LOS ANGELES—Drinkers are upgrading the tonic in their gin and tonic, and Coca-Cola Co. wants in. That bodes well for Q Drinks LLC, a premium mixer startup laden with Coca-Cola connections. First Beverage Group, a private equity fund that Coca-Cola invests in to connect with small upstarts, led Q Drinks’ latest $11 million (U.S.) fundraising round. Now Q Drinks and London-based Fevertree Drinks Plc, another high-end mixer brand, are filling the void. Q Drinks makes seven flavours: ginger beer, tonic water, ginger ale, club soda, grapefruit soda, Indian tonic water and Kola.

Source: thestar November 06, 2017 19:18 UTC