Top 10 Food Products and Beverages Capital Raises and Investors in the U.S. – June 1st-30th, 2026
Several interesting transactions closed in the Food Products and Beverages sector over the past month. If you would like more info on these deals or would like to discuss the capital raising market for your company, please contact me.
PE Growth/Expansion
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- MBC Companies, frozen food products based in Greenbelt, Maryland, received development capital from Hauser Private Equity.
- Midas Foods International, custom food ingredients and dry blend products for food manufacturers, processors, and restaurant chains, received development capital from Goldner Hawn.
Merger/Acquisition
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- Origami Sake, alcoholic beverages that offers natural drink refreshment alternatives, was acquired by Buzzy Sklar.
- The New Bar, alcohol-free beverage discovery company that provides non-alcoholic beverages, was acquired by The Zero Proof.
Later Stage VC
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- Bear’s Fruit, gut health drink that provides raw kombucha drinks in the market, raised venture funding from SuperAngel Fund.
- The Ryl Company, ready-to-drink tea beverages that provides low-calorie functional refreshment, raised $20 million of Series C venture funding from Purchase Capital.
Early Stage VC
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- 10 Eleven, food and beverage establishments that provides specialized coffee and wine experiences, raised venture funding from Feenix Venture Partners.
- Guinep, functional non-alcoholic beverages that supports physical and mental recovery, raised venture funding from Hula.
Seed
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- Sidari Artisan Brands, food and snack brand platform that brings specialty food products to broader retail markets, raised $625,000 of seed funding in the form of SAFE Notes.
- Patriox, oxygenated spring water that boosts physical and mental performance for health-conscious consumers, raised $3.35 million of seed funding.
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Ken Margolis
Managing Partner
As one of the founders of Castle Placement, Ken is passionate about helping great companies grow. Over 25 years of experience in investment banking and raising capital from institutional private equity/venture investors, family offices, foundations, endowments, hedge funds, banks and specialty finance lenders. Co-founded Castle Placement in 2009, providing investment banking services and raising private equity/debt capital for early-stage and middle market companies across a wide range of industries including financial services/fintech, real estate, technology, business services, energy/real assets and consumer/retail. In 2007, created a platform providing advisory and capital formation services to financial institutions and private equity funds investing in distressed bank portfolios and community banks which was merged into Castle Placement*. From 1999 to 2007, at Merrill Lynch was co-head of the 50+ person global structured credit products investment banking, sales and syndicate and head of the U.S. alternative investment group raising capital for alternative investment funds in financial services and asset management. From 1991 to 1999, was at Credit Suisse First Boston as a senior trader on a principal transaction desk responsible for managing a proprietary position of credit sensitive commercial/residential real estate and asset-backed securities and head of CSFB’s new issue whole loan and agency CMO desk. Began his career in 1985 at Arthur Andersen where he managed their structured finance group consulting on ground breaking securitizations of residential mortgages, credit cards, auto loans, corporate loans and other financial assets. FINRA Series 7, 24, 63, and 79 licenses.
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