Strong Roots
Acquisition in 2024
Strong Roots is a producer of plant-based snacks that specializes in frozen vegan foods aimed at health-conscious consumers. The company focuses on creating tasty and honest recipes using ingredients that are free from animal products, genetically modified organisms, and artificial colors or flavors. By offering a healthier alternative to traditional fast food, Strong Roots positions itself as a brand that emphasizes quality and transparency in its offerings, appealing to those seeking nutritious options in the frozen food sector.
Strong Roots
Debt Financing in 2023
Strong Roots is a producer of plant-based snacks that specializes in frozen vegan foods aimed at health-conscious consumers. The company focuses on creating tasty and honest recipes using ingredients that are free from animal products, genetically modified organisms, and artificial colors or flavors. By offering a healthier alternative to traditional fast food, Strong Roots positions itself as a brand that emphasizes quality and transparency in its offerings, appealing to those seeking nutritious options in the frozen food sector.
GoodLeaf Community Farms
Private Equity Round in 2022
GoodLeaf Community Farms is a developer of vertical farming technology that specializes in the year-round production of fresh leafy greens. The company emphasizes the importance of ethical practices in agriculture, focusing on environmentally conscious methods to cultivate its products. GoodLeaf offers a variety of produce, including spicy mustard medley, pea shoots, micro broccoli, and micro arugula. By prioritizing sustainability and health, GoodLeaf aims to inspire healthy lifestyles through its simple, ethically grown offerings.
Scelta Products
Acquisition in 2022
Scelta Products is a retailer and distributor focused on frozen food products, particularly breaded snacks made from vegetables. The company specializes in offering a variety of items, including breaded mushrooms, onion rings, and vegetable fries made from cauliflower and broccoli. Serving both retail markets and the quick-service restaurant (QSR) industry, Scelta Products emphasizes high quality and food safety in its offerings, utilizing modern production techniques to ensure consistent product excellence.
Strong Roots
Secondary Market in 2021
Strong Roots is a producer of plant-based snacks that specializes in frozen vegan foods aimed at health-conscious consumers. The company focuses on creating tasty and honest recipes using ingredients that are free from animal products, genetically modified organisms, and artificial colors or flavors. By offering a healthier alternative to traditional fast food, Strong Roots positions itself as a brand that emphasizes quality and transparency in its offerings, appealing to those seeking nutritious options in the frozen food sector.
Founded in 2016, SIMULATE produces and distributes plant-based chicken nuggets using texturized pea protein technology. Its mission is to accelerate the transition to sustainable nutrition by offering healthier, organic alternatives to animal-based products.
GoodLeaf Community Farms
Corporate Round in 2021
GoodLeaf Community Farms is a developer of vertical farming technology that specializes in the year-round production of fresh leafy greens. The company emphasizes the importance of ethical practices in agriculture, focusing on environmentally conscious methods to cultivate its products. GoodLeaf offers a variety of produce, including spicy mustard medley, pea shoots, micro broccoli, and micro arugula. By prioritizing sustainability and health, GoodLeaf aims to inspire healthy lifestyles through its simple, ethically grown offerings.
Fiddlehead
Corporate Round in 2021
Fiddlehead Technology is a Canadian company that specializes in predictive forecasting through a machine-learning-based analytics platform. Founded by industry veterans David Baxter and Shawn Carver, Fiddlehead focuses on applying prescriptive analytics to address complex challenges in the food and beverage manufacturing sector. The company's platform enables businesses to anticipate customer behaviors and competitive actions, delivering insights that enhance demand planning. By providing more accurate demand forecasts, Fiddlehead helps companies reduce inventory levels, improve service quality, and enhance profit margins in a competitive global market.
Founded in 2016, SIMULATE produces and distributes plant-based chicken nuggets using texturized pea protein technology. Its mission is to accelerate the transition to sustainable nutrition by offering healthier, organic alternatives to animal-based products.
Serya is a privately held company producing potato specialties in Brazil.
Resson is a bioinformatics and data analytics company based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, specializing in customized agriculture solutions for large corporate clients. The company employs advanced technologies such as cloud-based data processing, swarm robotics, computer vision, and machine learning to enhance agricultural productivity. Its proprietary platform, the Resson Agricultural Management and Analytics System, analyzes crop metrics to assess the health and status of crops. By providing actionable insights derived from field data, Resson enables agricultural operators to optimize their operations, improve efficiency, increase yields, and maximize profitability.
Resson is a bioinformatics and data analytics company based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, specializing in customized agriculture solutions for large corporate clients. The company employs advanced technologies such as cloud-based data processing, swarm robotics, computer vision, and machine learning to enhance agricultural productivity. Its proprietary platform, the Resson Agricultural Management and Analytics System, analyzes crop metrics to assess the health and status of crops. By providing actionable insights derived from field data, Resson enables agricultural operators to optimize their operations, improve efficiency, increase yields, and maximize profitability.
Van Geloven
Acquisition in 2016
Ad van Geloven BV, trading as Hazlewood Convenience Foods Tilburg B.V., is a Netherlands-based company specializing in the production and distribution of frozen snacks, finger foods, and meal products. Established in 1960, the company serves both local and international markets, catering to consumers, professionals, retailers, wholesalers, and industrial buyers. Its extensive product portfolio includes sausages, croquettes, fried noodle snacks, spring rolls, meat ragout products, minced meat products, and private label items. The company's flagship brand, Mora, is a leading frozen snack brand in the Benelux region, with strong market positions in both foodservice and retail channels. Ad van Geloven BV operates as a subsidiary of McCain Foods Limited, employing over 900 people across five factories in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Sara Lee Foods
Acquisition in 2012
The Hillshire Brands Company has merged with Tyson Foods.
Lutosa
Acquisition in 2012
Lutosa is a food processing company focused on processing and marketing potato products. It offers a range of potato items, including fries, purées, and specialty products, produced with quality ingredients and reliable production methods.
CelaVita
Acquisition in 2012
CelaVita is a producer of chilled potato products, and they process the potatoes before selling them to consumers. They provide boiled and steamed potatoes, baking potatoes, oven dishes, and fries. The potatoes are steamed and packed.