Generate Capital Invests in Atlas Organics to Expand Commercial Composting Platform
January 12, 2022
Generate Capital has provided over $200 million in financing and acquired ownership of Atlas Organics' eight operating composting facilities to support nationwide expansion of commercial composting infrastructure. Atlas Organics, headquartered in Spartanburg, South Carolina, will continue to be led by founders Joseph McMillin and Gary Nihart as the partnership develops new greenfield sites and pursues complementary acquisitions.
- Buyers
- Generate Capital, PBC
- Targets
- Atlas Organics
- Sellers
- Atlas Organics
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- South Carolina, United States
- Transaction Type
- Growth capital
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