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Hurray's GIRL BEER Announces $5M Funding Round and Retail Expansion into Walmart, Kroger, and Albertsons
Hurray's GIRL BEER, the humor-led flavored light beer brand leading a new wave of beer built for the next generation of drinkers, today announced a new funding round led by Lakehouse Ventures, with participation from Spice Capital, CPG industry insiders, entertainment executives - and, notably, despite the brand's arbitrary ban of one guy named Connor, another guy named Connor.
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