Scott Donohue

At Smith Teamaker, we enrich lives through exceptional tea experiences. We craft tea and other plant-based beverages steeped in quality and creativity. Elevated, but always accessible, our aim is to be the daily craving of consumers with uncompromising taste. Our product collections are designed to elevate the taste standard of core beverage occasions – hot or cold, home or away – continually building our reputation for quality, creativity, and great taste. With a deep focus on the needs of people, we balance daily favorites with unrivaled innovation to reach new consumers and build frequent consumption habits. Our growth comes primarily from direct hospitality and digital experiences where guests develop deep loyalty as they immerse themselves in our brand. We leverage premium Restaurants, Offices, and Retailers to extend our access to new consumers and households, both domestically and in select international markets. We source the highest quality ingredients from sustainable farms, leveraging deep relationships and our growing scale to capture superior quality with limited working capital. We directly control our blending, packing and logistics to ensure quality and differentiation while delivering cost efficiency and agility. We know that exceptional experiences come from exceptional people, and actively build the capabilities and disciplines for our teamakers to thrive, all of whom share a commitment to our head, heart, and hustle culture. Our ability to enrich lives is directly linked to the sustainability of our planet. We are committed to making a positive impact in our world by providing safe, plant-based products; eliminating waste; and actively supporting the protection of clean water, sustainable farms, and the communities that nurture them. Together, these efforts enable us to create enterprise value well ahead of the category and ensure the sustainability of the business we have created.

YUPRO Placement champions skills-first hiring by sourcing, recruiting, retaining, and advancing traditionally overlooked talent. A mission-driven placement firm, we serve as the connector between forward-thinking employers, a national upskilling partner network, and career-ready talent. With on-the-job coaching, upskilling, and wraparound supports for placed candidates, YUPRO Placement creates pathways to upward economic mobility and workplace diversity. The result: a high performing workforce with the skills to drive positive career and business outcomes. Learn how placement with social impact is better business at www.yupro.com

We started Van Leeuwen Ice Cream in a yellow truck on the streets of NYC in 2008 with a mission to make good ice cream that makes you feel good. Nowadays, people can spend so much time on what’s “healthy” they don’t stop to consider what’s healthy. As far as we’re concerned, happiness is healthiness. What could be happier than that magic combination of milk, cream, eggs, and cane sugar (or coconuts, cashews and oats for our vegan friends)? Yes, our ice cream has fat. And that’s okay. It’s good-good, not good-bad. Good is choice ingredients. Even if we have to go to Mount Etna to get them. Good is simple ingredients. If it’s tough to pronounce, it’s probably tough to digest. Good is harmonious ingredients. We seek to satisfy omnivores and vegans alike. This is our way. The good way. The Van Leeuwen way. Not just the best way to make ice cream, but to live. BECAUSE A LIFE WITHOUT ANYTHING GOOD IS BAD.

Alter Eco® is a chocolate-centric, sustainability-directed food company that takes healthy indulgence to a new level. Alter Eco is creating a new category of enlightened indulgences made with next-level ingredients, and offers a full portfolio of melt-in-your-mouth chocolate bars, blissfully delicious truffles and NEW Nut Butter Bombs. Engrained in full-circle sustainability, Alter Eco is obsessed with spreading social justice and environmental regeneration, while setting a high bar for delivering mind-blowingly tasty foods. All Alter Eco products are USDA Certified Organic, Fair Trade Certified, Carbon Neutral Certified, and Certified Gluten-Free (excluding Deep Dark Salt & Malt), with vegan options available.

At Smith Teamaker, we enrich lives through exceptional tea experiences. We craft tea and other plant-based beverages steeped in quality and creativity. Elevated, but always accessible, our aim is to be the daily craving of consumers with uncompromising taste. Our product collections are designed to elevate the taste standard of core beverage occasions – hot or cold, home or away – continually building our reputation for quality, creativity, and great taste. With a deep focus on the needs of people, we balance daily favorites with unrivaled innovation to reach new consumers and build frequent consumption habits. Our growth comes primarily from direct hospitality and digital experiences where guests develop deep loyalty as they immerse themselves in our brand. We leverage premium Restaurants, Offices, and Retailers to extend our access to new consumers and households, both domestically and in select international markets. We source the highest quality ingredients from sustainable farms, leveraging deep relationships and our growing scale to capture superior quality with limited working capital. We directly control our blending, packing and logistics to ensure quality and differentiation while delivering cost efficiency and agility. We know that exceptional experiences come from exceptional people, and actively build the capabilities and disciplines for our teamakers to thrive, all of whom share a commitment to our head, heart, and hustle culture. Our ability to enrich lives is directly linked to the sustainability of our planet. We are committed to making a positive impact in our world by providing safe, plant-based products; eliminating waste; and actively supporting the protection of clean water, sustainable farms, and the communities that nurture them. Together, these efforts enable us to create enterprise value well ahead of the category and ensure the sustainability of the business we have created.

NextWorld Evergreen partners with growing conscious consumer brands. Our investment focus includes clean beauty and personal care, better for you food and beverage, sustainable home and lifestyle, health and wellness, and enthusiast categories. We invest primarily in companies with revenues of at least $20 million that have strong margin profiles. More information can be found at www.nextworldevergreen.com

MVP Capital is a relationship-focused investment bank specializing in providing financial advisory services for companies and financial sponsors within the Telecom, Media, and Technology (“TMT”) sectors. Our extensive sector expertise, influential industry relationships, and superior execution drive results for our clients. In the past five years, our team has closed over 200 transactions in the TMT space for more than $20 billion in transaction value. MVP Capital develops and maintains committed relationships with our clients, some spanning 30-plus years and multiple deals. Our clients trust us because we listen, and we deeply understand industry nuances. We approach our work as a team, which means clients benefit from our diverse, cross-industry knowledge, relationships, and resources. Founded in 1987, MVP’s headquarters are located in San Francisco with additional offices in Boston, Boulder, and Kansas City. The firm’s professional staff offers strategic counsel and financial advisory services related to mergers & acquisitions, private equity and debt capital raises, financial restructurings, valuations, and appraisals. Industry Focus: Telecom *Spectrum *Wireless Operators *Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) *Shared Wireless Infrastructure (Towers/DAS/Small Cells) *Fiber (Carrier, Enterprise/Business, Residential) *Datacenters and Hosting *Telecom Services Media *TV Spectrum Aggregators *TV Broadcasters *Radio Broadcasters *Over-the-Top Platforms Technology *Software as a Service *Cloud Services *IT and Managed Services *Managed Application Services *IoT and Tech-Enabled Services Securities offered through MVP Capital Advisors, LLC, member FINRA / SIPC.