Food

Bela Vista Investimentos, a former HSBC fund, invested an undisclosed amount in Meta Foods, a company founded by the Wessel brand that develops vegetable products without artificial ingredients.  (Valor Econômico)…

Advent International has entered a strategic partnership with Brazil-based premium chocolate producer Grupo CRM and has reportedly acquired a majority stake in the company. Read more here and here (em português). (Advent International)…

Ultracheese,  company controlled by Latin American agribusiness private equity fund manager Aqua Capital, has acquired Brazil-based buffalo milk cheese manufacturer Búfalo Dourado. The amount of the transaction was undisclosed. (Press…

Brazilian PE firm Bela Vista Investimentos announced an investment into healthy food producer Roots to Go. Financial terms of the investment were undisclosed. (Press Release) Bela Vista Investimentos is pleased…

ThornTree Capital Partners led a R$90m investment in Liv Up, a Brazilian meal kit delivery service, with participation from KaszeK Ventures, Spectra and Endeavor Catalyst. Kaszek invested US$1.7m in 2017.…

Los Angeles-based private equity firm Butterfly announced the acquisition of Pacifico Aquaculture (“Pacifico”), a leader in sustainable ocean-raised aquaculture for an undisclosed amount. (Press Release) Butterfly, a Los Angeles-based private…

Limones Piuranos and Wealmoor have purchased a stake in Peruvian agriculture company Sunshine Export from Fondo Transandino Perú (FTP), a private equity fund managed by local investment firm Summa SAFI.…

Almost two years after purchasing a 40% stake in the company, Partners Group has acquired 100% of Brazilian food retailer Hortifruti for an undisclosed amount. (Valor Econômico) Quase dois anos…

Private equity firm PC Capital completed an undisclosed investment in Mexican seed distributor Rancho Los Molinos. (Press Release) PC Capital Management, a specialized Mexican growth equity impact investment firm, announced…

Fondo Alerce made a US$350k investment in Biotics Solutions, a Chilean biotech startup manufacturing a portable detector for toxic compounds of animal origin. (Diario Financiero) El Fondo Alerce VC acaba…