Nosh Live Elevator Talk Session 2

Speaker 1 [00:19] We are going to keep the heat going with Elevator Talk at Nosh Live. We have round 2 today and a super exciting group of brands and founders ready to pitch everything they're doing to stand out, and we get to support them and find out what's coming up next in food. Every brand will have 90 seconds to pitch at the end of which you will hear a chime. We're recording all of this, so it will live on Nash Taste Radio and our digital channels, and I really wanna come together and appreciate all of these fine folks who are working so hard every single day to build their brands. They're living it, they're breathing it. Let's give them a round of applause. Well, let's get this started with Adi from Posana.

Ali [01:19] Hey, I'm just making sure this works. Um, hi guys, my name is Ali. Um, I started Posa a year ago out of my Berkeley dorm kitchen, uh, which is in Northern California, um, for one reason only. It's because protein is pretty boring right now. Um, as someone who lost 15 pounds in high school, I just really hated protein bars. We see a lot of chocolate chip, peanut butter, cookie dough, and not enough representation of other cultures, um. So, after a year of, since freshman year, uh, bugging my dormmates and my roommates and my building about my flavors, um, we've developed three skews, which include a cinna vanilla, a matcha latte, and a mango turmeric protein bar, each with 20 g of protein, 7 to 9 g. of dietary fiber all made in Los Angeles. Um, the core team is me as a solo founder. We have 3 core members, uh, 3 team members, 2 advisors, um, and I previously raised a pre-seed round for 500, um, just of angel investors and influencers, um, and right now we have soft launched in the Northern California area and we're gonna be launching in a lot more places in the new year. So if you're interested, uh, just hit me up. That's about it. Thank you.

Speaker 1 [02:30] Excellent work, Audie, thanks so much. Next up we've got Shereen from Hey Hunger coming up, Shereen.

Shereen Kara [02:45] Hi everyone, I'm Shereen Kara. All right, let me start again. Hi everyone, I'm Shereen Kara, um, the founder of Hey Hunger, an Indian tikka veggie patty company that makes gut health deliciously easy. Did you know that more than 90% of Americans don't meet their daily nutrient needs and fewer than 1 in 10 meet their daily fiber goals? Compound that with the fact that there has been a tremendous increase in the number of colon cancer cases in young adults and teenagers. What that means to me is that it's not the number of calories we're consuming, it is the quality of food that we're consuming. This is where hate hunger steps in. We make ultra low processed tikka veggie patties that are good for your health, good for your soul, and good for your gut. OK. Um, each, uh, serving of, uh, the Arctica veggie patties, uh, contains organic vegetables, nuts, seeds, and lentils and gives you 12 to 13 g of protein per serving, 30 to 50% of your fiber needs every day, 4% of sodium.

Speaker 1 [04:17] That was fantastic, Shereen, thank you so much. Hey hunger, our next founder is Joshua Velasquez of Shire's Naturals.

Speaker 4 [04:33] All right, hello everyone. My name is Joshua Velezquez. I'm the founder and CEO of Shire's Naturals. We're located in Peterborough, New Hampshire, and we're creating dairy-free frozen meals that everyone can enjoy together. So I started this company because I'm lactose intolerant and I was just frustrated with the lack of healthy dairy-free options on the market, so I decided to create a healthy dairy-free cheese. I built a lab in my parents' basement. I spent 4 years of my life in that basement trying to figure out how to make a healthy dairy-free cheese, and so today we're using that cheese to power our frozen meals, and we launched in April of 2024 with our frozen ravioli line, and you can find us at ShopRite, Big Y, Giant. Thank you, Colby. Um, Earth Fair and a lot of independent health food stores throughout New England, we're focused on growing that dairy-free frozen set, so we'll be launching two new products by the end of 2026, so ready to eat ravioli bowls and ready to eat, um, risotto bowls. And let's see, what am I missing? What am I missing? I still have 33 seconds, um. Uh, so you know our focus is health and wellness and so we're starting with clean ingredients. We have a brand that's resonating with consumers and so we're building out a strong frozen dairy-free platform crafted with your health in mind. So if anyone's interested, investors, retailers, and potential consumers, please reach out to me. My name is Joshua Velasquez. You can find me out in the lobby.

Speaker 1 [05:58] Thanks. Thank you so much Joshua. Our next speaker is Sonia Patel of Pure Spices Limited.

Speaker 5 [06:12] Hey everyone, I'm Sonia Patel, the proud founder of Pure Spices, and just recently Boldenary Bites. Um, my mission is to make every bite a delicious and safe experience. I'm a food allergy mom of two really active children. And I found myself at rest stops, gas stations, convenience stores, in between games during tournaments trying to feed my kiddos, and I wasn't able to find something that was healthy and nutritious as well as tasty and really hit that crunch craveability that we all want when we have like chips and cookies and things like that. So what did I do? You know, one sauce business and spice business wasn't enough, so I. Decided to launch Goldenary Bites, which are craveable, crunchy, freeze dried fruits and veggies that are spiced but not spicy, so we have 4 different flavors. Um, there's a pina colada, chai apple pie, which uses our pure spices, chai masala, uh, sweet beets, which are actually very tasty, and a banana pudding which will be just like your grandma's banana pudding, um. We are, this is our, if you grabbed a bag of our samples, this is our packaging version 0, in Q1 of next year we'll be, um, making it a little bit more single serve, improving the branding and making it more flavor specific packaging because right now we weren't really sure which flavors would sell the best, so we didn't, you know, we wanted to mind our investments. Um, we are mostly just C2C at the moment with Boldenary Bites. We are in, um, some hotel chains. And yeah, thank you.

Speaker 1 [07:47] Thank you. And last but most certainly not least, we have Elijah Davis from Platinum 915.

Speaker 6 [08:06] Welcome to Platinum 915, home of our Canon Shots, Raster Ros, Seraphim Keys, and False Gifts. I'm Elijah Davis, the co-founder and CEO of Platinum 915. We offer spiritual-themed, hemp-derived CBD and non-CBD products for sober conscious adults 21 and over who are seeking functional alternatives to alcohol, opioids, and synthetic stimulants. I am a disabled veteran. And I endured a debilitating neck and spinal injury, struggling with anxiety, chronic pain, and sleepless nights. That experience led me to the healing powers of plant medicine, which inspired me to create products that supported my recovery. Together with my brother Amir, we created Platinum 915 to empower others to reclaim their health and spiritual well-being. Our brand is named after our angel number 915, which represents harnessing inner strength, following creative passions, and expressing your authenticity. 11.7 million US veterans suffer from chronic pain and are twice as likely to die from accidental prescription opioid opioid overdoses. Many are seeking safer plant-based alternatives. Platinum 915 meets that need with our hemp-derived and functional gummies. Rosterox Day with CBD and D9 to support daytime comfort. Rosteroxs Night D8 to promote sleep. Sarah from Keys Copper Blend for calm and focus and thoughts gifts neurotropic mushrooms to support cognitive and digestive balance. At Platinum 915, we're creating a moment to awaken the hearts, elevate souls, and bring healing. As a black solopreneur, this journey has been very challenging but deeply rewarding. I welcome distributors, retailers, and investors to. Join us in expanding access and restoring wellness to veterans in this booming 10.5 billion gummy supplement market. Thank you, Nash and Bevnet, and have a wonderful event while we're here.

Speaker 1 [09:43] Amazing use of time. Thank you so much, Elijah, and thank you so much to all of the brands who pitched. Uh, what a great job you all did and we enjoyed hearing from you so much.