December 2009 Bradmer Foods is pleased to announce its
successful investment in California-based seafood company
Blue
Horizon Wild, its fifth portfolio company.
Blue
Horizon is a leading supplier of healthy and clean branded
seafood products to the North American market.
December 2009 Adam Borden was recently interviewed by
Khalil Akhtar, the resident Food Geek at the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, about the growing trend of
cupcake shops.Borden
asserts that cupcakes' staying power is linked to the nostalgia they
produce and people's ability to readily identify with them.
November 2009 Adam Borden was recently quoted in a
New
York Times article on the cupcake business. The article talks about
how different entrepreneurs run cupcake businesses, and The Times
sought Adam's opinion for a broader perspective. This article was
also picked up by The
AARP Bulletin as well as the food blog
Cookin With Mama.
October 2009 Adam Borden speaks on
Radio Kitchen, a production
of WYPR, the Baltimore NPR affiliate, with hosts Al Spoler and Chef
Jerry Pellegrino about some of the more esoteric specialty food and
beverage trends he noticed at the 2009 Summer
Fancy Food Show,
including
Black Garlic,
Smart Juice's
purple carrot juice, and
Fentimans' ginger beer and orange jigger.
June 2009 Adina for Life
has just launched a new line of beverages called Holistics that aim
to convey the brand's tagline of "Drink No Evil." The company went
through an exhaustive design process to optimize its packaging which
is what Brandweek chose to profile.
April 2009 Food Entrepreneurship expert, Adam Borden,
speaks on the
Kojo Nnamdi
Show, a production of the Washington, D.C. NPR affiliate, WAMU.
Adam speaks with Kojo and a number of callers about food
entrepreneurship and how budding cheese makers and cookie bakers can
turn their hobby into a business
March 2009 Adam Borden is quoted in the Lifestyles
of Health and Sustainability Journal (LOHAS),
a leading publication focused on socially responsible
business practices. The article discusses various ways
companies can secure financing in today’s economy.
March 2009 Bradmer Foods’ Managing Director Adam
Borden, talks with Al Spoler and Chef Jerry Pellegrino on WYPR’s
Radio Kitchen
about spirits-infused specialty food products he noticed on
display at the 2009 Winter Fancy Food Show. Adam presents Great Spirits Baking Company's
miniature Bundt cakes, Vignette Wine Country Soda's
chardonnay and pinot noir sodas, and San Angel's
black and red moles.
March 2008 In November 2007 Charles Chocolates
became Bradmer Foods inaugural fund investment. Chuck
Siegel, founder of Charles Chocolates, is profiled in an
article that originally appeared in Fortune Magazine.
January 2008 Bradmer Foods is pleased to announce
the completion of the third investment in its portfolio.
News of the partnership with San Francisco-based
Adina
For Life was announced in a press release.
November 2007 Bradmer Foods finished raising its first specialty and organic
food focused fund and completed its first fund investment in Charles
Chocolates. News of the announcement was made public by a press
release and was covered by
Gourmet News in their November e-news.
September 2007 Adam Borden discusses the resurgence of artisan
methods and products gaining popularity in the marketplace with Al
Spoler and Jerry Pellegrino on
Radio Kitchen, a production of WYPR
in Baltimore. Among the products they sample are
Koeze’s Cream Nut
Butter,
Stonewall
Kitchen Blood Orange Marmalade and
Fiscalini's bandage-wrapped English-style
18 month aged cheddar cheese.
February 2007 Bradmer Foods' portfolio company,
Organic To Go
went public February 13, 2007. Based in Seattle and with operations
in Washington and California,
Organic To Go is the nation's first
fast casual café to be certified as an organic retailer. We are
excited to support the company through growth capital and to watch
it continue to expand. Below is an article from the Seattle Times
announcing the reverse merger and more details about
Organic To Go.
November 2006 What exactly does a food-industry venture
capitalist do? Learn about a "day in the life" of Bradmer Foods'
Managing Director, Adam Borden, as published in Jungle Magazine.
March 2006 Adam Borden is quoted in a
Washington Post article that profiles
“Seven Products Worth Tracking Down” and the fledgling entrepreneurs
that are behind them.
