July 2021: Finance Issue

Features:

• The Rise of Nestlé and Unilever - Two giants consolidate in supplements, larger cast of characters waits in the wings
• Investing in the metagame: Supplements for online gamers - Meet 3 gamers who launched brands and an investor who believes in the business
• From the inside: Two industry experts comment on M&A activity in dietary supplements - By PK Dave, Nature’s Formulary, and Uday Gosalia, American River Nutrition
• Post-pandemic financing frenzy? - Recent M&A activity following a banner year for supplements may suggest a COVID-inspired financial watershed, but a closer look tells a different story
• Food, or shiny object? - Investors jump to high tech solutions for environmental and social issues, but consumers may not keep pace
• Ingredient bores - Is all the investment going into brands and leaving  ingredient companies and manufacturers behind?
• (Too) Slow money - Capital still an issue for entrepreneurs of color a year after corporate pledges of inclusion
• The Secret Sauce of Personalization - It’s the consumer data, not just the high science
• Q&A with Peter Luther, New Settlement Partners
• Q&A with Irina Adler, PJ Solomon

Charts

1. NUTRITION INDUSTRY M&A TRANSACTIONS, 2016 - FIRST QUARTER 2021
2. SUPPLEMENT INDUSTRY PROJECTIONS, CURRENT VS. PRE-COVID, 2016-2024E
3. NUTRITION INDUSTRY FINANCING TRANSACTIONS BY CATEGORY, 2020
4. NUTRITION INDUSTRY TOTAL FINANCING TRANSACTIONS: 2016 - FIRST QUARTER 2021
5. PEOPLE OF COLOR REPRESENTED IN BOARD AND LEADERSHIP ROLES BY COMPANY SIZE
6. GAMING SUPPLEMENT SALES ON AMAZON, MAY 2020 - APRIL 2021
7. AVERAGE HOURS SPENT PLAYING ONLINE GAMES PER WEEK BY AGE, 2020
8. ANNUAL AGRIFOODTECH FINANCINGS, 2014-2020
9. PERSONALIZED NUTRITION SUPPLEMENT SALES AND GROWTH, 2018-2024E
10. REASONS FOR LACK OF INTEREST IN A CUSTOMIZED DIETARY SUPPLEMENT  SERVICE AMONG UNINTERESTED CONSUMERS
11. NUTRITION INDUSTRY TRANSACTIONS BY FUNDING TYPE, 2020
12. U.S. SUPPLEMENT RAW MATERIAL SALES AND GROWTH, 2016-2024E
13. U.S. SUPPLEMENT RAW MATERIAL SALES BY CATEGORY, 2020E