Crowdfunding Project Feature #1 (Smart-Soda)

Start engine is a fairly new crowdfunding platform that hosts many unique projects. Unlike Kickstarter or other fundraising platforms, you can actually buy "shares" of the company on top of the rewards you get for contributing to the project!

The best part about crowdsourcing platforms is that you are an early adopter and get to experience the coolest products before it becomes mainstream!

This post focuses on Smart-soda.

Crowdfunding Project Feature #1 (Smart-Soda)

Smart Soda is the world’s first water company to offer vitamin-infused flavored sparkling alkaline waters and sodas made with only organic cane sugar. Our drinks are 100% natural, vegan, kosher, antioxidant-rich, gluten-free and can be CBD infused.

What's unique about Smart-Soda?

One of the world's only vitamin-infused fountain sodas and one of the world's only CBD-infused fountain sodas, The most unique unlimited alkaline water systems for restaurants.

An unmet demand

A revolution is taking the water and soft drink industry by storm. In 2018, for the 14th consecutive year, carbonated soft drink sales declined, creating unprecedented opportunity to disrupt a largely overlooked US$250B U.S. soft drinks market

Health-conscious baby boomers and millennials with lofty quality expectations are driving the market, snubbing both traditional soft drinks loaded with high-fructose corn syrup and their “diet” counterparts that are muddled with unidentifiable artificial sweeteners. Instead, they’re demanding healthier alternatives.

Main Reasons To Invest According to StartEngine

Massive Market - The fountain and ready to drink beverage market is over $250 Billion

Experienced Team - CEO was the US exclusive partner/distributor of Soda Stream Professional (Soda Stream acquired by Pepsi Co for $3.2B) and served as the chairman of AquaTal GroupStrong

Traction - Machines are already operating in hotels, restaurants, and offices including Holiday Inn, Bareburger, and Allianz

They have been receiving a lot of organic traffic from Google. They rank #1 for keywords such as organic soda and soft drinks.

Health Benefits of Smart Soda

Smart soda is disrupting the soda industry and their vision is to contribute to the improvement of the population’s overall health and "well-being by expanding the availability of healthy beverage options".

Source: https://www.startengine.com/smart-soda?utm_source=startengine&utm_medium=main_website&utm_campaign=newest2

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