Proterra Investment Partners

Proterra Investment Partners is an alternative investment manager focused on private equity investments in the natural resource sectors of agriculture, food, and metals and mining. Proterra has offices in Minneapolis, London, Mumbai, Singapore, Shanghai, and Sydney. Proterra launched as a standalone investment advisor and private equity fund manager for the Black River Asset Management private equity funds (the “Funds”) on January 1, 2016. The Funds spun out from Black River Asset Management, a wholly-owned, independently managed subsidiary of Cargill, Inc. Proterra’s investment strategies are influenced by the senior leadership team’s longstanding tenure with Cargill – a global leader in providing food, agriculture, financial, and industrial products and services. Although no longer an owner, Cargill maintains its relationship with Proterra as a committed limited partner to the Funds.

Jim Sayre

Founding Partner

7 past transactions

Simple Love

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

Deli Star

Debt Financing in 2022
Deli Star is the innovative B2B protein partner for more craveable sandwiches, salads, meal kits, and center-of-plate options. Our team of curious food scientists and passionate culinarians use their expertise to create fresh, never-frozen proteins. Deli Star cooks fresh, ready-to-use proteins under vacuum using our Fresh Sous Vide and Steam Post-Pasteurization processes–delivering an industry-leading refrigerated shelf life.

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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