Top 10 Food Products and Beverages Capital Raises and Investors in the U.S. – April 1st – May 31st, 2026
Several interesting transactions closed in the Food Products and Beverages sector over the past months. If you would like more info on these deals or would like to discuss the capital raising market for your company, please contact me.
PE Growth/Expansion
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- Fortune Favors, packaged snack food products that replaces conventional junk food with healthier alternatives, received development capital from Gordon River Partners.
- International Harvest, organic and plant-based food products that promotes environmental sustainability and health for all people, received development capital from WP Strategic Holdings.
Merger/Acquisition
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- Daddy’s Chicken Shack, restaurant that serves fast food to the customers, was acquired by Esperto Hospitality Group.
- Terrasoul Superfoods, organic superfood products based in Fort Worth, Texas, was acquired by Laird Superfood for $48 million.
Later Stage VC
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- Bare Beans, freshly farmed beans for health-conscious people as an alternative to ready-to-eat canned and dried beans, raised venture funding from Raven Indigenous Capital Partners.
- Hometown Coffee & Juice, café and juice bar chain that provides a welcoming everyday gathering place with fresh coffee, juices, smoothies, and wholesome food options for local communities, raised $11 million of venture funding.
Early Stage VC
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- El Nacho, tortilla chip products that provides clean ingredients snacks and chef-crafted flavors, raised $4.88 million of Series A venture funding.
- Linus Technology, food products that supports protein intake and weight management goals, raised $3.00 million of venture funding.
Seed
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- Cocoa Asante, artisan chocolates that promotes ethical cacao sourcing and support a more sustainable chocolate industry, raised $950,000 of seed funding in the form of convertible debt.
- Ladybird Taco, fast-casual restaurant that serves Mexican cuisine, raised $1.69 million of seed funding.
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Ken Margolis
Managing Partner
As one of the founders of Castle Placement, Ken is passionate about helping great companies grow. Over 25 years of experience in investment banking and raising capital from institutional private equity/venture investors, family offices, foundations, endowments, hedge funds, banks and specialty finance lenders. Co-founded Castle Placement in 2009, providing investment banking services and raising private equity/debt capital for early-stage and middle market companies across a wide range of industries including financial services/fintech, real estate, technology, business services, energy/real assets and consumer/retail. In 2007, created a platform providing advisory and capital formation services to financial institutions and private equity funds investing in distressed bank portfolios and community banks which was merged into Castle Placement*. From 1999 to 2007, at Merrill Lynch was co-head of the 50+ person global structured credit products investment banking, sales and syndicate and head of the U.S. alternative investment group raising capital for alternative investment funds in financial services and asset management. From 1991 to 1999, was at Credit Suisse First Boston as a senior trader on a principal transaction desk responsible for managing a proprietary position of credit sensitive commercial/residential real estate and asset-backed securities and head of CSFB’s new issue whole loan and agency CMO desk. Began his career in 1985 at Arthur Andersen where he managed their structured finance group consulting on ground breaking securitizations of residential mortgages, credit cards, auto loans, corporate loans and other financial assets. FINRA Series 7, 24, 63, and 79 licenses.
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