Investment Summary

Paine Schwartz Partners Invests In AgroFresh

On June 15, 2020, private equity firm Paine Schwartz Partners invested in chemicals company AgroFresh

Investment Highlights
  • This is Paine Schwartz Partners’ 3rd transaction in the Chemicals sector.
  • This is Paine Schwartz Partners’ 21st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Paine Schwartz Partners’ 1st transaction in Pennsylvania.

Investment Summary
Date 2020-06-15
Target AgroFresh
Sector Chemicals
Investor(s) Paine Schwartz Partners
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

AgroFresh

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
AgroFresh is a provider of data-driven specialty chemical solutions aimed at enabling growers and packers of fresh produce to preserve and enhance the freshness, quality, and value of fresh produce and to maximize the percentage of products supplied to the market relative to the amount of produce grown. AgroFresh Solutions was incorporated in 1994 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Investor

Paine Schwartz Partners

San Mateo, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 6.5B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Paine Schwartz Partners is a private equity firm specializing in sustainable food chain investing. The Firm targets control investments in the food and agriculture sectors and will consider opportunities globally. Paine Schwartz Partners was formerly known as Paine & Partners - and before that was part of Fox Paine & Co. Paine Schwartz Partners has offices in San Mateo, California and New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 35 of 45
Sector (Chemicals) 3 of 5
Type (Stake Purchase) 5 of 6
State (Pennsylvania) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 21 of 28
Year (2020) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-12-09 Axiota Animal Health

Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Axiota Animal Health is a provider in animal health and nutrition product development and commercialization of nutritional health products offering livestock producers innovative, science-based and commercially viable natural, non-antibiotic solutions to alleviate difficult health and production challenges. Axiota Animal Health is based in Fort Collins, Colorado.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-12-08 UrbanFarmer

Manteno, Illinois, United States

UrbanFarmer is a plant-based specialty dough contract manufacturer. Urban Farmer exclusively uses plant-based ingredients to manufacture a differentiated and growing portfolio of specialty dough products including pizza crusts, topped pizzas, flatbreads, breadsticks, cheese bread, tortillas, empanadas, and sandwich buns. UrbanFarmer was founded in 2015 and is based in Manteno, Illinois.

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