Tracked deals
11
11 tracked deals across 2016-2025.
Private Equity Firm
Consumer
Swander Pace Capital
San Francisco, California, United States
Swander Pace Capital (“SPC”) is a private equity firm focused on investing in family- and founder-owned consumer staples businesses, specializing in the food & beverage and health & wellness categories across the value chain. SPC partners with management teams and uses its “SPC Playbook,” senior team expertise, and network to help build companies to their full potential. The firm has offices in California and New Jersey.
- Focus Areas
- Food & Beverage, Health & Wellness, Consumer Staples
- Website
- spcap.com
Recent pace
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0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Buyout
7 buyout · 4 addon
Swander Pace Capital Acquisition Volume by Year
Last 5 years
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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June 2, 2025
- Buyer
- Swander Pace Capital, Partners Capital, Constitution Capital Partners
- Target
- Maple Donuts Inc.
- Seller
- Burnside family
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Swander Pace Capital has acquired Maple Donuts Inc., a Pennsylvania-based manufacturer of frozen private-label donuts, with Partners Capital and Constitution Capital Partners serving as lead co-investors. The Burnside family will transition the business to Swander Pace, which plans to expand Maple Donuts' product offerings, production capabilities, and market reach as part of its bakery-platform strategy.
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June 27, 2024
- Buyer
- Swander Pace Capital
- Target
- Inovata Foods
- Seller
- Parsons family (Steve and Lisa Parsons)
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
- Type
- Buyout
Swander Pace Capital has made a platform investment in Inovata Foods, a Canadian private-label manufacturer of frozen entrées, partnering with founders Steve and Lisa Parsons to accelerate capacity expansion. The deal positions Inovata to grow its retail, club store and foodservice business across Canada and the U.S., with Ernst & Young Orenda advising Inovata on the transaction.
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- Buyer
- Swander Pace Capital, CDPQ (Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec), Roynat Equity Partners
- Target
- St‑Méthode Bakery
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- Quebec, Canada
- Type
- Buyout
Swander Pace Capital, together with CDPQ and Roynat Equity Partners, has acquired a majority stake in St‑Méthode Bakery (BSM), a Québec-based producer of healthy, value‑added fresh bread, headquartered in Adstock, Quebec. The existing management team will be retained, founder Benoit Faucher will remain as an advisor, and the investors plan to support a business transfer and growth initiatives into broader Canadian and U.S. markets.
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- Buyer
- Patriot Pickle, Swander Pace Capital
- Target
- First Place Foods, LLC
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Addon
Patriot Pickle, a Swander Pace Capital portfolio company, has acquired First Place Foods, a Garland, Texas-based producer of fresh and fermented pickles, relishes, and other pickled vegetables. The acquisition expands Patriot Pickle's geographic footprint and manufacturing capacity to serve national restaurant, foodservice and institutional customers with dual-source refrigerated and shelf-stable pickled products as part of its platform growth strategy.
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January 5, 2023
- Buyer
- Café Valley Inc., Swander Pace Capital
- Target
- Freed's Bakery
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- Nevada, United States
- Type
- Addon
Café Valley Inc., an Swander Pace Capital portfolio company, acquired the assets of Freed's Bakery, a manufacturer of iced mini cupcakes that supplies national and regional retailers. The deal is an add-on acquisition intended to expand Café Valley's product offering in mini iced cupcakes, drive synergies and economies of scale across its bakery platform.
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June 6, 2021
- Buyer
- Swander Pace Capital, Triple Crown Holdings, Five Points Capital
- Target
- T-Bev, Inc.
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- Oregon, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Swander Pace Capital formed Triple Crown Holdings to partner with and acquire T-Bev, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of natural and organic tea extracts, caffeine and botanical ingredients for the functional beverage and dietary supplement markets. Five Points Capital led unitranche financing and provided an equity co-investment to support the transaction; Triple Crown will pursue organic growth and add-on acquisitions in the clean-label food ingredients category.
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June 2, 2021
- Buyer
- Swander Pace Capital, Stellus Capital Management, LLC
- Target
- Mommy's Bliss, Inc.
- Industry
- Consumer Products
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Swander Pace Capital acquired Mommy's Bliss, an all‑natural baby and maternal health & wellness brand, partnering with CEO Yasmin Kaderali to accelerate growth and product innovation. Stellus Capital Management provided unitranche financing and an equity co‑investment to support the transaction; Houlihan Lokey served as financial advisor to Mommy's Bliss.
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- Buyer
- Swander Pace Capital, Branch Brook Holdings, United Natural Foods, Inc., Jefferson Capital Partners
- Target
- Mighty Spark Food Company (dba Mighty Spark)
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- Minnesota, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Swander Pace Capital, through its Branch Brook strategic partnership with United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) and Jefferson Capital Partners, has acquired Mighty Spark Food Company, a Minneapolis-based better-for-you protein brand. Intrepid acted as exclusive financial advisor to Mighty Spark; the transaction brings new leadership and board appointments and aims to accelerate the brand’s retail distribution and growth.
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September 10, 2019
- Buyer
- Swander Pace Capital, Stellus Capital Management, LLC
- Target
- Café Valley
- Seller
- Café Valley selling shareholders and previous owners
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- Arizona, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Swander Pace Capital acquired Café Valley, a leading wholesale bakery with production facilities in Phoenix, AZ and Marion, IN, to expand its consumer food portfolio. Stellus Capital Management provided senior debt financing and an equity co-investment to support the transaction; Café Valley's existing CEO Brian Owens will remain in place.
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December 12, 2016
- Buyer
- aden + anais, Swander Pace Capital
- Target
- HALO Innovations
- Industry
- Consumer Products
- Location
- Minnesota, United States
- Type
- Addon
aden + anais, a portfolio company of Swander Pace Capital, has acquired HALO Innovations, a maker of award‑winning wearable blankets and infant sleep products. The acquisition combines complementary juvenile soft‑goods brands to expand product offerings and distribution across major U.S. and international retailers.
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- Buyer
- Clarion Brands, LLC, Swander Pace Capital
- Target
- American Lifeline, Inc. (Florajen)
- Industry
- Consumer Products
- Location
- Wisconsin, United States
- Type
- Addon
Clarion Brands, a portfolio company of Swander Pace Capital, has acquired American Lifeline, Inc., the maker of the Florajen probiotic supplement brand. Cleary Gull acted as exclusive financial advisor to American Lifeline; the acquisition adds a leading pharmacist-recommended probiotic brand to Clarion's consumer health portfolio.
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