Guardian Capital Partners Acquires Nügredient Solutions

Guardion Health Sciences Acquires Activ Nutritional, LLC (Viactiv) from Adare Pharmaceuticals

May 18, 2021

Consumer Products

Guardion Health Sciences, Inc. agreed to acquire all equity of Activ Nutritional, LLC — owner of the Viactiv supplement brand — from Adare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for $26.0 million in cash (subject to adjustments). The acquisition is intended to strengthen Guardion's clinical nutrition product portfolio, expand its presence in the retail and e-commerce supplement market, and provide an immediate boost to revenue and operating earnings.

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.

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.

Canopy Capital Partners and Plexus Capital Invest in Guardian Logistics Solutions

June 11, 2024

Logistics & Distribution

Canopy Capital Partners, alongside co-investor Plexus Capital, acquired an equity stake in Guardian Logistics Solutions, a Charlotte-based asset-light transportation and logistics platform. The investment will support Guardian's strategic growth plan—both organically and via add-on acquisitions—while founders Brent Smith and Randy Ferrell remain in leadership.

Tilia Holdings Acquires NutriScience Innovations

May 4, 2021

Food & Beverage

Chicago-based private equity firm Tilia Holdings completed the acquisition of NutriScience Innovations, a Milford, Connecticut developer and supplier of branded nutritional and specialty ingredients. The sellers on the transaction included Akoya Capital, Lakeview Equity Partners and Greyrock Capital Group; NutriScience's CEO Alan Yengoyan will remain in his role to support the company's next phase of growth.

GenNx360 Capital Partners Invests in Nutra-Med Packaging, Inc.

February 4, 2022

Packaging

GenNx360 Capital Partners has made a platform investment in Nutra-Med Packaging, a Whippany, New Jersey-based contract packaging company serving the pharmaceutical, health & wellness and medical devices markets. The investment will support Nutra-Med's next phase of accelerated growth; founder Mahesh Gupta will move to an advisory role and Kunal Gupta will lead the company as CEO.