• Over 350 attendees, including prominent consumer, food & beverage and retail investors, executives, business owners and industry experts

• 41 presenting private companies• Theme: using digital marketing and social media to drive brand awareness

and consumer engagement• Event included a mix of company presentations, dynamic keynote speakers,

networking reception and 200 1x1 meetings

Highlights

Dynamic Speakers and Content

1 x 1 Meetings Networking ReceptionCompany Presentations

2016

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CONFERENCE

Erik QualmanBestselling Author and Motivational

Keynote Speaker

Jay BaerBestselling Author, Business

Strategist and Keynote Speaker

Sponsors

Platinum

Gold

Selected Registered Companies: AB InBev | AGR Partners | Albertsons | Alliance Consumer Growth Altamont Capital Partners | American Giant | Arbor Investments | Argand Partners | Arlon Group | Audax Group | AVALT | Beechwood Capital | Berkshire Partners | Bertram Capital Management | BFG Partners Blue Point Capital Partners | Blueberry Ventures Bregal Partners | Brentwood Associates | Brynwood Partners | Burbank Hafeli - Morgan Stanley | Burt’s Bees | Business Development Corporation of America Calera Capital | Canum Capital Partners | Capital Partners Capitala Group | Castanea Partners | Catalyst Brands CDIB Capital International Corporation | Centre Partners Management | CenturyPark Capital Partners | Champlain Capital Partners | Charlesbank Capital Partners CIC Partners | CircleUp | CITIC Capital | CJ America Clarion Capital Partners | Clearlake Capital Group ClearLight Partners | Compass Group | Comvest Partners | Consumer Growth Partners | Convergent Capital | Corporate Partners | Creative Snacks Crimson Investment | CVC | EBOOST | Ecosystem Integrity Fund | Eli’s Cheesecake Company Emerson Capital | Falcon Investment Advisors | FFL Partners | Fields Texas | First Beverage Ventures Freeman Spogli | Frontier Snacks | Genero Capital Partners | George Weston | gimMe Health Foods Gladstone Capital Corporation | Graham Partners Grand Crossing Capital | Greenhouse Capital Partners | Grey Mountain Partners | Gridiron Capital Gryphon Investors | Guard Hill Holdings | Guardian Capital Partners | Gump’s | H.I.G. Capital | Harbour Group Industries | Harvest Partners | HCP & Company Health Warrior | Highlander Partners | Hilco Global Horizon Holdings | HSNi - TravelSmith | Hydros | IFP Insignia Capital Group | IVEST Consumer Partners J.M. Smucker | J.W. Childs Associates | JH Whitney & Co. | JMC Investment | Kainos Capital | Kamei North America Co. | KarpReilly | Kingfish Group | KOSE Corporation | L. Catterton | Lake Pacific Partners Lancaster Colony | Lariat Partners | LaSalle Capital Leonard Green & Partners | LNK Partners | Madison Dearborn Partners | Main Post Partners | Marubeni Corporation | Mason Wells | Mass Probiotics (GoLive Products) | Metropoulos & Co. | MidOcean Partners Mill City Capital | Mistral Equity Partners | Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) | Mitsui & Co. | Monomoy Capital Partners | Mora Partners | Moxie Capital | MSD Capital | Murano Group | MVC Capital | NatureBox New French Bakery | Nordstrom | North Castle Partners Norwest Equity Partners | Norwest Venture Partners Numi Organic Tea | Oaktree Capital | Obi Probiotic Soda | ONCAP Management Partners | OpenSlate OrganicGirl | Outlaw Energy | Palladin Consumer Retail Group | Pasta Chips | Paxion Capital | Pixlee | Prairie Capital | Pretzel Perfection | Prophet Equity | Prospect Partners | PSP Capital Partners | Pulmuone Principal Investments | Raymundo’s Food Group | Renewal Funds | Riata Capital Group | RLJ Equity Partners Ruiz Foods | S.R. Smith | San Francisco Equity Partners Saratoga Investment | Searchlight Capital Partners Sentinel Capital Partners | Sheridan Capital Partners Silas Capital | Simple Mills | Smári Organics | Snow Phipps Group | Spanos Barber Jesse & Co. | Star Avenue Capital | Stockton Road Capital | Stone-Goff Partners Stripes Group | Summit Partners | Swander Pace Capital Synetro Group | TA Associates | Teasdale | Tengram Capital | The Builders Fund | The Clorox Company | The Daily Crave | The Riverside Company | Thomas H. Lee Partners | Transom Capital Group | TreeHouse Foods Trilantic Capital Partners | Tristar Products | Trivest Partners | TSG Consumer Partners | Two Moms | Valor Equity Partners | Ventura Foods | VeriQuest Private Capital | Vestar Capital Partners | VG Growth Partners VMG Partners | Wasserstein | Wind Point Partners Women’s Marketing | Wyandot Snacks | Yellow Wood Partners | Zenfinity Capital | 2x Consumer Products Growth Partners

Presenter’s Dinner: • Featured remarks by Rohan Oza, Co-Founder of CAVU

Ventures, previously with Coca Cola, Vitaminwater and PopChips

• Cocktails and networking, followed by private dinner• Approximately 120 dinner attendees, including presenting

company executives and event sponsors

Conference Schedule

Pre-Conference EventsCocktail Networking Event:• Attendees included private equity

investors, consumer business executives and guests arriving upon conclusion of dinner

For more information regarding Lincoln International, please visit www.lincolninternational.com

Registration & Breakfast

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Morning Keynote Speaker: Erik Qualman

Break

Natural & Organic

Healthy / Active Living Retail & Merchandising

Break

Specialty Food & Beverage

Home & Electronics

Lunch & Afternoon Keynote Speaker: Jay Baer

Artisanal Food & Beverage Apparel & Accessories

Health & Personal Care

Networking Reception

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