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By Steven Allen, Nutrition Capital Network
Published May 15, 2012
The last month witnessed more financing activity in nutrition. Annie’s Inc. the Napa, CA-based company selling organic macaroni and cheese saw its share price almost double immediately after the company went public. This gave the company a mark… Read More »
By Steven Allen, Nutrition Capital Network
Published April 15, 2012
Expo West was once again a huge success. The number of financial firms, including major Wall St. firms, holding receptions or events struck me. Fifteen years ago, bankers and investors coming to the show could have taken one cab from the airport. Tod… Read More »
By Claire Moulin, , Departmental Research Analyst, Euromonitor International
Published March 15, 2012
Nutraceuticals are food/beverages or supplements that claim to have a physiological benefit to health beyond basic nutritional functions. Their positioning—between food, medicine and sometimes cosmetics—has proved to be a major issue for… Read More »
By Steven Allen of Nutrition Capital Network
Published March 15, 2012
As industry headed off to Natural Products Expo West last week, there was optimism about the growth prospects for the nutraceutical and functional food industries. The sales tracking companies report growth in many categories. In fact, extremely stro… Read More »
By Steven Allen, Nutrition Capital Network
Published February 15, 2012
As I am writing this, news media are all full of the news about Facebook filing for what is expected to be the largest Internet IPO of all time. I thought it was interesting that the most successful IPO of 2011, measured by return from the offering p… Read More »
By Steven Allen, Nutrition Capital Network
Published January 16, 2012
According to the Angel Capital Association, there are between 10,000 and 15,000 people who belong to Angel groups throughout the U.S. A recent Wall Street Journal article suggests the number of businesses that have received funding in 2011 h… Read More »
By Claire Moulin, Departmental Research Analyst, Euromonitor International
Published November 15, 2011
Alcohol and tobacco used to be the obvious “go-to” consumer goods when it came to raising taxes to help reduce consumption of unhealthy products and increase governmental income. Today, however, governments have turned their interest towa… Read More »
By Steven Allen, Nutrition Capital Network
Published November 15, 2011
Pfizer, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, is thought to be planning to sell its nutrition business. This comes barely two years after the acquisition of Wyeth, a unit responsible for bringing in $2 billon a year in revenue for… Read More »
By Steven Allen , Nutrition Capital Network
Published October 17, 2011
In the last few years we’ve seen hundreds of business plans from companies seeking equity capital. Together with my colleagues from Nutrition Capital, we put together a list of criteria used by experienced investors to screen potential food and… Read More »
By Patrick Morris, Fortitech
Published October 17, 2011
If a manufacturer is serious about competing in the functional food and beverage market, it cannot just create products that appeal to 18- to 34-year-olds and expect to thrive. Baby boomers are everywhere and the market for them is going to remain vi… Read More »
By Claire Moulin, Euromonitor Analyst
Published October 17, 2011
Coconut water was the biggest health craze in 2010. Its versatility—with a positioning between fruit juice, bottled water, ready-to-drink (RTD) tea and sport drinks—made it the next big thing in the soft drinks landscape (see… Read More »
By Steve Allen of Nutrition Capital Network
Published September 15, 2011
Earlier this year we saw how easy it seemed for technology companies, including the earliest start-ups, to attract investors—often at stratospheric valuations.
Meanwhile entrepreneurs in the nutrition and health and wellness indust… Read More »
