Compost360 (The Sterling Group Foundation Fund) Acquires Nature's Choice
August 2, 2023
The Sterling Group Foundation Fund formed a new platform, Compost360, to build a national organics-waste recycling and compost production business and completed its first acquisition of Nature's Choice, an organic waste recycling company based in New Jersey. Stellus Capital Management provided unitranche financing and an equity co-investment to support the transaction.
- Buyers
- Compost360, The Sterling Group Foundation Fund, Stellus Capital Management, LLC
- Targets
- Nature's Choice
- Platforms
- Compost360
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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