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Research Outline

Prepared for Meryl D. | Delivered September 9, 2019

Alcohol Brand Venture Capital Firms

Goals

To have a list of Venture Capital firms or investors that fund alcohol brands or have funded alcohol brands in the US in order to evaluate a market opportunity. 

Early Findings

During our preliminary research, we were able to identify four Venture Capital firms or investors that fund alcohol brands or have funded alcohol brands in the US. Below is an overview of our early findings. 
Isocline Ventures Isocline Ventures provides Venture Capital funding, as well as operational expertise, to companies that are in the Wine and Spirits industry. 
They provide funding and expertise to companies at any stage in the process, from incubation to the growth stages. 
The sole partner for Isocline Ventures is Kevin Simback.
Constellation VenturesConstellation Ventures is focusing on investing $100 million in female-founded or led alcohol beverage businesses in the U.S. by 2028.
Based on their latest initiatives, they also provide minority investments to U.S. alcohol beverage businesses.
Besides investments, Constellation Ventures also offers beverage alcohol experience, relationships in the industry, and partners and constellation employees. 
Lion Capital BrandsLion Capital Brands offers funding to apparel and accessories, food and beverage, personal care, and retail companies/brands in Europe and North America. 
They have already invested in 100+ consumers brands.
In fact, although not a U.S. company, Lion Capital Brands has already invested in the Russian Alcohol Group. 
Demeter GroupThe Demeter Group has experience with premium Beverage Alcohol and Beauty brands.
The group provides Growth Capital for premium U.S. Beverage Alcohol brands with "$5 – $25 million minority stake investments". 
Examples of brands the company has invested in include Cuvee 20, Benzinger, Mark West, and more. 
Proprietary ResearchIn addition to this public search, we scanned our proprietary research database of over 1 million sources and were unable to find any specific research reports that address your goals.