VMG Partners Makes Minority Growth Investment in Stars + Honey

H.I.G. Growth Partners Acquires Mobile Health

June 17, 2024

Healthcare Services

H.I.G. Growth Partners, the growth capital affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, has completed the acquisition of Mobile Health Consumer, Inc., an end-to-end digital health, wellness, and virtual care SaaS platform. Mobile Health serves more than 4.5 million lives and 90,000+ customers; H.I.G. Growth will partner with management to scale the platform, expand capabilities, and accelerate adoption through channel partners and direct-to-employer deployments.

Milk & Honey Acquires VMG Sports

April 22, 2024

Media & Entertainment

Milk & Honey Music + Sports + Ventures has acquired VMG Sports in a multi-seven-figure deal that adds 15 NFL players — including Travis Kelce — to Milk & Honey's roster. The VMG founders will join Milk & Honey's executive staff, expanding the firm's sports capabilities, NIL business and geographic recruiting reach across the East Coast and Midwest.

Compass Diversified Acquires Significant Stake in The Honey Pot Company

February 1, 2024

Consumer Products

Compass Diversified (CODI) completed a partnership to acquire a majority stake in The Honey Pot Company for an enterprise value of $380 million. The Honey Pot's co-founders and management retain a significant minority stake and CEO Beatrice Dixon will remain in her role as the company pursues expanded distribution and new product categories.

Peterson Partners Leads $10M Growth Investment in Glowbar

January 4, 2023

Healthcare Services

Glowbar, a New York–based skincare studio operator, received a $10 million growth investment led by Peterson Partners to fund studio expansion, hiring and training. The capital will help Glowbar double its studio count in 2023 and expand beyond the Tri-state area along the Eastern seaboard; the company also added beauty industry advisors Alli Webb and Marla Beck to its board of advisors.

HPH II / WM Partners to Acquire Great Lakes Gelatin Company

August 5, 2020

Food & Beverage

HPH II Investments Master Fund, LP (HPH II), via a vehicle affiliated with WM Partners, entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Great Lakes Gelatin Company, a collagen and gelatin products company based in Grayslake, Illinois. The acquisition is positioned as part of a buy-and-build strategy to establish a platform in the functional foods/health & wellness subsector and to expand Great Lakes' reach across e-commerce, mass and wholesale channels.

Vestar Capital Partners Makes Minority Investment in Simple Mills

October 7, 2019

Food & Beverage

Vestar Capital Partners has agreed to make a minority growth investment in Simple Mills to support the natural-foods company's new product development, brand-building and distribution expansion. Terms were not disclosed; the deal is expected to close in October 2019 and Simple Mills will continue to operate as an independent company under founder and CEO Katlin Smith.