Fenwick Brands

Fenwick Brands is a private equity firm based in Birmingham, Alabama, founded in 1988. It specializes in middle market investments, focusing on emerging consumer brands across various sectors, including food and beverage, personal care, household products, pet products, health and wellness, and lawn and garden. The firm typically targets companies located in the Southeastern United States, investing in businesses with annual revenues ranging from $3 million to $25 million and EBITDA up to $10 million. Fenwick Brands aims to support companies that have strong potential but require capital, strategic guidance, or operational expertise to achieve growth. The firm is open to making co-investments and can act as either a minority or majority partner in its portfolio companies.

Melissa Baker

Founding Partner

John P. Goldasich

Advisory Partner

Benny M. LaRussa

Chairman and Founding Principal

Elizabeth Stewart

Partner & Director of Investments

2 past transactions

Back to the Roots

Series D in 2021
Back to the Roots offers gardening kits to grow organic and gourmet mushrooms at homes. Founded in 2009 by Alejandro Velez and Nikhil Arora as a 100% sustainable urban mushroom farm, BTTR has transformed into a company focused on bringing sustainable grow-at-home products into households. Their Grow-at-Home Mushroom Garden is completely indoors and can grow up to 1lb of oyster mushrooms in as little as 10 days. They provide a simple, eco-friendly, and quick way to have fresh oyster mushrooms right in the kitchen.

Ursa Major

Private Equity Round in 2019
Ursa Major provides a healthy and highly effective skin care solution that’s also a real pleasure to use – a robust, natural alternative to the bland, toxin-laden products that pervade today’s marketplace. Their advanced formulations artfully blend nature’s most effective ingredients to provide exceptional performance and a truly sublime experience - that’s why they call them ‘supernatural. Their products help in achieving clear, healthy skin. It was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Waterbury, Vermont.