Lyra Growth Partners

Lyra Growth Partners Inc. is a principal investment firm based in Vancouver, Canada, founded in September 2015. The firm specializes in investing in emerging consumer brands, particularly those in sectors such as personal care, food and beverage, lifestyle, and beauty. Lyra targets companies with revenues exceeding $3 million and focuses on fast-growing businesses. In addition to providing non-institutional capital, Lyra offers brand-savvy coaching aimed at helping these brands accelerate growth and enhance their value. The firm's approach emphasizes strengthening the relationship between brands and their consumers while fostering a positive corporate culture. Lyra Growth Partners is dedicated to supporting both business and personal development for its partners.

13 past transactions

BuildDirect

Post in 2022
BuildDirect provides an online marketplace for buying and selling building materials. The platform connects homeowners and home improvement professionals in North America with suppliers and sellers of quality building materials worldwide, including flooring, tile, decking, and more.

BuildDirect

Post in 2022
BuildDirect provides an online marketplace for buying and selling building materials. The platform connects homeowners and home improvement professionals in North America with suppliers and sellers of quality building materials worldwide, including flooring, tile, decking, and more.

Bonsai

Series A in 2022
Bonsai’s mission is to help people find and buy the products they want, as soon as they realize they want them. The company began in 2016 as a streetwear style and news app and turned into content-driven commerce. Bonsai is partnered with 30 publishers and has integrated 1,200 brands. The company's technology enables users to transact natively while browsing content. It makes the journey from seeing a product to buying it possible in two taps. Bonsai allows merchants to capture customers while they browse content, right when purchasing intent is being formed.

Schoolyard Snacks

Series A in 2020
Schoolyard Snacks is a food startup that produces and sells cereals and snacks with low-carb, high-protein, and sugar-free. The company's sugar-free, high-protein cheese puffs, and cereals that replace carbs and sugar with high-quality protein and monk fruit allow customers to get a healthy alternative without sacrificing taste. Though the brand’s main focus will be the direct-to-consumer channel. Schoolyard Snacks originally launched in March 2019.

Vitruvi

Series A in 2020
Vitruvi is a Vancouver-based company that primarily engages in developing essential oil products made from pure, quality ingredients. Vitruvi has earned spots on coveted lists like Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies and Forbes 30 Under 30. It was founded in 2014 by siblings Sean and Sara Panton.

Puris

Venture Round in 2020
Puris is a family-owned company that cultivates plant-based foods and ingredients from organic and non-GMO sources, providing a sustainable alternative to GMOs and animal proteins. It provides products that are pure vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, allergen-free, and mystery-free. Its model is grounded in 30 years of non-GMO natural breeding and sustained by an alliance of domestic growers and partners. Puris is the exclusive producer of PURIS Pea protein, starches, fibers, and other non-GMO ingredients from soy, pulses, lentils, and corn. It was founded in 1985 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Direct Tap

Venture Round in 2020
Direct Tap was established to provide a better logistical service to craft liquor manufacturers in British Columbia. They have experienced the logistical services offered in the province first hand, and they understand there is a need for a specialized company. Their team has extensive experience over the past few years working through the challenges and limited options currently present in the marketplace. They aim to be much more than a logistics company. They truly care about the success of the brands we partner with and recognize that their success relies on maintaining strong customer relationships.

Social Nature

Seed Round in 2019
With Social Nature, people can try natural products for FREE in exchange for writing a product review on social media, #trynatural.

Rise

Private Equity Round in 2019
Rise provides kombucha goods. They have recipes for things like the rising sun, rising tide, crimson moon, lost island sour, raspberry basil breeze, and passion. They provide a range of goods.

BuildDirect

Series D in 2018
BuildDirect provides an online marketplace for buying and selling building materials. The platform connects homeowners and home improvement professionals in North America with suppliers and sellers of quality building materials worldwide, including flooring, tile, decking, and more.

Tentree

Venture Round in 2018
At tentree, Their goal is to become the most environmentally progressive brand on the planet. We don’t want to just reduce the negative impact of the apparel industry, we want to use it as a vehicle for change. Our purpose is to revitalize our environment and inspire a generation to believe that they can do the same.

SBFC Finance Limited

Private Equity Round in 2017
Small Business Fincredit provides financial services, including loans, business loans, personal loans, loans against property, and loans against golden against gold. It offers MSME loans at a rate of 12.50% p.a. onwards. The NBFC also provides a variety of credit facilities, including MSME loans, Business loans, and working capital finance.

FreshTAP

Venture Round in 2017
FreshTAP is a food and beverage company
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