Proterra Investment Partners

Proterra Credit Fund, managed by Proterra Investment Partners, is a debt fund based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that primarily invests in North America. The fund focuses on the food and beverage sectors, leveraging Proterra's expertise in private equity investments across natural resources, including agriculture and metals and mining. Established as a standalone entity in 2016, Proterra Investment Partners emerged from the Black River Asset Management, gaining insights from its leadership's extensive experience in the agriculture and food industries. With multiple offices globally, Proterra aims to provide unique investment opportunities by analyzing macro and microeconomic trends impacting these sectors.

Brent Bechtle

Founding Partner - Head of Agriculture Funds

Sam Byrd

Managing Director, Metals and Mining

Rich Gammill

Managing Partner

Tom Howell

Managing Director

Rob Hutter

Managing Director

Michael LeSage

Managing Director

Jonathan Logan

Managing Director

Tim Noonan

Managing Director

Jim Sayre

Partner

James Sayre

Founding Partner and Member of Management Committee

Torben Thordsen

Partner

Tina Wang

Managing Director

Rebecca Willson

Managing Director

7 past transactions

Simple Love

Series C in 2022
Simple Love is a natural yoghurt brand.

Deli Star

Debt Financing in 2022
Deli Star Corp. produces high quality cooked meats for America's fine sandwich and salad makers, and food service personnel. With a strong focus on food safety, customer service and innovation, Deli Star is committed to providing the tastiest, highest quality products that our customers expect and deserve.

NOD

Seed Round in 2022
NOD is a healthy beverage solutions company based in Shanghai. It is a brand born in China with global ambitions, driven by a team with a proven blend of in-depth China and international expertise in the beverage sector.

NOD

Seed Round in 2021
NOD is a healthy beverage solutions company based in Shanghai. It is a brand born in China with global ambitions, driven by a team with a proven blend of in-depth China and international expertise in the beverage sector.

Daydaycook

Series C in 2021
DayDayCook was founded in December, 2012. They are Hong Kong’s largest cooking multimedia platform and have community with monthly users totaly more than 400,000. Today, as more and more users aspire to a higher quality of life, food safety, and health, DayDayCook has become a platform for original recipes and cooking advice, helping their users to maintain a healthy lifestyle. DayDayCook inspires a young generation to cook and enjoy both traditional and modern Asian recipes through a variety of distribution channels including digital and traditional publishing with high quality and easy-to-follow recipes. DayDayCook has millions of monthly viewers over its broad reach including website, mobile apps, videos, and books. With a strong and dedicated fan base including over 275,000 Facebook fans, DayDayCook also brings goods to the consumer through its e-commerce store 'The DayDayCook Shop'

Simple Love

Series B in 2021
Simple Love is a natural yoghurt brand.

Yellow Swan

Series A in 2020
Yellow Swan Edible Fresh Eggs is a domestic raw-edible egg enterprise. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
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