In This Issue:
- Food Venture Financing Trends
- CPG Corporate Venture and Private Equity Funds
Food Venture Financing Trends
- TreeHouse Foods, a manufacturer of private label food products, will be acquired by Investindustrial for $2.9 billion.
- Ume Tea, a bubble tea chain, raised $10 million in its Series A fundraising.
- Caulipower, which makes cauliflower-crust pizzas, is being acquired by the private equity firm Paine Schwartz Partners.
CPG Corporate Venture and Private Equity Fund
This week's featured corporate venture and private equity fund is LvlUp Ventures.
- LvlUp Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm with a global footprint that supports early-stage companies and founders. It blends capital with operational support, offering startups access to accelerators, retail-enablement tools, commerce infrastructure, and hands-on advisory resources to help emerging brands scale.
- LvlUp Ventures operates several consumer-focused investment vehicles, including its CPG Fund created in partnership with SHOPLINE, and its CPG Accel Fund, a $250 million non-dilutive growth capital vehicle designed for U.S. and Canadian consumer-product companies.
- LvlUp Ventures has supported more than 100 companies across its platform. Examples include:
- Sip Herbals
- Natics
- Otherwise Brewing
- Oasis Energy Drink
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