M&A Deal Summary

Generate Capital Acquires Generate Upcycle

On May 11, 2022, private equity firm Generate Capital acquired environmental company Generate Upcycle

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Generate Capital’s 2nd transaction in the Environmental sector.
  • This is Generate Capital’s 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is Generate Capital’s 1st transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2022-05-11
Target Generate Upcycle
Sector Environmental
Buyer(s) Generate Capital
Deal Type Consolidation

Target

Generate Upcycle

London, Ontario, Canada
Generate Upcycle invests, owns, and operates sustainable infrastructure assets in the waste-to-value and circular economy sectors. Across more than 20 facilities in the U.S. and Canada, Generate Upcycle currently processes approximately half a million tons of food waste annually and composts an additional 365,000 tons of organic waste per year.

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Buyer(S) 1

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Generate Capital

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2014
PE ASSETS 2.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Generate Capital is an investment group focused on investing in and acquiring growth-oriented sustainable businesses. Specific areas of interest include sustainable energy, sustainable transportation, and sustainable water, waste, and agriculture. Generate Capital was formed in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 5
Sector (Environmental) 2 of 2
Type (Consolidation) 1 of 1
State (Ontario) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 1 of 1
Year (2022) 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-01-12 Atlas Organics

Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

Atlas Organics is a developer and operator of commercial composting solutions based in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Atlas gives consumers an alternative to land-filling by providing food waste hauling services.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-07-21 esVolta

Newport Beach, California, United States

esVolta is a developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale energy storage projects across North America. The company’s portfolio of operational plus contracted projects totals over 900 megawatt hours of storage capacity, and the firm is developing a large pipeline of future storage projects. esVolta is based in Newport Beach, California.

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