CRUDITÉS

Crudités makes reversible, portable stretch-lid food containers that are lightweight, durable, BPA-free and dishwasher and freezer safe.

Crudités makes reversible, portable stretch-lid food containers that are lightweight, durable, BPA-free and dishwasher and freezer safe.

Yaupon, North America's only native caffeinated plant, is the star of Goldholly's organic tea, with caffeine, theobromine and theacrine; it's USDA certified organic and 100% USA grown.

Loftie "makes lovely things for your nightstand, so your phone can sleep somewhere else": an alarm clock and lamp that wake you gently with sunrise light and soothing sounds, plus the Loftie Card, a one-tap app blocker. Founder Matthew Hassett started it during a residency at design firm IDEO.

Tsao Baltimore is a Baltimore watch company whose timepieces are designed and built in Maryland, with nods to the city everywhere, from the Torsk dive watch inspired by the USS Torsk submarine in the Inner Harbor to Orioles and OLD BAY collaborations.

Drake & Birdie makes real golf equipment for toddlers ages 2 to 5, including a putter, stand bag, glove and a three-club set sized for small hands.

Jonathan Ferrer's Brew Watch Co. is "independently designed in NYC" and "inspired by coffee," turning the daily coffee-break ritual into watches with 1970s styling, including the Metric, Super Metric, Metric Lite and Retrograph.

Nomad traces back to "a single idea — an ultra-portable yet highly functional charging cable." Noah Dentzel and Brian Hahn met in Santa Barbara in 2012 and launched ChargeCard, Nomad's first product, on Kickstarter. Today it makes leather and rugged iPhone cases, Apple Watch and Garmin bands, MagSafe chargers and Find My tracking wallets.

Pesche's non-alcoholic functional mocktails are "formulated by a dietitian" and powered by adaptogens, nootropics and vitamins and come in cocktail-inspired flavors such as Peach Mango Margarita and Tart Cherry Shirley.

The LEGO Group was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen and is still owned by the Kirk Kristiansen family. It grew from a small carpenter's workshop into one of the world's largest toy makers, built on the LEGO brick, and its name comes from the Danish "leg godt," meaning "play well."

Running Lights makes natural energy drinks with whey protein, electrolytes and low sugar, created by founder Dr. Jason for road trips and overnight shifts.

Twelve South is a team of about 20 in Charleston, South Carolina, making premium accessories for Apple devices, including laptop stands and charging docks.

Instant makes sugar-free sour apple energy gum with "100mg of natural caffeine" from green coffee beans plus electrolytes in every piece. It's "chewed, not swallowed" and pitched as a pocket-size alternative to an energy drink can, sold in 60+ Southern California stores or shipped nationwide.