M&A Deal Summary

Sovos Brands Acquires noosa

On October 30, 2018, Sovos Brands acquired food company noosa from Advent International

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Sovos Brands’ 3rd transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Sovos Brands’ 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Sovos Brands’ 1st transaction in Colorado.
Investment Fate
  • noosa was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2024.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-10-30
Target noosa
Sector Food
Buyer(s) Sovos Brands
Sellers(s) Advent International
Deal Type Merger
Advisor(s) Deutsche Bank Corporate & Investment Banking (Financial)
Weil Gotshal & Manges (Legal)

Target

noosa

Bellvue, Colorado, United States
noosa is a manufacturer and marketer of premium whole-milk, Australian-style yogurt products, known for its rich, creamy texture and unique flavors. noosa was founded in 2009 and is based in Bellvue, Colorado.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Sovos Brands

Berkeley, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 2017
Sector Food
Revenue 878M USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION

Sovos Brands is formed to acquire and build a portfolio of food and beverage brands. Sovos Brands invest in unique brands that have exciting growth potential, combining industry expertise with fresh thinking to bring our products into more homes across America. Sovos Brands was founded in 2017 and is based in Berkeley, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 4
Sector: Food M&A 3 of 4
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Colorado M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 3 of 4
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-06-08 Rao s Specialty Foods

New York, New York, United States

Rao's Specialty Foods, Inc. is a producer of super premium pasta sauce, with Rao's Homemade ranking as the leading brand in the super premium pasta sauce segment. In addition to sauces, Rao's Specialty Foods offers a selection of premium dry pasta, dressings, marinades, olive oils, vinegars, tomatoes and fire-roasted red peppers.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-08-26 Birch Benders

Denver, Colorado, United States

Birch Benders is a fast-growing producer of delicious, better-for-you Pancake and Waffle Mixes, Toaster Waffles, and Pancake and Baking Cups. Birch Benders was founded in 2011 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Advent International

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 91.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Advent is a global private equity firm that targets investments in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Advent's emerging market efforts are concentrated in Central Europe and Latin America. Advent seeks transactions valued between $50 million and $5 billion and can commit up to $2 billion of equity capital per investment. Broad areas of interest include business & financial services, retail & consumer, technology, media, & telecoms, healthcare & life sciences, and industrial. Prospective transaction types include buyouts, growth capital financings, take privates, and recapitalizations. Advent was formed in 1984 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 181 of 233
Sector: Food M&A 7 of 8
Type: Merger M&A Deals 5 of 11
State: Colorado M&A 2 of 3
Country: United States M&A 63 of 84
Year: 2018 M&A 8 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-10-11 Manjushree India

Bangalore, India

Manjushree India is a manufacturer and seller of folding cartons and paper packaging in the highly fragmented packaging sector. Manjushree has three manufacturing facilities (Daman, Chakan, and Pantnagar) to provide pan India support, and caters to a well-diversified base of marquee customers across different end segments including F&B, HPC, Pharmaceuticals, QSR, and Industrial. Manjushree India was founded in 1996 and is based in Bangalore, Karnataka.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-11-06 Alianza

Bogota, Colombia

Alianza is a diversified financial services platform. Alianza provides asset management services to institutional, corporate and individual clients. The company has an open architecture and its own portfolio of mutual funds and a voluntary pension fund as well third-party international funds managed by global recognized assets managers. Alianza was founded in 1986 and is based in Bogota, Colombia.

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