Rosewood Affiliate Acquires Healthy Natural, Inc. from RiceBran Technologies

Rosewood Private Investments Acquires Herbs, Etc.

January 16, 2024

Food & Beverage

Rosewood Private Investments has acquired Herbs, Etc., a Santa Fe-based manufacturer and marketer of herbal supplements led by CEO Daniel Gagnon. The acquisition brings Herbs' liquid tincture and soft-gel product portfolio and DTC/Amazon channels into Rosewood’s health & wellness investment focus to support product innovation and market expansion.

Rosewood Private Investments Acquires Living Ecology

October 1, 2020

Food & Beverage

Rosewood Private Investments (RPI) has acquired Living Ecology, a developer, formulator, and manufacturer of functional foods and nutritional supplements headquartered in Henderson, Nevada. Living Ecology — which operates manufacturing facilities in Corona, California and an allergen-free facility in Henderson — will become an affiliate of RPI-owned Innovations in Nutrition + Wellness (INW), expanding RPI/INW’s capabilities into fruit and nutritional bars sold to retailers such as Costco, Whole Foods and Starbucks.

Nexus Capital Acquires Smucker's Natural Beverage and Grains Businesses (R.W. Knudsen, TruRoots)

January 31, 2022

Food & Beverage

The J.M. Smucker Co. completed the sale of its natural and organic beverage and grains businesses — including the R.W. Knudsen and TruRoots assets and trademarks plus a licensing agreement for Santa Cruz Organic beverages — to Nexus Capital Management LP for $110 million in cash (subject to working capital adjustments). The transaction includes manufacturing and distribution facilities in Chico, California and Havre de Grace, Maryland, and Nexus plans to operate the acquired brands as an independent consumer platform led by Bobby Chacko as chairman and CEO.

Cornell Capital-Led Group Acquires INW; INW Acquires Bee Health

March 29, 2021

Food & Beverage

A Cornell Capital-led investor group has acquired INW | Innovations in Nutrition + Wellness from Rosewood Private Investments. Simultaneously, INW closed the acquisition of Bee Health, the UK-based nutritional supplement manufacturer headquartered in Bridlington, expanding INW's product capabilities and European footprint.

Heartwood Partners Invests in Royal Products

April 12, 2024

Manufacturing

Heartwood Partners made a growth investment in Royal Products, a Hauppauge, New York-based manufacturer and distributor of metalworking performance accessories, on April 12, 2024. Management will remain in place while Heartwood plans to support the company’s expansion through investments in people, processes and strategic add-on acquisitions; Lincoln International and Carl Marks Advisors served as financial advisors.

Heartwood Partners Acquires NativeSeed Group

March 27, 2023

Agriculture

Heartwood Partners LLC has acquired NativeSeed Group, a vertically integrated provider of native seeds and erosion control products headquartered in Carpinteria, California, from founder Victor Schaff. Heartwood said it will partner with the existing management team to expand the business organically and via strategic add-on acquisitions to grow geography and customer types.