Encore Consumer Capital Invests in KYLA Hard Kombucha

Encore Consumer Capital Invests in LYS Beauty

April 1, 2025

Consumer Products

Encore Consumer Capital has made a significant minority equity investment in clean beauty brand LYS Beauty to fund product innovation, inventory expansion, strategic hires, and global marketing as the brand scales. Founder and CEO Tisha Thompson will retain majority ownership as LYS prepares to expand distribution, including a Sephora at Kohl's launch across 800+ stores.

Encore Consumer Capital Acquires Lion Beverages, LLC (The Lion Brewery)

January 7, 2020

Food & Beverage

Encore Consumer Capital, a San Francisco-based private equity firm focused on consumer products, has completed the acquisition of Lion Beverages, LLC (doing business as The Lion Brewery), a contract manufacturer of specialty beverages based in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Lion provides brewing, blending, canning, bottling and packaging services to national and regional beverage brands; the transaction follows Blue Point Capital Partners' exit of its U.S. Drinks / Lion Brewery holding.

Encore Consumer Capital Invests in Love Wellness (Ogilvie Brands)

March 23, 2021

Consumer Products

Encore Consumer Capital has completed an investment in Ogilvie Brands, Inc., which does business as Love Wellness, a New York–based women's health and wellness consumer brand founded by Lauren "Lo" Bosworth. Encore partner Kate Wallman led the transaction and will join Love Wellness's board as the firm supports the company's continued growth across direct-to-consumer channels and expanded retail distribution (including Ulta and Target).

SYSTM Foods Acquires HUMM Kombucha

January 3, 2024

Food & Beverage

SYSTM Foods, a functional beverage brand platform backed by GroundForce Capital and SYSTM Brands, has acquired HUMM Kombucha, a leading low- and zero-sugar kombucha brand headquartered in Bend, Oregon. The deal adds a gut-health focused brand to SYSTM's portfolio (which includes REBBL and Chameleon Organic Coffee) as part of a roll-up strategy to build scale and capabilities in the refrigerated ready-to-drink functional beverage category.

Encore Consumer Capital Acquires Chalet Desserts

May 16, 2024

Food & Beverage

Encore Consumer Capital, a San Francisco-based private equity firm focused on consumer products, has acquired Chalet Desserts, a Sacramento-based specialty manufacturer of frozen bakery desserts. Encore said it will partner with founder and CEO Dave Laukat and the existing management team to pursue organic growth, capacity investments and add-on acquisitions to expand the platform.

Encore Consumer Capital Invests in Murry's, Inc.

November 14, 2019

Food & Beverage

San Francisco-based private equity firm Encore Consumer Capital completed an investment in Murry's, Inc., a family-owned frozen French toast manufacturer based in Greenbelt, Maryland. The partnership will support Murry's next phase of growth, leveraging Encore's experience in consumer packaged foods and private-label channels.