Appletree Capital Ltd.

Appletree Capital Ltd. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in direct and indirect investments. Within direct investments, it specializes in investments in industry consolidations, buyouts, recapitalizations, and bridge financing. The firm seeks special-situation opportunities to invest in emerging growth, distressed, incubation, seed, turnaround, early stage, lower middle market companies, middle stage, later stage, early venture, mid venture, and developing companies. Within indirect investments, it prefers to invest in private equity, mezzanine, and turnaround funds. The firm seeks to invest in consumer products and retail sectors, with focus on wholesale sectors and grocery stores, including conventional grocers and limited assortment stores. They also invest in include food and consumer products companies, restaurants, and retail stores. The firm primarily invests in the Midwest states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin; Southeast and Eastern region in the United States as well as the Great Lakes States. It focuses on companies that have the potential to become publicly traded through an S-1 registration statement, by a reverse merger, or sale to another party. It is involved in the direct management of the companies. It seeks to exit the investments by pursing an 'Asset Light Model', but remain open to alternative strategies to maximize value like 'Consolidate and Sell' and 'Operate and Recapitalize'. Appletree Capital Ltd. was founded in 2005 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.