Venture Capital

Nutrify India expands market access, venture capital in international nutraceutical marketplaces

12-Oct-2020 By Danielle Masterson

Nutrify India, a nutra-consulting firm and ideas-to-commercialisation platform, is working on bridging the gap of connecting nutra innovators to large commercialization channels.

Vitamin Packs gets investment from L Catterton, largest consumer-focused investment firm in world

22-May-2018 By Adi Menayang

Personalized nutrition startup Vitamin Packs announced that it has received ‘significant growth investment’ from L Catterton, a global venture capital and private equity firm.

Lonza sets up VC fund for North American health and wellness startups

08-Feb-2018 By Adi Menayang

Swiss pharmaceutical and biotech firm Lonza announced a partnership with US-based Prolog Ventures to create a venture capital fund focusing on products that “maintain, protect, or preserve the health and well-being of people and companion animals.”

DuPont and Ireland’s APC venture forward in microbiome-inspired pact

30-Nov-2017 By Will Chu

DuPont Nutrition and Health further strengthen their probiotic credentials collaborating with the APC Microbiome Institute in the first of a series of partnerships intended to push microbiome science to the forefront.

Upcoming seminar to focus on financing a CPG company

21-Jun-2016

Investment experts and industry-leading entrepreneurs will provide insights and tips on how to improve the odds of successfully obtaining financing during the upcoming “Financing Your Consumer Products Company” seminar.

Bad publicity pall stalls M&A activity in supplements even as transactions soar in organic & natural foods, beverages

29-Feb-2016 By Hank Schultz

A hangover from the negative publicity of the past year has stalled M&A and financing activity in dietary supplements, even as this activity booms in other categories of the health and wellness space, according to investment group Nutrition Capital...

Start-up Vitagene uses DNA to design tailored supplement subscriptions

19-Feb-2016 By Adi Menayang

On Wednesday, the start-up company Vitagene announced that its supplement subscription service has raised $5.5 million from notable investors, including Netflix Chief Product Officer Neil Hunt and Yahoo CFO Ken Goldman.

From e-start-up to brick-and-mortar: Miramix plots ‘fast and hard’ growth in supplements

04-Sep-2015 By Stephen DANIELLS

A new nutrition marketplace called Miramix has just launched that allows for the customization of all products it sells, and the company is plotting ambitious growth and expansion from the digital world to a brick-and-mortar retail presence.

Fast growing gummy vitamin company hits 'home run' with crowd funding site

23-Aug-2013 By Hank Schultz

SmartyPants Vitamins, which specializes in delivering vitamin formulas via a gummy delivery system, has raised $2.59 million via a crowd funding platform to drive new growth.  Getting the money was nice, but saving time was even better, said company co...

Fluxome US: “Business as usual” despite euro crisis

04-Oct-2012 By Shane Starling

The US operation of financially stricken resveratrol supplier, Fluxome, says the cash crisis that has forced closure of its Danish research facility, will not halt resveratrol supply through its US operation.

Resveratrol player faces bankruptcy if omega-3 funding switch fails: Chairman

02-Oct-2012 By Shane STARLING

Global resveratrol player Fluxome has 8-12 weeks to raise millions of euros to fund a research switch to omega-3, or face bankruptcy, its chairman told NutraIngredients this morning.

Omega-3 delivery expert Virun raises $2.1m to fund expansion plans

02-Aug-2012 By Elaine WATSON

Virun - the firm behind patented technology enabling it to add fat-soluble bioactives from omega-3s to CoQ10 to shelf stable clear beverages - has raised $2.1m from private equity firm Bluestem and private investors to fund its expansion.

M&A activity up 10%, and big companies continue to shop for dietary supplement assets: NCN

02-Apr-2012 By Stephen Daniells

It has been a good year for M&A in nutrition, health & wellness with a 10% uptick, according to Nutrition Capital Network (NCN), and several big companies remain on the lookout for assets as they watch competitors close deals. 

60-second interview, Alex Karsos, co-founder, GI Nutrition

How easy is it to break into the sports nutrition market?

14-Feb-2012

There is room in the sports nutrition market for innovative new players, but being a minnow in a pond full of sharks is not easy, Alex Karsos, co-founder of New Jersey-based start-up GI (Grecian Ideal) Nutrition, tells Elaine Watson

Investor event to find funds for functional ingredients

26-Aug-2009 By Lorraine Heller

A suppliers’ event to be held at SupplySide West in November aims to help the development of functional ingredients and technologies by linking small firms with interested investors.

Wool Equites' Canesis sale goes unconditional

08-Dec-2006 By staff reporter

New Zealand Wool Equities is has reached an unconditional agreement
to sell its research, development and IP operation Canesis to
state-owned Agresearch, leaving the holding company with
nutraceutical company Keratec as its only major...

BPV offers investment in Keratec owner

27-Nov-2006 By staff reporter

BioPacificVentures has made an offer to acquire an eight per cent
share in Wool Equities, owner of New Zealand biotech Keratec - and
sources say it may seek a full take-over position.

Tate & Lyle's new venture arm targets health and renewable ingredients

23-Aug-2006 By staff reporter

Food and beverage makers could soon tap into a range of new
ingredients with a healthy twist as sugar and sweetener firm Tate
& Lyle launches a new venture capital arm to focus on
next-generation ingredients.

BASF backs novel encapsulation technology

04-Feb-2005

Chemicals giant BASF has invested €2 million in a small German
encapsulation business that claims to have developed a novel
process that allows for efficient ingredient delivery.

Funding will extend applications of ABN's delivery technology

17-Jan-2005

Up-and-coming Advanced Bionutrition (ABN) has captured the
attention of venture capitalists in the biotechnology field,
raising $7.5 million in a second round of private equity funding.

On the quest for healthy investment opportunities

08-Oct-2003

Two former executives of SoBe Beverages and Fiji Water have teamed
up with Sherbrooke Capital to form a venture capital group set to
invest in leading early stage health and wellness companies.

Cash to expand for Vanson

22-Jul-2002

Vanson HaloSource, the US company which specialises in
chitosan-based products, has completed a new round of financing
which will help it finance the development of new supplement
products.

Herbalife bought by private investors

15-Apr-2002

Herbalife, the weight management and nutritional supplement
company, is to be bought by two private equity firms, Whitney &
Co and Golden Gate Capital, for around $685 million (€773.6m). The
current Herbalife management will continue...