Advantage Capital is a private equity firm founded in 1992 and headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, with additional offices across the United States. The firm specializes in growth equity, lending, and mezzanine debt capital investments, focusing on small businesses at various stages of development, excluding seed-stage companies. It aims to drive economic development in underserved communities, both urban and rural, by investing in sectors such as communication, information technology, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and renewable energy. Advantage Capital seeks to make initial investments ranging from $0.5 million to $10 million in companies with sales under $5 million and also provides various forms of debt capital, including senior and subordinated loans. The firm has invested over $3.8 billion in more than 800 portfolio companies and projects, supporting over 66,000 jobs nationwide. Its geographic focus includes states like Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, and Texas, among others, with a commitment to enhancing local economies through targeted financial solutions.
Neighbors is a manufacturing company that focuses on producing cookie dough. It produces safe, high-quality products that are on-trend with consumer expectations and demand. The company is located in West Monroe, Louisiana.
Lamm Food Service
Debt Financing in 2020
LAMM Food Service has been providing customers with high quality products and exceptional service to meet their unique food service needs. As a full line food distributor, LAMM carries a wide variety of name brand products from well-known national manufacturers – and we are also proud to support many local companies that manufacture Louisiana food products.
Twin Rivers Foods
Debt Financing in 2020
Twin Rivers Foods operates as a slaughterhouse and meat processing plant. The company provides poultry slaughtering and processing. Twin Rivers Foods conducts business and packages meats.
Cultiva
Venture Round in 2020
Cultiva LLC, located in Las Vegas, Nevada, specializes in food-grade biofilm technology with significant applications in agriculture. The company's proprietary technology, known as SureSeal, enhances the natural cuticle of plants, promoting healthier growth and improved crop performance. Their product, Parka, utilizes this technology and is commercially applied to various high-value crops. Parka aims to improve fruit quality, reduce rain cracking, increase marketable yields, and extend shelf life, making it a valuable asset for growers worldwide.
Rustic Crust
Convertible Note in 2020
Rustic Crust Inc. is a New Hampshire-based company that specializes in producing all-natural, ready-made pizza crusts, gluten-free products, sauce packs, and flatbreads. Established in 1996 and originally known as Ever Better Eating, the company rebranded in January 2005. Rustic Crust focuses on crafting its products using organic ingredients, ensuring freshness and flavor retention without the need for refrigeration. The pizza crusts are handmade, undergo a slow fermentation process, and are double proofed, which contributes to their rich taste. In addition to their crust offerings, Rustic Crust provides recipes for a variety of dishes, including appetizers, main courses, and desserts, catering to customers through online retail channels.
Open range beef
Debt Financing in 2019
Open Range Beef is a specialized beef processing company that caters to the certified organic market. As a boutique packing plant, it prioritizes customer needs by providing premium beef tailored to specific requirements. The company adheres to strict organic principles, ensuring both the integrity and traceability of cattle from birth to delivery. Open Range Beef emphasizes food safety, employee safety, and humane animal handling practices, while offering products that are grass-fed and free from antibiotics. This commitment to quality and transparency positions Open Range Beef as a reliable source for organic beef in the marketplace.
Brew Dr. Kombucha
Debt Financing in 2019
Brew Dr. Kombucha, LLC is a manufacturer based in Portland, Oregon, specializing in organic kombucha crafted from tea, herbs, and roots. Established in 2008, the company produces its beverages entirely in-house, overseeing the process from leaf to bottle. Brew Dr. Kombucha emphasizes quality by utilizing whole, organic ingredients, with no added flavors or juices post-fermentation. The brewing process includes a two-week probiotic fermentation, resulting in a range of flavors that balance sweetness and tartness. Their offerings include popular varieties such as apple, mango, ginger lemon, and ginger turmeric, catering to consumers seeking healthy, organic beverage options. As a subsidiary of Townshend's Tea Company, Brew Dr. Kombucha is committed to delivering high-quality products that reflect its dedication to natural ingredients.
Danimer Scientific
Debt Financing in 2019
Danimer Scientific produces a new generation of patented, cost competitive biopolymers. They also offer research, development, and toll manufacturing services for bio-based materials to business partners. They are committed to closed-loop, renewable and sustainable practices, and to products designed to help curb petrochemical plastic pollution worldwide. Their plant and microbial sourced plastics are biodegradable, durable, and adaptable to a wide range of applications. Their toxin-free manufacturing practices are cost competitive. Their products are FDA approved for food contact, and certified to be aerobically and anaerobically biodegradable or compostable in soil, water, and industrial or home compost by ASTM, OWS, and Vinçotte.
Danimer Scientific
Venture Round in 2019
Danimer Scientific produces a new generation of patented, cost competitive biopolymers. They also offer research, development, and toll manufacturing services for bio-based materials to business partners. They are committed to closed-loop, renewable and sustainable practices, and to products designed to help curb petrochemical plastic pollution worldwide. Their plant and microbial sourced plastics are biodegradable, durable, and adaptable to a wide range of applications. Their toxin-free manufacturing practices are cost competitive. Their products are FDA approved for food contact, and certified to be aerobically and anaerobically biodegradable or compostable in soil, water, and industrial or home compost by ASTM, OWS, and Vinçotte.
Hip Chick Farms
Convertible Note in 2018
Hip Chick Farms, Inc. is a producer of frozen poultry products based in Sebastopol, California. Founded in 2011, the company specializes in offering a variety of organic and ethically raised chicken items, including chicken fingers, meatballs, wings, and stock products. By focusing on free-range and natural sourcing, Hip Chick Farms aims to provide families with convenient and delicious meal options that prioritize transparency and quality in their poultry sourcing.
MasterHand Milling
Debt Financing in 2018
MasterHand Milling is a feed mill that produces dried distillers grain cubes and pellets. It is a family-owned business that provides a natural, high-protein, high-energy feed product that allows ranchers to simplify their feed plan and get maximum returns. The company's 100% dried distillers grain cubes are changing the pasture-grazing game with 28% protein, 8% fat, and 7% fiber. MHM cubes offer 95% digestible protein, and they are naturally high in phosphorous and low in starch. MasterHand Milling was founded in 2014 in Edmond, Oklahoma.
Rustic Crust
Venture Round in 2018
Rustic Crust Inc. is a New Hampshire-based company that specializes in producing all-natural, ready-made pizza crusts, gluten-free products, sauce packs, and flatbreads. Established in 1996 and originally known as Ever Better Eating, the company rebranded in January 2005. Rustic Crust focuses on crafting its products using organic ingredients, ensuring freshness and flavor retention without the need for refrigeration. The pizza crusts are handmade, undergo a slow fermentation process, and are double proofed, which contributes to their rich taste. In addition to their crust offerings, Rustic Crust provides recipes for a variety of dishes, including appetizers, main courses, and desserts, catering to customers through online retail channels.
Hip Chick Farms
Series A in 2018
Hip Chick Farms, Inc. is a producer of frozen poultry products based in Sebastopol, California. Founded in 2011, the company specializes in offering a variety of organic and ethically raised chicken items, including chicken fingers, meatballs, wings, and stock products. By focusing on free-range and natural sourcing, Hip Chick Farms aims to provide families with convenient and delicious meal options that prioritize transparency and quality in their poultry sourcing.
Hip Chick Farms
Convertible Note in 2017
Hip Chick Farms, Inc. is a producer of frozen poultry products based in Sebastopol, California. Founded in 2011, the company specializes in offering a variety of organic and ethically raised chicken items, including chicken fingers, meatballs, wings, and stock products. By focusing on free-range and natural sourcing, Hip Chick Farms aims to provide families with convenient and delicious meal options that prioritize transparency and quality in their poultry sourcing.
Vogt-Ice
Private Equity Round in 2017
Vogt Ice designs manufactures, and distributes ice-making machines, chillers, and parts to commercial and industrial customers worldwide. Vogt engineers designed the unique tube ice machine specifically to freeze ice automatically in tubes, momentarily thaw ice loose from the tubes, and then catch it into short cylinders with a hole in the center. Vogt Ice is a former division of Henry Vogt Machine Company.
Brew Dr. Kombucha
Debt Financing in 2017
Brew Dr. Kombucha, LLC is a manufacturer based in Portland, Oregon, specializing in organic kombucha crafted from tea, herbs, and roots. Established in 2008, the company produces its beverages entirely in-house, overseeing the process from leaf to bottle. Brew Dr. Kombucha emphasizes quality by utilizing whole, organic ingredients, with no added flavors or juices post-fermentation. The brewing process includes a two-week probiotic fermentation, resulting in a range of flavors that balance sweetness and tartness. Their offerings include popular varieties such as apple, mango, ginger lemon, and ginger turmeric, catering to consumers seeking healthy, organic beverage options. As a subsidiary of Townshend's Tea Company, Brew Dr. Kombucha is committed to delivering high-quality products that reflect its dedication to natural ingredients.
Cultiva
Convertible Note in 2017
Cultiva LLC, located in Las Vegas, Nevada, specializes in food-grade biofilm technology with significant applications in agriculture. The company's proprietary technology, known as SureSeal, enhances the natural cuticle of plants, promoting healthier growth and improved crop performance. Their product, Parka, utilizes this technology and is commercially applied to various high-value crops. Parka aims to improve fruit quality, reduce rain cracking, increase marketable yields, and extend shelf life, making it a valuable asset for growers worldwide.
Tortillas
Debt Financing in 2016
TI Foods is a food manufacturing company that produces fresh tortillas. It was founded in 1979 in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
Best Harvest Bakeries
Debt Financing in 2016
Best Harvest Bakeries is a minority-owned & certified, single-line soft roll bakery with a production capacity of over 3000 dozen per hour.
Hip Chick Farms
Series A in 2016
Hip Chick Farms, Inc. is a producer of frozen poultry products based in Sebastopol, California. Founded in 2011, the company specializes in offering a variety of organic and ethically raised chicken items, including chicken fingers, meatballs, wings, and stock products. By focusing on free-range and natural sourcing, Hip Chick Farms aims to provide families with convenient and delicious meal options that prioritize transparency and quality in their poultry sourcing.
Hip Chick Farms
Debt Financing in 2016
Hip Chick Farms, Inc. is a producer of frozen poultry products based in Sebastopol, California. Founded in 2011, the company specializes in offering a variety of organic and ethically raised chicken items, including chicken fingers, meatballs, wings, and stock products. By focusing on free-range and natural sourcing, Hip Chick Farms aims to provide families with convenient and delicious meal options that prioritize transparency and quality in their poultry sourcing.
Dubuque Coffee Company
Debt Financing in 2016
Dubuque Coffee Company specializes in sourcing premium green coffee beans from regions such as Central and South America, Africa, and Indonesia. The company focuses on both single-origin coffees and expertly crafted blends, ensuring a consistent quality that meets its signature taste profiles. In addition to its traditional offerings, Dubuque Coffee produces flavored coffees, including popular varieties like Highlander Grog and Hazelnut, which are created using the same high-quality beans and are mixed in small batches to maintain flavor integrity. Through meticulous selection and taste-testing processes, Dubuque Coffee aims to provide a diverse and satisfying coffee experience for its customers.
MasterHand Milling
Debt Financing in 2016
MasterHand Milling is a feed mill that produces dried distillers grain cubes and pellets. It is a family-owned business that provides a natural, high-protein, high-energy feed product that allows ranchers to simplify their feed plan and get maximum returns. The company's 100% dried distillers grain cubes are changing the pasture-grazing game with 28% protein, 8% fat, and 7% fiber. MHM cubes offer 95% digestible protein, and they are naturally high in phosphorous and low in starch. MasterHand Milling was founded in 2014 in Edmond, Oklahoma.
Brew Dr. Kombucha
Debt Financing in 2015
Brew Dr. Kombucha, LLC is a manufacturer based in Portland, Oregon, specializing in organic kombucha crafted from tea, herbs, and roots. Established in 2008, the company produces its beverages entirely in-house, overseeing the process from leaf to bottle. Brew Dr. Kombucha emphasizes quality by utilizing whole, organic ingredients, with no added flavors or juices post-fermentation. The brewing process includes a two-week probiotic fermentation, resulting in a range of flavors that balance sweetness and tartness. Their offerings include popular varieties such as apple, mango, ginger lemon, and ginger turmeric, catering to consumers seeking healthy, organic beverage options. As a subsidiary of Townshend's Tea Company, Brew Dr. Kombucha is committed to delivering high-quality products that reflect its dedication to natural ingredients.
Dubuque Coffee Company
Debt Financing in 2015
Dubuque Coffee Company specializes in sourcing premium green coffee beans from regions such as Central and South America, Africa, and Indonesia. The company focuses on both single-origin coffees and expertly crafted blends, ensuring a consistent quality that meets its signature taste profiles. In addition to its traditional offerings, Dubuque Coffee produces flavored coffees, including popular varieties like Highlander Grog and Hazelnut, which are created using the same high-quality beans and are mixed in small batches to maintain flavor integrity. Through meticulous selection and taste-testing processes, Dubuque Coffee aims to provide a diverse and satisfying coffee experience for its customers.
Cultiva
Series A in 2015
Cultiva LLC, located in Las Vegas, Nevada, specializes in food-grade biofilm technology with significant applications in agriculture. The company's proprietary technology, known as SureSeal, enhances the natural cuticle of plants, promoting healthier growth and improved crop performance. Their product, Parka, utilizes this technology and is commercially applied to various high-value crops. Parka aims to improve fruit quality, reduce rain cracking, increase marketable yields, and extend shelf life, making it a valuable asset for growers worldwide.
Cultiva
Debt Financing in 2015
Cultiva LLC, located in Las Vegas, Nevada, specializes in food-grade biofilm technology with significant applications in agriculture. The company's proprietary technology, known as SureSeal, enhances the natural cuticle of plants, promoting healthier growth and improved crop performance. Their product, Parka, utilizes this technology and is commercially applied to various high-value crops. Parka aims to improve fruit quality, reduce rain cracking, increase marketable yields, and extend shelf life, making it a valuable asset for growers worldwide.
Arcobasso Foods
Debt Financing in 2015
Arcobasso Foods is a manufacturer of refrigerated dressings, sauces and beverage mixers. Arcobasso has a 30+ year history of producing high quality products on behalf of retail, foodservice and branded customers. Arcobasso operates a 60,000 square foot facility in Hazelwood, Missouri with shelf stable and refrigerated temperature state capabilities and packaging formats including retail, single-serve and multi-use for foodservice customers, and bulk products.
Tortillas
Debt Financing in 2014
TI Foods is a food manufacturing company that produces fresh tortillas. It was founded in 1979 in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
MasterHand Milling
Debt Financing in 2014
MasterHand Milling is a feed mill that produces dried distillers grain cubes and pellets. It is a family-owned business that provides a natural, high-protein, high-energy feed product that allows ranchers to simplify their feed plan and get maximum returns. The company's 100% dried distillers grain cubes are changing the pasture-grazing game with 28% protein, 8% fat, and 7% fiber. MHM cubes offer 95% digestible protein, and they are naturally high in phosphorous and low in starch. MasterHand Milling was founded in 2014 in Edmond, Oklahoma.
Arcobasso Foods
Debt Financing in 2014
Arcobasso Foods is a manufacturer of refrigerated dressings, sauces and beverage mixers. Arcobasso has a 30+ year history of producing high quality products on behalf of retail, foodservice and branded customers. Arcobasso operates a 60,000 square foot facility in Hazelwood, Missouri with shelf stable and refrigerated temperature state capabilities and packaging formats including retail, single-serve and multi-use for foodservice customers, and bulk products.
Open range beef
Debt Financing in 2014
Open Range Beef is a specialized beef processing company that caters to the certified organic market. As a boutique packing plant, it prioritizes customer needs by providing premium beef tailored to specific requirements. The company adheres to strict organic principles, ensuring both the integrity and traceability of cattle from birth to delivery. Open Range Beef emphasizes food safety, employee safety, and humane animal handling practices, while offering products that are grass-fed and free from antibiotics. This commitment to quality and transparency positions Open Range Beef as a reliable source for organic beef in the marketplace.
Lamm Food Service
Debt Financing in 2013
LAMM Food Service has been providing customers with high quality products and exceptional service to meet their unique food service needs. As a full line food distributor, LAMM carries a wide variety of name brand products from well-known national manufacturers – and we are also proud to support many local companies that manufacture Louisiana food products.
Arcobasso Foods
Debt Financing in 2013
Arcobasso Foods is a manufacturer of refrigerated dressings, sauces and beverage mixers. Arcobasso has a 30+ year history of producing high quality products on behalf of retail, foodservice and branded customers. Arcobasso operates a 60,000 square foot facility in Hazelwood, Missouri with shelf stable and refrigerated temperature state capabilities and packaging formats including retail, single-serve and multi-use for foodservice customers, and bulk products.
Brew Dr. Kombucha
Debt Financing in 2013
Brew Dr. Kombucha, LLC is a manufacturer based in Portland, Oregon, specializing in organic kombucha crafted from tea, herbs, and roots. Established in 2008, the company produces its beverages entirely in-house, overseeing the process from leaf to bottle. Brew Dr. Kombucha emphasizes quality by utilizing whole, organic ingredients, with no added flavors or juices post-fermentation. The brewing process includes a two-week probiotic fermentation, resulting in a range of flavors that balance sweetness and tartness. Their offerings include popular varieties such as apple, mango, ginger lemon, and ginger turmeric, catering to consumers seeking healthy, organic beverage options. As a subsidiary of Townshend's Tea Company, Brew Dr. Kombucha is committed to delivering high-quality products that reflect its dedication to natural ingredients.
Mason Manufacturing
Debt Financing in 2012
Mason Manufacturing is a prominent custom fabrication producer specializing in shell and tube heat exchangers, ASME pressure vessels, columns, tanks, and various industrial products. With over 60 years of experience, the company has built a strong reputation for quality and reliability across diverse processing industries, including grain processing, oilseed, biotechnology, chemical, petrochemical, and water treatment. Mason Manufacturing is committed to delivering custom fabrication solutions that meet specific customer requirements and adhere to applicable codes and industry standards. In addition to its core manufacturing capabilities, the company offers services such as cutting, sandblasting, heat treatment, and special handling, ensuring safe, timely, and cost-effective delivery of its products.
Mason Manufacturing
Series B in 2012
Mason Manufacturing is a prominent custom fabrication producer specializing in shell and tube heat exchangers, ASME pressure vessels, columns, tanks, and various industrial products. With over 60 years of experience, the company has built a strong reputation for quality and reliability across diverse processing industries, including grain processing, oilseed, biotechnology, chemical, petrochemical, and water treatment. Mason Manufacturing is committed to delivering custom fabrication solutions that meet specific customer requirements and adhere to applicable codes and industry standards. In addition to its core manufacturing capabilities, the company offers services such as cutting, sandblasting, heat treatment, and special handling, ensuring safe, timely, and cost-effective delivery of its products.
Lamm Food Service
Debt Financing in 2012
LAMM Food Service has been providing customers with high quality products and exceptional service to meet their unique food service needs. As a full line food distributor, LAMM carries a wide variety of name brand products from well-known national manufacturers – and we are also proud to support many local companies that manufacture Louisiana food products.
American Spice Trading Company
Debt Financing in 2011
American Spice Trading Company engages in marketing, packaging, blending, and creation of spice blends and condiments for the ethnic food industry.
Crown Plastics
Debt Financing in 2011
Crown Plastics is a tool manufacturing business that produces thin gauge UHMW polyethylene thanks to its continuous compression molding method. The company offers tremendous flexibility in the market in a variety of industries such as transportation, material handling, food processing, agriculture, recreation, printing and packaging, and many other high-tech engineering applications. It saves the customer time and money by not requiring them to fabricate as much as necessary.
Mason Manufacturing
Debt Financing in 2011
Mason Manufacturing is a prominent custom fabrication producer specializing in shell and tube heat exchangers, ASME pressure vessels, columns, tanks, and various industrial products. With over 60 years of experience, the company has built a strong reputation for quality and reliability across diverse processing industries, including grain processing, oilseed, biotechnology, chemical, petrochemical, and water treatment. Mason Manufacturing is committed to delivering custom fabrication solutions that meet specific customer requirements and adhere to applicable codes and industry standards. In addition to its core manufacturing capabilities, the company offers services such as cutting, sandblasting, heat treatment, and special handling, ensuring safe, timely, and cost-effective delivery of its products.
Mason Manufacturing
Debt Financing in 2010
Mason Manufacturing is a prominent custom fabrication producer specializing in shell and tube heat exchangers, ASME pressure vessels, columns, tanks, and various industrial products. With over 60 years of experience, the company has built a strong reputation for quality and reliability across diverse processing industries, including grain processing, oilseed, biotechnology, chemical, petrochemical, and water treatment. Mason Manufacturing is committed to delivering custom fabrication solutions that meet specific customer requirements and adhere to applicable codes and industry standards. In addition to its core manufacturing capabilities, the company offers services such as cutting, sandblasting, heat treatment, and special handling, ensuring safe, timely, and cost-effective delivery of its products.
Mason Manufacturing
Series A in 2010
Mason Manufacturing is a prominent custom fabrication producer specializing in shell and tube heat exchangers, ASME pressure vessels, columns, tanks, and various industrial products. With over 60 years of experience, the company has built a strong reputation for quality and reliability across diverse processing industries, including grain processing, oilseed, biotechnology, chemical, petrochemical, and water treatment. Mason Manufacturing is committed to delivering custom fabrication solutions that meet specific customer requirements and adhere to applicable codes and industry standards. In addition to its core manufacturing capabilities, the company offers services such as cutting, sandblasting, heat treatment, and special handling, ensuring safe, timely, and cost-effective delivery of its products.
SoftSwitching Technologies
Series B in 2000
SoftSwitching Technologies specializes in power quality and monitoring solutions tailored for industries such as semiconductor, food, beverage, and automotive. The company provides a range of products, including battery-free DySC systems, intelligent I-Sense sensors that detect the timing and duration of voltage sags, and Grid Alert event notifications, which are part of a global power reporting network. Their offerings are designed to identify and mitigate brief power disruptions, thereby enhancing operational uptime and efficiency in manufacturing processes. Overall, SoftSwitching Technologies aims to deliver effective and scalable solutions that address the critical power quality needs of various sectors.
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