Watch Office Hours: Insights into M&A, Brand Growth, and Investment During Pandemic
This week’s Office Hours brings veteran investment bankers Jay Novak and Brandon Ng from Houlihan Lokey on the livestream to discuss the current fundraising and M&A market and take questions from viewers.
This is an incredible opportunity for entrepreneurs in the food and beverage industry to talk live with a team of advisors who have guided brands like Bragg, My/Mo and Tate’s Bake Shop through recent transactions. To get face-time and join the discussion, please hurry to submit questions and call-in via Zoom during the show.
Houlihan Lokey has been a leader in the better-for-you space, completing several dozen transactions in the BFY space globally, including Tate’s Bakeshop, Angie’s Boom ChickaPop, BRAGG Live Foods, thinkThin, SkinnyPop, Duke’s, Gardein, Quorn, Popcorners, My/Mo Mochi Ice Cream, Pretzel Crisp, Lily’s Kitchen, Tail.com, among many others dating back to Stacy’s Pita Chip.
Jay Novak is the Global Head of Houlihan Lokey’s Consumer, Food & Retail Group. He focuses most of his time leading transactions in the high-growth segments within Food & Beverage, including the better-for-you and health and wellness brands. Since joining Houlihan Lokey in 1996, Novak has led more than 200 corporate finance engagements in the Food & Beverage space, including M&A, debt financings, and corporate restructurings.
Brandon Ng is a Senior Associate in Houlihan Lokey’s Consumer, Food & Retail Group, with a specific focus on the better-for-you food & beverage and active nutrition space. Since joining Houlihan Lokey in 2014, Ng has worked on a variety of engagements including sell-side M&A transactions, other corporate finance assignments, and fairness opinions, including 17 sell-side M&A transactions in the healthy, active, and sustainable living industry
Office Hours will take a break next week while we livestream our New Beverage Showdown and Pitch Slam virtual pitch competitions. Stay tuned for future Office Hours episodes on BevNET and NOSH.
Sponsorship opportunities are available for this live video series. Please send inquiries to sales@bevnet.com
About Office Hours
Office Hours brings industry thought leaders in Food and Beverage into conversation with the community to offer advice, answers, and discussion that can help brands and their associates overcome the challenges of both the present days and those to come.
About BevNET
BevNET.com is the leading media property dedicated to the non-alcoholic beverage industry. Founded in 1996, BevNET provides comprehensive, cross-channel, up-to-the-minute information about the beverage industry and reviews of non-alcoholic beverages. BevNET attracts brands, suppliers, ingredients providers, service providers retailers, distributors.
About NOSH
NOSH is the leading source for informed, comprehensive coverage and context for the growing community of businesses with Natural, Organic, Sustainable, and Healthy packaged food. As the food-focused extension of BevNET.com, NOSH offers products in a variety of media that reaches engaged brands, retailers, investors, distributors, suppliers, and service providers.
