Investment Criteria
Celerant Capital is an operationally oriented independent sponsor group focused on acquiring and managing middle market food companies. We selectively target established businesses across the food supply chain with purchase prices between $50 million and $1 billion.
When looking to invest, we seek out the following types of companies:
Privately owned, corporate divestitures, public-to-private transactions, and bankruptcies.
Financial or operational control-oriented investments.
Companies that are undervalued, underperforming, or in need of operational improvement
Who We Help
Family Businesses
Frequently founders or owners would like to remain active in the future growth and success of their company, but are also wanting to gain financial certainty and liquidity. Celerant Capital can provide either a full exit or the opportunity for owners to remain on board and share in the financial upside.
Corporations
Divestitures/spin-offs are both time consuming and expensive, and they often result in customer and employee losses. Celerant Capital has significant expertise in this realm and can provide corporations with a smooth exit from non-core assets while protecting a successful future for the new stand-alone business.
Private Equity Firms
Challenged portfolio companies often require a significant amount of partners’ time plus additional capital. Celerant Capital successfully collaborates with existing owners, adding capital and the operations expertise to revitalize businesses. This results in faster exits and allows PE firms more time to focus on the rest of their portfolio.