Paine Schwartz Food Chain Fund VI
Managed by Paine Schwartz Partners
Overview
Paine Schwartz Food Chain Fund VI is focused on investments across the food and agribusiness value chain. Its investment themes include improving productivity and resource efficiency in food systems and supporting health and wellness in food and beverage markets. The fund has invested across agricultural inputs and technology, fresh produce, food distribution, and consumer nutrition. It also includes the BetterCo platform, which invests in downstream food and beverage products and services.
Paine Schwartz Partners is a private equity manager focused on the global food and agribusiness sector. The firm uses a thematic, research-intensive approach centered on productivity and sustainability in food systems and consumer demand for health and wellness. The manager primarily pursues buyouts while retaining flexibility for growth and minority investments with governance rights. It partners with companies across the food value chain and takes an active operational approach during ownership.
Selected investments
- AgroFresh — Provider of pre- and post-harvest technologies and services designed to protect fresh-produce quality and extend shelf life.
- Costa Group — Integrated horticultural business that grows, packs, markets, and supplies fresh produce including berries, mushrooms, tomatoes, citrus, avocados, and grapes.
- Elemental Enzymes — Developer of enzyme and biochemical products used in commercial agriculture and crop health.
- HGS BioScience — Provider of biological crop solutions, including humates, bionutritionals, plant extracts, and microbials.
- Monterey Holdings — Mushroom-focused platform spanning fresh mushrooms, mushroom genetics and cultivation technology, and mushroom-derived ingredients.
- Promix — Nutrition and supplements company offering protein mixes, supplements, vitamins, meal replacements, and snack products.
- Chex Finer Foods — Specialty and natural food distributor serving grocery retailers, co-ops, and food stores.
- Crisp — Commerce intelligence and AI platform serving the global food supply chain through the BetterCo platform.
- Lucky Energy — Better-for-you energy drink brand held through the BetterCo platform.
- AMFRESH Group and BLOOM FRESH — Fresh-produce and agricultural-genetics platform spanning breeding, farming, and retail services, including fruit-variety development and licensing.
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