Advantage Capital Partners
Advantage Capital Partners is a United States‑based venture capital firm that provides growth equity, debt, and mezzanine financing to small and mid‑market companies, with a focus on underserved communities and state and local economic development. The firm invests across sectors including manufacturing, technology, business services, life sciences, and energy, and also supports real estate development projects with equity and debt. It typically makes initial investments ranging roughly from half a million to ten million in companies with modest sales, and may participate in larger follow‑on rounds or co‑invest with other firms. It uses senior debt, mezzanine debt, subordinated loans, and government‑guaranteed lending, and often pursues equity positions through preferred shares or convertible notes. Advantage Capital operates nationwide in the United States, with roots in New Orleans and offices in multiple states, and has backed thousands of jobs and housing projects as part of its mission to expand inclusive economic growth.
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Past deals in Organic Food
Soli Organic
Venture Round in 2021
Soli Organic is an indoor farming company that grows and supplies fresh organic culinary herbs to grocery stores year-round. It uses a vertically integrated approach to produce living organic plants with fresh-cut leaves, including lime leaves, rosemary, chives, and arugula, grown regionally to emphasize freshness and sustainability. By delivering a steady, locally produced supply of herbs, the company aims to provide high-quality, flavorful products to retailers and their customers.
Pacha Soap Company
Convertible Note in 2021
Pacha Soap Company produces all-natural, handcrafted soaps and bath products using organic ingredients. Based in Hastings, Nebraska, the company promotes health, hygiene and well-being through environmentally sustainable goods that are free from parabens and toxic chemicals.
Farmhouse Culture
Convertible Note in 2021
Farmhouse Culture, Inc. is a producer and marketer of organic, probiotic-rich food products, specializing in fermented items such as sauerkraut and kimchi. Founded in 2009 in Watsonville, California, by Kathryn Lukas, a classically trained chef, the company emerged from her passion for traditional fermentation methods and a commitment to promoting gut health. Farmhouse Culture offers a range of organic, non-GMO, plant-based, and gluten-free products designed to enhance overall wellness by supporting digestive health. The company has positioned itself as a leader in the market for rich, health-focused foods and beverages, appealing to consumers interested in nurturing their microbiome and improving their immune system.
Soli Organic
Series C in 2020
Soli Organic is an indoor farming company that grows and supplies fresh organic culinary herbs to grocery stores year-round. It uses a vertically integrated approach to produce living organic plants with fresh-cut leaves, including lime leaves, rosemary, chives, and arugula, grown regionally to emphasize freshness and sustainability. By delivering a steady, locally produced supply of herbs, the company aims to provide high-quality, flavorful products to retailers and their customers.
Rustic Crust
Series C in 2020
Founded in 1996, Rustic Crust specializes in producing high-quality, all-natural pizza crusts and flatbreads. Their products are crafted using Old World techniques, with dough formed by hand, slowly fermented, double proofed, and baked for rich flavor. They offer a variety of ready-made crusts and frozen topped flatbread pizzas, served through online retailers.
Bakery on Main
Debt Financing in 2020
Bakery on Main passion has always been to bring their customers delicious baked products made with clean and natural ingredients. Their goal is to make you happy while helping to clean up their food supply and provide everyone with products that can be trusted by those who need it and delicious to everyone who tries it! They hope that enjoying their products makes you as HAPPY as it make them to make them for you!
Rustic Crust
Convertible Note in 2020
Founded in 1996, Rustic Crust specializes in producing high-quality, all-natural pizza crusts and flatbreads. Their products are crafted using Old World techniques, with dough formed by hand, slowly fermented, double proofed, and baked for rich flavor. They offer a variety of ready-made crusts and frozen topped flatbread pizzas, served through online retailers.
Elevation Brands
Debt Financing in 2020
Elevation Brands develops, manufactures and markets mission-driven brands to improve the lives of families and the environment including Blue Horizon Seafood and Ian’s Natural Foods.
Soli Organic
Debt Financing in 2020
Soli Organic is an indoor farming company that grows and supplies fresh organic culinary herbs to grocery stores year-round. It uses a vertically integrated approach to produce living organic plants with fresh-cut leaves, including lime leaves, rosemary, chives, and arugula, grown regionally to emphasize freshness and sustainability. By delivering a steady, locally produced supply of herbs, the company aims to provide high-quality, flavorful products to retailers and their customers.
Open Range Beef
Debt Financing in 2019
Open Range Beef is a specialized packing plant focusing on premium, organic beef. It caters to individual customer needs, ensuring traceability from birth to delivery. The company prioritizes food safety, employee safety, quality processes, humane animal handling, and offers grass-fed, antibiotic-free products.
Brew Dr. Kombucha
Debt Financing in 2019
Founded in Portland, Oregon in 2008, Brew Dr. Kombucha produces organic kombucha beverages using a proprietary process that involves brewing tea with herbs, roots, and fruits, followed by a two-week fermentation period. The company is committed to using only whole, organic ingredients and does not add flavors or juices post-fermentation.
Farmhouse Culture
Venture Round in 2019
Farmhouse Culture, Inc. is a producer and marketer of organic, probiotic-rich food products, specializing in fermented items such as sauerkraut and kimchi. Founded in 2009 in Watsonville, California, by Kathryn Lukas, a classically trained chef, the company emerged from her passion for traditional fermentation methods and a commitment to promoting gut health. Farmhouse Culture offers a range of organic, non-GMO, plant-based, and gluten-free products designed to enhance overall wellness by supporting digestive health. The company has positioned itself as a leader in the market for rich, health-focused foods and beverages, appealing to consumers interested in nurturing their microbiome and improving their immune system.
Elevation Brands
Series C in 2019
Elevation Brands develops, manufactures and markets mission-driven brands to improve the lives of families and the environment including Blue Horizon Seafood and Ian’s Natural Foods.
Soli Organic
Debt Financing in 2019
Soli Organic is an indoor farming company that grows and supplies fresh organic culinary herbs to grocery stores year-round. It uses a vertically integrated approach to produce living organic plants with fresh-cut leaves, including lime leaves, rosemary, chives, and arugula, grown regionally to emphasize freshness and sustainability. By delivering a steady, locally produced supply of herbs, the company aims to provide high-quality, flavorful products to retailers and their customers.
Big Easy Bucha
Debt Financing in 2018
Big Easy Bucha is a producer of organic kombucha beverages based in New Orleans, Louisiana, established in 2014. The company specializes in healthy and refreshing drinks that are fermented tea rich in probiotics. Its product line includes organic kombucha, organic shots, and tepache, all designed to improve gut health and boost immunity. These beverages are naturally carbonated and lightly sweetened, providing a healthier alternative to sugary sodas for health-conscious consumers.
Farmhouse Culture
Convertible Note in 2018
Farmhouse Culture, Inc. is a producer and marketer of organic, probiotic-rich food products, specializing in fermented items such as sauerkraut and kimchi. Founded in 2009 in Watsonville, California, by Kathryn Lukas, a classically trained chef, the company emerged from her passion for traditional fermentation methods and a commitment to promoting gut health. Farmhouse Culture offers a range of organic, non-GMO, plant-based, and gluten-free products designed to enhance overall wellness by supporting digestive health. The company has positioned itself as a leader in the market for rich, health-focused foods and beverages, appealing to consumers interested in nurturing their microbiome and improving their immune system.
NurturMe
Venture Round in 2018
NurturMe offers organic, sustainable baby and toddler food products. Their product range includes a quinoa-based cereal alternative, dry pouch meals for infants, and fruit and vegetable snacks for toddlers. All products are certified organic, gluten-free, non-GMO, and kosher with no added preservatives, sugars, or salts.
Open Range Beef
Debt Financing in 2018
Open Range Beef is a specialized packing plant focusing on premium, organic beef. It caters to individual customer needs, ensuring traceability from birth to delivery. The company prioritizes food safety, employee safety, quality processes, humane animal handling, and offers grass-fed, antibiotic-free products.
Hip Chick Farms
Convertible Note in 2018
Hip Chick Farms, Inc. is a producer of frozen poultry products, specializing in organic and natural offerings such as chicken fingers, meatballs, wings, and stock items. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Sebastopol, California, the company focuses on providing ethically raised, free-range chicken products. Their commitment to transparency ensures that customers can enjoy high-quality, easily accessible poultry options suitable for the entire family.
Rustic Crust
Venture Round in 2018
Founded in 1996, Rustic Crust specializes in producing high-quality, all-natural pizza crusts and flatbreads. Their products are crafted using Old World techniques, with dough formed by hand, slowly fermented, double proofed, and baked for rich flavor. They offer a variety of ready-made crusts and frozen topped flatbread pizzas, served through online retailers.
NurturMe
Debt Financing in 2018
NurturMe offers organic, sustainable baby and toddler food products. Their product range includes a quinoa-based cereal alternative, dry pouch meals for infants, and fruit and vegetable snacks for toddlers. All products are certified organic, gluten-free, non-GMO, and kosher with no added preservatives, sugars, or salts.
Hip Chick Farms
Series A in 2018
Hip Chick Farms, Inc. is a producer of frozen poultry products, specializing in organic and natural offerings such as chicken fingers, meatballs, wings, and stock items. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Sebastopol, California, the company focuses on providing ethically raised, free-range chicken products. Their commitment to transparency ensures that customers can enjoy high-quality, easily accessible poultry options suitable for the entire family.
Hip Chick Farms
Convertible Note in 2017
Hip Chick Farms, Inc. is a producer of frozen poultry products, specializing in organic and natural offerings such as chicken fingers, meatballs, wings, and stock items. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Sebastopol, California, the company focuses on providing ethically raised, free-range chicken products. Their commitment to transparency ensures that customers can enjoy high-quality, easily accessible poultry options suitable for the entire family.
NurturMe
Venture Round in 2017
NurturMe offers organic, sustainable baby and toddler food products. Their product range includes a quinoa-based cereal alternative, dry pouch meals for infants, and fruit and vegetable snacks for toddlers. All products are certified organic, gluten-free, non-GMO, and kosher with no added preservatives, sugars, or salts.
Imperial Frozen Foods
Debt Financing in 2017
Imperial Frozen Foods, an extension of the Fruitcrest Preserve Company, specializes in the supply and distribution of both conventional and organic frozen fruits. The company has established itself as a leading supplier of high-quality frozen fruits and fruit blends, catering to the evolving needs of the market. Imperial focuses on global sourcing and packing, primarily serving private label retailers, grocers, and supermarket chains across the United States. As consumer preferences shifted and the demand for private brands increased, Imperial adapted to these changes, solidifying its position in the frozen food industry.
Farmhouse Culture
Series D in 2017
Farmhouse Culture, Inc. is a producer and marketer of organic, probiotic-rich food products, specializing in fermented items such as sauerkraut and kimchi. Founded in 2009 in Watsonville, California, by Kathryn Lukas, a classically trained chef, the company emerged from her passion for traditional fermentation methods and a commitment to promoting gut health. Farmhouse Culture offers a range of organic, non-GMO, plant-based, and gluten-free products designed to enhance overall wellness by supporting digestive health. The company has positioned itself as a leader in the market for rich, health-focused foods and beverages, appealing to consumers interested in nurturing their microbiome and improving their immune system.
Brew Dr. Kombucha
Debt Financing in 2017
Founded in Portland, Oregon in 2008, Brew Dr. Kombucha produces organic kombucha beverages using a proprietary process that involves brewing tea with herbs, roots, and fruits, followed by a two-week fermentation period. The company is committed to using only whole, organic ingredients and does not add flavors or juices post-fermentation.
Basin Transportation and Farming
Series A in 2016
Basin Transportation and Farming transports agricultural commodities and natural fertilizers processed for organic growing.
It was established in 2010 in Moses Lake, Washington.
Soli Organic
Venture Round in 2016
Soli Organic is an indoor farming company that grows and supplies fresh organic culinary herbs to grocery stores year-round. It uses a vertically integrated approach to produce living organic plants with fresh-cut leaves, including lime leaves, rosemary, chives, and arugula, grown regionally to emphasize freshness and sustainability. By delivering a steady, locally produced supply of herbs, the company aims to provide high-quality, flavorful products to retailers and their customers.
Green Zebra Grocery
Debt Financing in 2016
Green Zebra Grocery, Inc. is a Portland, Oregon-based company that operates a chain of healthy convenience food stores known as Fresh Feed. Established in 2012, the company focuses on increasing access to healthy, organic, and local foods by transforming the traditional convenience store model. Green Zebra's small-format stores provide a variety of offerings, including made-from-scratch grab-and-go meals, a full-service coffee bar, beer and wine, and carefully sourced groceries. With an emphasis on convenience and quality, the stores are designed to facilitate quick access to nutritious snacks and meals, catering to communities and workplaces looking for healthier food options.
Navitas Organics
Debt Financing in 2016
Navitas Organics is a manufacturer and seller of organic superfood products, founded in 2003 and based in Novato, California. The company specializes in a variety of plant-based food items that cater to health-conscious consumers, focusing on areas such as energy, beauty, immune support, and stress reduction. Its product offerings include cacao and camu powders, chia seeds, cashews, coconut sugar, goji berries, and various snack bars and blends, all sourced from regenerative organic farming practices. Navitas Organics emphasizes a commitment to quality by ensuring its products are gluten-free and free from pesticides and fertilizers. The company distributes its products through retail and online channels across the United States, as well as through its own online shop. In March 2017, it rebranded from Navitas Naturals to Navitas Organics to better reflect its mission and product focus.
Hip Chick Farms
Series A in 2016
Hip Chick Farms, Inc. is a producer of frozen poultry products, specializing in organic and natural offerings such as chicken fingers, meatballs, wings, and stock items. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Sebastopol, California, the company focuses on providing ethically raised, free-range chicken products. Their commitment to transparency ensures that customers can enjoy high-quality, easily accessible poultry options suitable for the entire family.
Hip Chick Farms
Debt Financing in 2016
Hip Chick Farms, Inc. is a producer of frozen poultry products, specializing in organic and natural offerings such as chicken fingers, meatballs, wings, and stock items. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Sebastopol, California, the company focuses on providing ethically raised, free-range chicken products. Their commitment to transparency ensures that customers can enjoy high-quality, easily accessible poultry options suitable for the entire family.
NurturMe
Venture Round in 2016
NurturMe offers organic, sustainable baby and toddler food products. Their product range includes a quinoa-based cereal alternative, dry pouch meals for infants, and fruit and vegetable snacks for toddlers. All products are certified organic, gluten-free, non-GMO, and kosher with no added preservatives, sugars, or salts.
Brew Dr. Kombucha
Debt Financing in 2015
Founded in Portland, Oregon in 2008, Brew Dr. Kombucha produces organic kombucha beverages using a proprietary process that involves brewing tea with herbs, roots, and fruits, followed by a two-week fermentation period. The company is committed to using only whole, organic ingredients and does not add flavors or juices post-fermentation.
Soli Organic
Venture Round in 2015
Soli Organic is an indoor farming company that grows and supplies fresh organic culinary herbs to grocery stores year-round. It uses a vertically integrated approach to produce living organic plants with fresh-cut leaves, including lime leaves, rosemary, chives, and arugula, grown regionally to emphasize freshness and sustainability. By delivering a steady, locally produced supply of herbs, the company aims to provide high-quality, flavorful products to retailers and their customers.
Open Range Beef
Debt Financing in 2014
Open Range Beef is a specialized packing plant focusing on premium, organic beef. It caters to individual customer needs, ensuring traceability from birth to delivery. The company prioritizes food safety, employee safety, quality processes, humane animal handling, and offers grass-fed, antibiotic-free products.
Brew Dr. Kombucha
Debt Financing in 2013
Founded in Portland, Oregon in 2008, Brew Dr. Kombucha produces organic kombucha beverages using a proprietary process that involves brewing tea with herbs, roots, and fruits, followed by a two-week fermentation period. The company is committed to using only whole, organic ingredients and does not add flavors or juices post-fermentation.
EnviRelation
Debt Financing in 2010
EnviRelation LLC, established in 2006 and based in Washington D.C., specializes in environmental services tailored for the hospitality industry. The company offers food composting services for various businesses such as restaurants, hotels, schools, and hospitals, processing organic waste like fruits, meats, dairy, and paper products. Additionally, EnviRelation provides emissions quantification services to track greenhouse gas emissions, sustainability reporting services for individual properties and corporations, and environmental projects documentation.
The Rainforest Company
Debt Financing in 1997
The Rainforest Company is an e-commerce platform established in Berlin in 2016. It specializes in producing and distributing natural, organic food products, with a focus on vegan superfoods like acai. The company's product range includes ready-to-eat breakfast options such as meal bowls and smoothies, made from sustainably sourced ingredients that are high in protein, low in calories and sugar. Notably, The Rainforest Company donates a portion of its revenue to rainforest conservation efforts, enabling customers to make a positive environmental impact through their daily food choices.
The Rainforest Company
Venture Round in 1997
The Rainforest Company is an e-commerce platform established in Berlin in 2016. It specializes in producing and distributing natural, organic food products, with a focus on vegan superfoods like acai. The company's product range includes ready-to-eat breakfast options such as meal bowls and smoothies, made from sustainably sourced ingredients that are high in protein, low in calories and sugar. Notably, The Rainforest Company donates a portion of its revenue to rainforest conservation efforts, enabling customers to make a positive environmental impact through their daily food choices.
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