Pacific Mercantile Bank‘s Asset-Based Lending Group extended a $5 million revolving line of credit to Health-Ade, a brewer of organic kombucha beverages.

Health-Ade was referred to Pacific Mercantile Bank by First Beverage Group, which along with CAVU Ventures, is Health-Ade‘s private equity sponsor.

“In a little more than five years, we have gone from selling 10 cases of our homemade kombucha at a local farmers market to selling millions of cases annually across the country,” said Daina Trout, CEO of Health-Ade. “As consumers seek out healthy alternatives to sugary beverages, we have seen a huge increase in demand for our kombucha. Pacific Mercantile Bank has been a pleasure to work with and has provided us with the financing to continue increasing our production capacity and developing new flavors that will help us further increase our share of the healthy beverage market.”

“We appreciate First Beverage Group introducing us to Health-Ade and giving us the opportunity to support their continued growth,” said Tom Vertin, president and CEO of Pacific Mercantile Bank. “Health-Ade is an inspiring story of entrepreneurs building an innovative company from the ground up. The company is experiencing dramatic growth and we look forward to helping Health-Ade achieve even further financial success.”