Spark ACCEL Spotlight

SPARK Accel Spotlight: Discover the Taiwanese-American Masterminds Behind Exciting New Consuming Brands this May AAPI Month

Twrl Milk Tea was founded on an obsession to make a milk tea latte—a quintessential Asian drink that we love—even better. The result is a low-calorie, non-dairy milk tea that gets its pure, clean flavor from ethically sourced premium teas rather than artificial flavors and heaps of sugar.

Alaskan Salmon Co. is a sea-to table seafood marketplace where consumers can purchase sushi-grade Alaskan Seafood directly from the ports of Alaska. Serving Michelin restaurants and customers nationwide.

Empress Hot Sauces are inspired by global flavors and Taiwan's unique produce to create flavorful sauces with a comfortable heat.

Ada Lip Beauty is the first bio-based lipsticks made from renewable agriculture and marine resources with pigments only from vegetables such as beets, potatoes, radish, spirulina and turmeric.

Creobase is a platform by creators for creators to scale their creative business. Discover brand contacts, manage and automate brand partnerships all in one platform. Link to sign up here.

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Click this link here to read more about how Asian founders are making impressive strides in capturing the hearts of grocery shoppers, while courageously challenging the traditional confines of the 'ethnic aisle'. 

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