Accounting, Bookkeeping, Taxes
EisnerAmper
EisnerAmper’s CPG group helps startups and growing brands navigate the financial and strategic complexities of the consumer goods industry. We provide the essential tools for success: accurate accounting, actionable financial insights, and strategic guidance—designed to fuel growth and profitability from day one, while adapting as your business evolves.
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Propeller
Propeller Industries is the leading fractional strategic finance and accounting partner for venture-stage companies. With a focus on improving cash flow, simplifying trade spend management, securing funding, streamlining inventory management, and connecting you with industry experts, Propeller is more than a finance and accounting firm – they’re your long-term partner in growth.
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Proof Advertising
Proof is a Brand Liberation Agency that helps brands create, connect, grow and become valuable in ways they never thought possible. Established in 2010 with 45 full-time employees and independently owned, Proof is a full-service agency with strategy, creative, media and social all under one roof. Clients include Subway Restaurants, CES (Consumer Electronic Show), Travel Texas, Explore Branson, Champion Energy, TTI, Sprinkles Cupcakes, UFCU and the American Heart Association.
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Banc of California
Banc of California, which is California’s premier, relationship-focused, full-service business bank. Banc of California’s depth of resources and financial strength allow it to adapt quickly and thoughtfully, delivering the best solutions to help clients achieve their financial goals. As one of the strongest and most trusted banks headquartered in California, it hss the resources and expertise to help your business grow and succeed.
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Seven Creative
Kelly Stevens has collaborated closely with the founders and leaders of Hail Merry, Hella Cocktail Co, Ridwell, South&Spoon, and Harmless Harvest, to name a few. Her favorite work involves brand development, brand refreshes, packaging, and each large (and tiny) element that make a brand really sing — from trade show booths, to marketing materials, sell sheets, pitch decks, and everything in between.
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Ugly Wolf
Ugly Wolf is a full-service, award-winning strategic brand design agency based in New York and Dallas. We don’t work in ugly or pretty—just strategic thinking. We create new meaning, craft unique brands, and tell stories people care about. Come run with our pack.
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Commercialization
Customer Experience
Awesome CX
Awesome CX is Transcom’s bespoke service offering catering to the needs of startups, scalps, and hyper-growth organizations. Awesome CX is dedicated to transforming customer experiences for some of the world’s most dynamic brands by bringing together BPO best practices with digital innovation to drive superior quality and increased efficiency.
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EBusiness Pros
ebusiness pros delivers lifecycle retention support for DTC and B2B product brands. Get agency services or team training for email, sms, and postal direct marketing.
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RangeMe
RangeMe is the smartest way to get your brand in front of thousands of retailers – delivering always-on brand exposure, exclusive buyer discovery opportunities and access to proprietary insights, research and resources, with a range of subscription options to meet your needs.
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P10 Foods
P10 is a specialty distributor in the South. P10’s roots are in the craft food, providing them with ther relationships and support they need.
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RangeMe
RangeMe is the smartest way to get your brand in front of thousands of retailers – delivering always-on brand exposure, exclusive buyer discovery opportunities and access to proprietary insights, research and resources, with a range of subscription options to meet your needs.
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EBusiness Pros
ebusiness pros delivers lifecycle retention support for DTC and B2B product brands. Get agency services or team training for email, sms, and postal direct marketing.
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ExpertCPG
ExpertCPG Commerce works with growing brands to help them reach more customers on Amazon. They do this by offering total management of the Amazon channel including optimizing ad campaigns, growing reviews, improving margins, and resolving issues. ExpertCPG’s owns the day-to-day of Amazon so brands can devote resources to growing the other parts of their business.
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Enterprise Resource Planning
Cin7
Cin7 is an industry leading Inventory Management and ERP Lite Software designed for SMBs. From sourcing to production and sales, Cin7 provides real time inventory data and insights across your business. With integrations to ecommerce channels and EDI connections to Big Box retailers, Cin7 doesn't just help you reduce your inventory cost, it helps you expand to new sales channels and boost profits.
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Forecastr
Forecastr is an online platform that helps founders build great financial models so they can impress investors & run their businesses better.
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Propeller Industries
We’re builders and entrepreneurs. Fast and efficient but also exacting and meticulous.
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Backd
By providing essential financial resources, Backd helps entrepreneurs overcome critical hurdles and keep their vision alive through an adaptive range of financial products and services. Backd helps small businesses grow and scale through short-term capital injections.
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Fractional CFO
Fractional COO
Olari Consulting
Olari Consulting provides operational support for early-stage CPG ventures at the intersection of beauty, food, wellness, e-commerce, and specialty retail. Services include end-to-end operations setup, inventory management system (IMS) implementation with Cin7, financial management, and fractional COO leadership.
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Central Texas Angel Network
Having invested $125 million in 208 companies since 2006, Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN) is one of the most active angel investing groups in the United States. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, CTAN features more than 100 accredited investor business leaders from an extensive cross-section of sectors and backgrounds.
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Human Resources
Innovation
Integral CPG
Integral CPG unlocks ambitious innovation for food & beverage brands seeking to grow beyond their core business and product portfolio.
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Inventory Management
Cin7
Cin7 is an industry leading Inventory Management and ERP Lite Software designed for SMBs. From sourcing to production and sales, Cin7 provides real time inventory data and insights across your business. With integrations to ecommerce channels and EDI connections to Big Box retailers, Cin7 doesn't just help you reduce your inventory cost, it helps you expand to new sales channels and boost profits.
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Foley & Lardner
Foley & Lardner LLP is a law firm at the nexus of the Energy, Consumer Products, Health Care and Life Sciences, Innovative Technology, and Manufacturing Sectors. The firm’s 80-plus Emerging Growth and Venture Capital attorneys understand the complex and diverse needs of venture funds, portfolio companies, and startups, supporting entrepreneurs with the tools they need to help their businesses prosper at all stages. They have guided hundreds of companies, from startup to commercialization to liquidity events. In every instance, we create a relationship with clients that goes beyond that of legal counsel to trusted business advisers.
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Foster Garvey
Foster Garvey’s Food & Beverage team focuses on helping clients identify and navigate the myriad business and legal issues within the food and beverage industry, allowing these brands and investors to focus on growth opportunities and maximize business potential. Foster Garvey’s Food & Beverage team advises natural, organic, better-for-you, plant-based, vegan, and cultivated/cell-based/cultured meat food and beverage clients and food tech innovators on a wide range of legal matters, including financing; supplier and co-manufacturer/co-packer arrangements; sales and distribution; IP registration, protection and licensing; marketing and advertising; regulatory counseling; real estate; alcoholic beverage licensing and regulation; cannabis and CBD regulations and compliance; and labor and employment.
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Shipfusion
Shipfusion is the go-to 3PL for worry-free, scalable fulfillment, built to stay ahead of your rapidly growing DTC brand. Every element of our operations is designed to scale with you – from proprietary software to tech-enabled warehouses to on-site account management. Unlock hidden savings of up to 37% with a free shipping analysis from SKU Partner Shipfusion. Shipfusion’s team of experts will review your shipping data and identify areas where you could be saving big. And since you’re a part of the SKU community, you will receive one month of free fulfillment.
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1Q
1Q is a mobile research platform that arms brands with candid consumer feedback and real-time insights for just $1 per response.
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Future Digital
Future Digital is a full service performance agency and specialized growth partner for early stage consumer health and wellness brands. Services include paid ads management on Meta, Google, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest and building lifecycle marketing campaigns on Klaviyo, Iterable, Customer.io and Hubspot. Our team combines industry experience with functional marketing expertise to drive business results for our clients.
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Proof Advertising
Proof is a Brand Liberation Agency that helps brands create, connect, grow and become valuable in ways they never thought possible. Established in 2010 with 45 full-time employees and independently owned, Proof is a full-service agency with strategy, creative, media and social all under one roof. Clients include Subway Restaurants, CES (Consumer Electronic Show), Travel Texas, Explore Branson, Champion Energy, TTI, Sprinkles Cupcakes, UFCU and the American Heart Association.
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Olari Consulting
Olari Consulting provides operational support for early-stage CPG ventures at the intersection of beauty, food, wellness, e-commerce, and specialty retail. Services include end-to-end operations setup, inventory management system (IMS) implementation with Cin7, financial management, and fractional COO leadership.
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AE Global
AE Global is a full-service firm developing custom packaging and solution solutions for the health & beauty, nutraceuticals, food & beverage and CPG markets.
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Product Discovery
RangeMe
RangeMe is the smartest way to get your brand in front of thousands of retailers – delivering always-on brand exposure, exclusive buyer discovery opportunities and access to proprietary insights, research and resources, with a range of subscription options to meet your needs.
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Public Relations
Dadascope
From driving consumer awareness and sales consideration to attracting new distribution partners and solidifying industry leadership, Dadascope helps established and emerging brands achieve their business goals.
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Konnect Agency
Konnect Agency is a strategic marketing partner for food & beverage, lifestyle, and franchise brands. The team of over 50 professionals provides public relations, social media, influencer, content and marketing services focused on garnering measurable results that positively impact brand growth. Konnect Agency represents both national and international companies via offices in Los Angeles, New York, Denver and Oklahoma City. Using an omnichannel approach to influence bottom line results, Konnect is a true partner that uses client-agency transparency and the use of technology to develop dynamic 360 client campaigns.
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Zinsey Media
ZMPR, a mission-driven public relations firm, is dedicated to helping startups grow to profitability and beyond. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, ZMPR has clients across the US and Internationally, securing media coverage in publications nationally, locally, as well as in consumer and B2B publications.
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Shipfusion
Shipfusion is the go-to 3PL for worry-free, scalable fulfillment, built to stay ahead of your rapidly growing DTC brand. Every element of our operations is designed to scale with you – from proprietary software to tech-enabled warehouses to on-site account management. Unlock hidden savings of up to 37% with a free shipping analysis from SKU Partner Shipfusion. Shipfusion’s team of experts will review your shipping data and identify areas where you could be saving big. And since you’re a part of the SKU community, you will receive one month of free fulfillment.
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Vividly
Vividly is a trade promotion management (TPM) software built by and for the consumer-packaged-goods industry (CPG). From campaign creation to deductions management and promotion measurement, we help brands like Perfect Snacks, Liquid Death, Quinn, and Hint Water manage every element of trade spend. We are designed to fit the quintessential business model of small to midsize CPG companies. With our easy-to-use platform and industry-leading experience, we pride ourselves on our ability to bring businesses to the next level..
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Mishnoon
Headed by two award-winning filmmakers, brothers NIck and Josh Holden, Mishnoon is a full-service film and video production house based in Austin. Mishnoon specializes in writing, producing, directing and editing – whether it it’s a commercial or or web series. They can help write a script, come up with script or execute an existing script you have ready to go.
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