly formulated, most effective products possible.
– Educating people about the use and efficency of herbs in healing and health.
– Growing our business in an ecologically and ethically sustainable manner that benefits everyone involved.
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BFG Partners

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.
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Packaging & Promotions LLC

Packaging & Promotions helps growing food and beverage companies source recyclable plastic & glass bottles and closures. We offer container solutions for salsas, beer/wine/spirits, juices, jellies and virtually any other liquid food and beverage product. And, when you are ready to promote your product, we provide top-quality promotional, trade show and award specialty items.

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Sage V Foods

SAGE V FOODS, (pronounced Sage Five) specializes in producing rice based ingredients for use in processed foods and has developed the most complete line of rice products in the industry. In addition to industrial markets, the company’s line of frozen rice is also sold into the food service and retail markets.

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BRYAN CAVE LEIGHTON PAISNER LLP
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Greenberg Traurig

Greenberg Traurig provides legal services in the food, beverage, dietary supplement, and cosmetic industries. We offer clients a wide range of legal services to address every stage of their businesses and guide them through the maze of laws and how the FDA and FTC interpret and enforce them.
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34 Degrees

These lighter, crispier, all-natural crackers are simply good to eat. We created 34° Crispbread as the perfect companion to the world’s favorite cheeses. But the truth is, we love them straight from the box too.
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Customer Marketing Group, Inc.

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.
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Think Media Consulting

Think Media creates smart, relevant, and authentic digital advertising, content marketing, social media, and ecommerce strategies that drive revenue. We understand the strengths of your business. And with our expertise in the best current digital marketing practices, Think Media elevates your brand’s uniqueness and builds lasting connections with your target customer.
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Linhart PR

At Linhart PR, we know that immersion in your business is critical to success. We make serious investments in understanding our clients’ industries, competitive landscapes, cultures and business goals; in fact, identifying the latest trends and understanding thorny issues and complex concepts are key strengths of our firm.
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TraceGains, Inc.

Automated supplier, compliance, and regulatory document management for food and ingredient manufacturers.

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GroundFloor Media

As a leader in this burgeoning field, GFM is one of the few firms capable of synthesizing strategic communications, digital & social media strategy, crisis communication & reputation management into marketing communications programs that tap the consuming public’s hunger for more public dialogue with the brands serving them.
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Encore Consumer Capital

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.
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Sukle Advertising & Design

Sukle is an independent creative agency that crafts compelling and memorable ideas.
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All Packaging Company

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.
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Polsinelli

Polsinelli’s Food, Beverage, and Consumer Products Group works with approximately a hundred food, beverage, and consumer products brands and a number of investment funds and acquirers. The team prides itself of being business savvy and practical and having a deep understanding of the industry. In 2018, they closed over fifty financings and M&A transactions in the food, beverage, and consumer products space, and they expect more in 2019.
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Boulder Economic Council

The Boulder Economic Council, an affiliate of the Boulder Chamber, is a group of prominent business and community leaders committed to Boulder and its economic well-being.
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makeena, inc

Makeena is the natural products industry’s mission-driven shopper data insight platform – focused on connecting brands and consumers through product knowledge, curated information, and repeat purchase behavior tools to drive revenue results.
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Ridgeline Ventures

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.
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ePac

Located in Boulder, CO; ePac is a new kind of flexible packaging company focused on providing high-quality packaging solutions, with eye-popping graphics, for Natural and Organic brands of all sizes. Using state of the art digital technology ePac offers locally produced, custom printed finished pouches and rollstock, ships all orders within 3 weeks of art approval, and specializes in short to medium length runs.
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Stillwater Specialty Ingredients

Stillwater Ingredients develops, manufactures, and distributes a proprietary suite of standardized, clean-label, shelf-stable formulations of water-soluble hemp-derived cannabinoids. Our products are designed for rapid go-to-market and scalable manufacturing, mixing easily into wet or dry food systems while remaining robust to standard commercial food manufacturing processes.

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