HGS BioScience Acquires Menefee Mining Corporation and Earthgreen Products, Inc.

Paine Schwartz Partners Makes Strategic Investment in HGS BioScience (Formerly Humic Growth Solutions)

September 20, 2022

Agriculture

Paine Schwartz Partners completed a strategic investment through its Food Chain Fund VI in HGS BioScience (formerly Humic Growth Solutions), a Jacksonville-based manufacturer of extracted humic and fulvic acid products. The investment (terms undisclosed) will support the company's growth, product innovation and operational scaling across its six North American manufacturing sites and global distribution footprint.

HGS BioScience Acquires Pharmgrade

January 13, 2026

Agriculture

Paine Schwartz Partners–backed HGS BioScience has acquired Pharmgrade, an Idaho-based developer of microbial consortium products, to strengthen its microbial capabilities and expand its integrated biologicals platform. The deal enhances HGS's R&D, formulation and manufacturing depth and helps scale Pharmgrade’s microbial technologies to retailers and growers across North America.

Paine Schwartz‑Backed HGS BioScience Acquires NutriAg Ltd.

November 5, 2025

Agriculture

HGS BioScience, a Paine Schwartz‑backed bionutritional platform, has acquired NutriAg Ltd., a Toronto‑based crop‑technology and bionutritionals company. The add‑on deal expands HGS’s North American footprint and R&D/capability set in biostimulants and crop nutrition; Cascadia advised on the transaction and financing.

Huma Inc. Acquires Gro-Power, Inc.

January 31, 2024

Agriculture

Huma Inc. has acquired the technological assets and ownership rights of Gro-Power, Inc., giving Huma entry into the granular, humic-based fertilizer market and expanding its turf & ornamental product portfolio. The deal preserves Gro-Power’s legacy products and adds granular fertilizer and soil conditioner technologies to Huma’s existing liquid nutrient and specialty product lines; terms were not disclosed.

GrowGeneration Corp. Acquires HGS Hydro

July 28, 2021

Retail

GrowGeneration Corp. signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire HGS Hydro, the third-largest chain of hydroponic garden centers in the U.S., adding six existing Michigan stores (with a seventh opening soon). The acquisition will increase GrowGeneration's Michigan footprint and bring its total store count to 65, and is expected to close before GrowGeneration's fiscal year-end 2021.

SGS Acquires Aster Global Environmental Solutions

January 8, 2025

Environmental Services

SGS has acquired Aster Global Environmental Solutions, Inc., a provider of greenhouse gas (GHG) validation and verification, forestry and ecosystem services, and sustainability assurance. The acquisition adds roughly 25 employees and expands SGS’s Impact Now for sustainability platform and GHG service capabilities in North America and globally.