Paine Schwartz Food Chain Fund Completes Minority Investment in AMFRESH Group and BLOOM FRESH

Produce Investments Acquires Biofresh Safestore

October 25, 2025

Agriculture

Produce Investments, a UK-based agricultural group, has acquired Biofresh Safestore, a specialist in fixed crop storage and sprout-control systems. The deal expands Produce Investments' agri-tech and crop storage capability by combining Biofresh's fixed-installation technologies with PI's Restrain portable sprout-suppression solutions and supports broader European and international growth.

Paine Schwartz Invests in Chex Finer Foods

June 16, 2025

Food & Beverage

Paine Schwartz Partners has made a strategic growth investment from its Food Chain Fund VI into Chex Finer Foods, a third-generation, family-owned specialty and natural foods distributor headquartered in Mansfield, Massachusetts. The firm will partner with Chex’s management to accelerate organic growth, invest in technology and operations, and pursue M&A in the fragmented specialty food distribution market.

Paine Schwartz Acquires Promix

November 26, 2024

Food & Beverage

Paine Schwartz Partners’ Food Chain Fund VI has acquired Promix LLC, a Gainesville, Florida–based maker of clean‑ingredient protein mixes, supplements, vitamins and better‑for‑you snack bars. Promix’s founding management team will remain in place, Bob DeBorde will join as Executive Chairman, and Paine Schwartz will support growth initiatives including marketing, product innovation, margin optimization and channel expansion. Financial terms were not disclosed.

AM FRESH Group Acquires International Fruit Genetics and Merges It with SNFL

August 16, 2023

Agriculture

AM FRESH Group has agreed to acquire International Fruit Genetics (IFG) and merge it with Special New Fruit Licensing (SNFL), creating an integrated table grape and cherry breeding platform. The combined business will be majority‑controlled by AM FRESH with significant minority investment from EQT Future and continued investment/reinvestment from Paine Schwartz Partners to accelerate R&D, broaden gene pools and scale varietal commercialization.

Paine Schwartz Partners Takes AgroFresh Private

April 3, 2023

Agriculture

Paine Schwartz Partners has completed a go-private acquisition of AgroFresh Solutions, Inc., acquiring the company’s outstanding public shares and delisting it from NASDAQ. The transaction gives AgroFresh a private ownership structure intended to strengthen its financial foundation and support expansion initiatives, innovation investment, and its mission to reduce food waste across the fresh produce supply chain.

Paine Schwartz Partners Makes Growth Equity Investment in Advanced Agrilytics

September 17, 2019

Agriculture

Paine Schwartz Partners has made its first growth equity investment from Paine Schwartz Food Chain Fund V in Advanced Agrilytics, an agronomics services business that provides precision farming analytics and on‑the‑ground agronomic advice. Financial terms were not disclosed; the investment will support scaling the business, adding data scientists and agronomic professionals, and expanding customer and implementation teams.