Trouw Nutrition (Nutreco) Acquires Bigsal from H.I.G. Capital

H.I.G. Capital Acquires Majority Stake in Life Agro

November 5, 2024

Agriculture

H.I.G. Capital, through an affiliate, acquired a majority stake in Life Agro, a Brazil-based producer of specialty agricultural inputs. Life Agro’s founder and CEO Matias Ezequiel Tiecher remains a significant shareholder and will continue as CEO; the company (~200 employees) operates two production facilities and eight distribution centers and has grown ~45% CAGR over the past five years.

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.

H.I.G. Capital Recapitalizes Navitas Life Sciences

September 13, 2022

Healthcare Services

An affiliate of H.I.G. Capital completed the recapitalization of Navitas Life Sciences, a Princeton, New Jersey–based technology-enabled clinical research organization (CRO). The transaction follows H.I.G.'s earlier agreement to acquire a majority (~75%) stake from TAKE Solutions and will provide Navitas with capital and resources to accelerate growth and expand its technology-enabled CRO capabilities.

Summa Equity Acquires Majority Stake in Nutris

September 3, 2024

Food & Beverage

Impact investor Summa Equity has acquired a majority stake in Nutris, a Croatian plant-based protein ingredients manufacturer founded in 2019. The investment will support scaling Nutris’s manufacturing capacity and R&D to expand production of fava-bean protein isolates and other plant-based ingredients for food, sports nutrition and dairy/meat alternative markets.

USALCO (H.I.G.) Acquires Coagulant Manufacturing Business from Brenntag Southwest

January 18, 2024

Manufacturing

USALCO, an H.I.G. Capital portfolio company, has acquired the coagulant manufacturing business of Brenntag Southwest, Inc., a Houston-based operation. The deal expands USALCO's manufacturing footprint and customer base in Texas and will see production relocated into USALCO's existing regional facilities.

Nutrien Acquires Actagro from Norwest Equity Partners

March 18, 2019

Agriculture

Nutrien has acquired Actagro, a developer, manufacturer and marketer of environmentally sustainable soil and plant health products, from Norwest Equity Partners. The acquisition (announced February 5, 2019 and closed March 15, 2019) expands Nutrien’s product portfolio and R&D capabilities to support crop nutrient efficiency and soil health solutions distributed through its retail channels.