Rural American Fund Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Private Equity Firm Profile

In the last 3 years, Rural American Fund has invested in 2 companies.

Rural American Fund’s most common sectors for investment arechemicals (34%) and food (34%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include growth capital (100%). In total, Rural American Fund has invested in 3 US states.

In the last 3 years, Rural American Fund has exited 1 company. The Firm’s most common exit type is trade sale (100%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity4
    • M&A Buy Activity3
    • M&A Sell Activity1
  • Total Sectors Invested 3
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 1

Rural American Fund

Rural American Fund

115 South LaSalle Street, Suite 2920,
Chicago, Illinois 60603
United States
(312) 750-0662
www.raflp.com

Rural American Fund is a private equity firm that specializes in lower middle-market companies operating in agriculture or ag-related industries. The Firm will consider a variety of transaction situations including recapitalizations, acquisition financings, growth financings, and other liquidity needs. Rural American prefers control situations where it can commit $5 million per transaction. Specific ares of interest include agronomic testing, crop nutrients/fertilizers, crop production, food security, irrigation, protein production, seeds, agriculture chemicals, and agriculture equipment/machinery. Rural American was formed in 2007 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Agriculture, Chemicals, Food

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Growth Capital, Recapitalization, Acquisition Financing

Geographic Preferences: East US, Midwest US, South US, West US

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue 10 -
Target EBITDA 2 -
Investment Size 5 10
Enterprise Value - -
values in millions of USD

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 1 - - 2 - - 3
Sell (0.2/yr) # - - - - 1 - 1
  4

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Aquatrols Corporation of America, Inc. 2023-01-19 - Trade Sale
Paulsboro, New Jersey · www.aquatrols.com
Firehouse Strategies 2022-09-28 - Growth Capital
Washington, District of Columbia · www.firehousestrategies.com
Fisher Nut Co. 2022-09-28 - Growth Capital
Modesto, California · www.fishernut.com
Aquatrols Corporation of America, Inc. 2015-05-01 - Growth Capital
Paulsboro, New Jersey · www.aquatrols.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Chemicals - - 1 (33%) -
Food 1 (50%) - 1 (33%) -
Marketing 1 (50%) - 1 (33%) -
Total 2 - 3 -

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
United States 2 (100%) - 3 (100%) -
  District of Columbia 1 (50%) - 1 (33%) -
  California 1 (50%) - 1 (33%) -
  New Jersey - - 1 (33%) -
Total 2 - 3 -

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Growth Capital 2 (100%) - 3 (100%) -
Total 2 - 3 -

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Trade Sale 1 (100%) -
Total 1 -

M&A Connections

Deals
Exited to
Strategic(s)
100%
1 (100%)

Investor Summary

Investor Type

Private Equity Firm

Size

Small

Established

2007

Specialist/Generalist

Specialist

Leadership

Mia Koch

Founding Member & Principal

Thomas Karlson

Founding Principal

FAQ

When was Rural American Fund founded?

Rural American Fund was founded in 2007.

What type of investor is Rural American Fund?

Rural American Fund is a private equity firm.

Where is Rural American Fund headquartered?

Rural American Fund is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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