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They never had that much money, but no manufacturer of food or cosmetic products anywhere is even going to pick up the phone if you don't intend to buy an extremely significant amount of product from them. If you intend to demand recipe/formulation changes as well, then they want even more.

The office was honestly a cramped, sweltering sty and not at all showy.

100MM SV salaries

100MM SV office

50MM La Croix

25MM Standing desks

25MM Scooters

+10MM Living "Green" Wall

0.25MM consulting for design of conjoined triangles of success

> 50MM La Croix

The bottled water brand? Is this a joke? Did they not realize water from the tap is safe and virtually free?

> The bottled water brand?

Now now, it isn't bottled water. It's homeopathic soda!

> Is this a joke?

While I'm not the OP, I'm pretty sure the answer is yes. :)

They didn’t actually have $300m, it was a commitment based on milestones that weren’t met.