Investment Summary

Entrepreneurial Equity Partners and Audax Private Debt Invest In Ya YA Foods

On March 2, 2021, private equity firm Entrepreneurial Equity Partners and mezzanine finance firm Audax Private Debt invested in food company Ya YA Foods

Investment Highlights
  • This is Entrepreneurial Equity Partners’ 5th and Audax Private Debt’s 5th transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Entrepreneurial Equity Partners’ 1st and Audax Private Debt’s 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is Entrepreneurial Equity Partners’ 1st and Audax Private Debt’s 1st transaction in Ontario.

Investment Summary

Date 2021-03-02
Target Ya YA Foods
Sector Food
Investor(s) Entrepreneurial Equity Partners
Audax Private Debt
Deal Type Growth Capital
Advisor(s) Kroll (Financial)

Target

Ya YA Foods

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ya YA Foods is a contract manufacturer that offers a broad range of aseptic food and beverage products. Utilizing cutting-edge aseptic and hot-fill processing capabilities into both Tetra Pak carton and PET bottle packaging solutions, the company provides end-to-end packing solutions to multi-national beverage companies across North America. Ya YA Foods is based in Toronto, Ontario.

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Investor(S) 2

DESCRIPTION

Entrepreneurial Equity Partners is a private equity firm focused on opportunities in the food sector. Specific areas of interest include food/beverage brands, private label/contract manufacturing, foodservice, and consumer packaged goods. The Firm prefers control situations in businesses with minimum revenues of $50 million where it can commit at least $25 million of equity capital. Entrepreneurial Equity Partners is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 12
Sector (Food) 5 of 10
Type (Growth Capital) 2 of 5
State (Ontario) 1 of 2
Country (Canada) 1 of 2
Year (2021) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-12-01 Salm Partners

Denmark, Wisconsin, United States

Salm Partners is a manufacturer of fully cooked sausages and premium hot dogs in the United States serving a blue-chip customer base that includes industry-leading brands. Utilizing a differentiated, co-extrusion, cook-in-package manufacturing process, Salm offers better-tasting, clean label products with extended shelf lives relative to sausages produced utilizing conventional methods. Salm Partners was founded in 2004 and is based in Denmark, Wisconsin.

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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-12-20 Organic Milling

San Dimas, California, United States

Organic Milling is a manufacturer for all customized breakfast cereal and granola programs. Organic Milling was founded in 1960 and is based in San Dimas, California.

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Investor

Audax Private Debt

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Mezzanine Finance Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 5.4B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Audax Mezzanine is the mezzanine finance arm of the Audax Group. The Firm focuses on investing in both private and public, US-based middle market companies with a strong history of cash flows and consistent revenue growth. Audax will consider subordinated mezzanine debt commitments, second lien or junior secured debt, preferred stock and common stock. The Firm seeks to invest in companies valued between $10 and $60 million. Types of transaction include MBOs, LBOs, growth capital financings, acquisition financings, and recapitalizations.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 54 of 67
Sector (Food) 5 of 6
Type (Growth Capital) 6 of 9
State (Ontario) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 1 of 1
Year (2021) 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-02-22 Backstage

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Backstage is an operator of a professional platform that connects actors, singers, dancers, comedians, voiceover artists, variety performers, and crew members with gigs and works with casting directors and content creators to help them find top industry talent. Backstage was founded in 1960 and is based in Brooklyn, New York.

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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-05-26 JJ s Bakery

Erie, Pennsylvania, United States

JJ's Bakery is a manufacturer of handheld snack pies. JTM sells its JJ’s Bakery branded snack pies and private-label snack pies to grocery, convenience, value, dollar, and mass retailers. JJ's Bakery was founded in 1986 and is based in Erie, Pennsylvania.

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