FOOD & RESTAURANT VENTURE CAPITAL INFORMATION & STATS
Food venture capital firms and restaurant venture capital firms are channels for creating small and medium-sized businesses as well as large franchises. Food financing companies are key to the consumer products industry and in the United States alone, total consumers spent an average of $1 trillion on food. Based on this amount of consumption and cultural trends, entrepreneurs with technology solutions for food production or supply chain needs, advancements for health/wellness and nutrition, or targeted cultural concepts can take advantage of food private equity and restaurant private equity in the United States and abroad.
As the economy recovers, businesses in these fields are expanding due to rising demand and start ups are able to take a competitive position with the right capital availability and business plan, and the right amount small business start up capital helps as well. The diverse categories of these industries, including suppliers, retailers, manufacturers, and software solution providers, can also take advantage of funding opportunities.
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Featured Investors
Oak Investment Partners provides early and late stage funding to companies within the wireless communications, IT, software outsourced services, consumer Internet, digital media, financial services technology, healthcare IT, clean energy, and retail. The company invests equity amounts of up to $150 million with its 13th fund since 1978.
Yellowstone Capital Inc. focuses on companies within the alternative and renewable energy, industrial and energy equipment manufacturing, healthcare, life sciences, and branded food and beverage segments. The company specializes in venture capital and private equity, backing businesses with at least $10 million in revenue and positive cash flow. Located in Houston,Texas, Yellowstone Capital Inc. is a rare breed in terms of southwest venture capital firms.
Hospitality Capital Advisors provides advisory services in business growth as well as capital and debt raising support. It also provides financing to restaurant, food and beverage, and nightlife businesses within New York City.
Bradmer Foods targets companies within food and beverage industry with revenue of $1 million to $60 million. It typically provides equity ranging from $1 million to $10 million to companies with positive cash flow and operating profit.
American Securities is currently investing its fifth fund totaling $2.3 billion in diverse industries including consumer, healthcare, industrial, media, services, and information. It has invested $6 billion in total in companies in the United States and overseas since its formation.
Sherbrooke Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in the health and wellness area. Since its launch in 1999, the company has backed companies in health food and beverage, nutrition and wellness, animal care products, green living, personal care, household products, diagnostics, safety, and devices.
JH Whitney backs companies in the consumer, specialty manufacturing, healthcare, and business services industries.  It typically provides equity investments ranging from $20 million to $125 million to companies with $50 million to $500 million in annual revenue. JH Whitney Co. Llc does, however, consider opportunities with companies over and under the target revenue.
Retail & Restaurant Growth Capital Lp provides growth equity to retail businesses and restaurants as well as retail-focused solution providers and suppliers across the nation. It manages $60 million in capital and also provides backing for buyouts, acquisitions, and recapitalizations. Since its launch, it has provided financing to businesses such as Quizno’s and Elizabeth Arden Red Door Salon.
Swander Pace Capital invests growth funding into consumer products companies with up to $300 million in revenue including food, beverage, household products, apparel, and sporting goods. The company backs later stages including buyouts, divestitures, growth capital, recapitalization, turnarounds, and industry consolidations.
