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SUMMARY:NYC Founder Social with Soft Bar
DESCRIPTION:NYC Founder Social with Soft Bar\n\n\nStartup CPG is coming back to New York City: \nJoin us for an evening of mingling with CPG founders from around the NYC area\, hosted at Soft Bar! Founder Carl Radke (you may know him from Summer House) will be in attendance along with other VIPs excited to meet you and try your products! \n\n\n\nCome hang out\, taste some great products\, and meet other founders building in the CPG space. \nApply to sample at this event! All categories are open to sample at this event except for alcohol.  \nAnyone can bring their products to share what they’re working on — no pitch decks\, just good product and good conversation\, but in order to have a formal sampling table\, you must apply and be accepted by Startup CPG. \n\nCome meet our featured guests:\n\n\nMishka Aminov – Director of Business Development @ Gold Coast Distributors \n\n\nBill Schultz – Partner @ Beliade \n\n\nLisa Li – Senior Investment Associate @ Rocana Venture Partners \n\n\nJannik Buddenberg – Senior Investment Associate @ Guild Capital \n\n\nDaniel Casiero – Principal @ Prelude \n\n\nLauren Mamuska – Senior Category Manager\, Babies/Kids/Pets/Cereals and Granolas @ Thrive Market \n\n\nJosh Mandell – Director of Marketing\, Sales & Analytics @ Key Foods Mandell\, Holiday Farms Gemstone \n\n\n\nSophia Dodd – Principal Investor @ Equal Ventures \n\n\nGlenn Cunningham – Senior Director of Center Store @ Village Supermarkets (Wakefern) – Fairway\, Gourmet Garage\, ShopRite \n\n\nMike MacCombie – Venture Partner @ NextGen Venture Partners \n\n\nMaurice Ng – Managing Director @ Tings Capital \n\n\nMadison Pascual – Principal @ Verlinvest \n\n\nAmanda Amos – Investor @ Collaborative Fund \n\n\nElina Batt – Investment Associate @ Enlightened Hospitality Investments \n\n\nMaxine Lopez – Category Manager\, Bread & Bakery @ FreshDirect \n\n\nJacob Afriat – Managing Partner @ Great Circle Ventures \n\n\nElizabeth Brown – Investor @ Provenance Consumer Fund \n\n\nAndrew Watman – Contributor\, Innovation in Food & Beverage @ Forbes \n\n\nBrandon Alster – Founder @ Sling Ventures \n\n\nAlexis Kline – Senior Associate @ CAVU Consumer Partners \n\n\nNicole Atamian – Vice President @ Scoop Ventures \n\n\nTiffany Tan @ Happier Grocery \n\n\nNina Roberts – Writer and Editor @ Various Publications (The Guardian US\, Fortune\, Marketplace\, etc.) \n\n\nJane Arbogast – Category Manager\, Alcohol @ FreshDirect \n\n\nFatoumata Barry – Associate Category Manager\, Grocery\, Snacks @ FreshDirect \n\n\nJonathan Deeter – Founder & CEO @ Pickle Advisors / Deet’s Eats Media \n\n\nSloane Kraftsow – Founder @ The Shelf \n\n\n\nCheck out our featured sampling brands:\n\nAfternoon Toast is a roasted barley and ginger tea\, bottled to support digestion and hydration without caffeine or sugar.\n\nCabu Latte is the world’s first latte powered by cacao butter instead of dairy/nut/oat milks. \n\n\nCroots makes bold-flavored\, crunchy sourdough snacks\, starting with croutons made for snacking straight from the bag. \n\nDisco Fizz is All Boogie\, No Bullshit: a functional non-alcoholic drink with green tea caffeine\, sea salt electrolytes\, and nothing artificial.\nDoosra makes sweet & savory Indian snack mixes.\nHow Tea makes bold\, adaptogenic sparkling teas that bring a little edge to the non-alcoholic beverage space.\nMODA Mocktails is a premium mocktail brand founded by a MOther and DAughter team crafting mocktails with thoughtfully selected ingredients and bold flavor.\n\nMTK Mocktails is an adaptogens free line of non-alcoholic beverage that is inspired by the many flavors of Montauk.  Carefully crafted 12 oz slim cans that are true virgin mocktails and our first flavor is the Montauk Mule.\n\n\nNuMuti Social Tonics makes an alcohol alternative created with authentic South African roots and unique African flavors.\n\n\nRally makes 2 oz electrolyte-packed pickle shots for fast cramp relief & clean hydration.\n\n\nRiver Kitchen Company is a mother-son-founded natural food brand creating a different kind of granola\, built around nuts instead of oats. \n\n\nS’NOODS\, born from winning Netflix’s Snack vs. Chef\, isn’t just another chip with a bold flavor claim but the comfort of noodles with the crunch of a chip.\n\n\nSticky’s mission is to make maple syrup better—pure\, authentic\, thoughtfully made\, and rooted in Vermont’s forests and traditions\, with a fresh\, playful spirit. \n\n\nSt. Buena Vida makes premium non-alcoholic sparkling wine from organic\, single-vineyard Chardonnay\, crafted for the same occasions as a great bottle of wine. \n\n\nTangry Shrub Spritz bubbles their shrub for a vinegar punch to the gut biome or as a booze-free way to RAGE.\n\n\nTea Jams reinvents jam with chef-crafted\, tea-infused organic fruit spreads featuring less sugar\, bold flavor\, and an innovative squeeze bottle made for more than toast. \n\n\nVeggie Underground is the only vegan cheese made with real veggie purees – carrot\, parsnip and red bell pepper – and melts and tastes just like dairy cheeses.\n\n\nVYQRA brings King Coconut from Sri Lanka into everyday moments through a canned beverage rooted in origin\, culture\, and simplicity.\n\n\nZZAI brings West African drinking traditions to the American soda aisle\, four craft sodas made with real cane sugar and nothing artificial.\n\n\nMore coming soon!\n\n\n\n\nLove what you read? #sharesobriety\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n				LinkedIn\n			\n				Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n				Pinterest\n			\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n				Tumblr\n			\n				Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)\n				Reddit
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