Investment Summary

Tilia Holdings and Twin Brook Capital Partners Invest In Ever Fresh Fruit

On December 20, 2023, private equity firm Tilia Holdings and mezzanine finance firm Twin Brook Capital Partners invested in food company Ever Fresh Fruit

Investment Highlights
  • This is Tilia Holdings’ 3rd and Twin Brook Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is Tilia Holdings’ 9th and Twin Brook Capital Partners’ 22nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Tilia Holdings’ 1st and Twin Brook Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in Oregon.

Investment Summary

Date 2023-12-20
Target Ever Fresh Fruit
Sector Food
Investor(s) Tilia Holdings
Twin Brook Capital Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital
Advisor(s) Cascadia Capital (Financial)
Davis Wright Tremaine (Legal)

Target

Ever Fresh Fruit

Boring, Oregon, United States
Ever Fresh Fruit is a processor and developer of value-added ingredients to the bakery, dairy, dairy alternatives, and beverage end-markets. Ever Fresh Fruit was founded in 1968 and is based in Boring, Oregon.

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Investor(S) 2

DESCRIPTION

Tilia Holdings is a private equity firm focused on investing in outsourced business-to-business services providers that serve the food industry. Specific areas of interest include companies that offer regulatory compliance, quality, supply chain integrity or food safety services. The Firm targets companies with at least $10 million of revenue and at least $5 million of EBITDA. Tilia Holdings was established in 2017 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 11
Sector: Food M&A 3 of 4
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 2 of 2
State: Oregon M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 9 of 10
Year: 2023 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-11-02 Universal Pure

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Universal Pure is a provider of outsourced high-pressure processing (HPP), cold storage and pre-HPP and post-HPP value-added services to help food and beverage companies safely bring longer-lasting, cleaner-label products to market. Universal Pure was founded in 2001 and is based in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-08-21 Ellison Bakery

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

Ellison Bakery is a producer of cookies, snack bars, crunch and inclusion, and other products for the industrial market, foodservice industry, and retail and private label space. Ellison Bakery was founded in 1945 and is based in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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Investor
DESCRIPTION

Twin Brook Capital Partners is a provider of senior financing to small and mid-sized profitable companies. The Firm looks to offer a variety of credit and equity solutions including revolvers, senior loans, unitranche loans, mezzanine financing, and equity co-investment to US-based companies with $3 to $50 million in EBITDA. Target sectors include industrial, manufacturing, business services, financial services, insurance, aerospace/defense, distribution, healthcare, and software/tech enabled services. Twin Brook Capital Partners is based in Chicago, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 23 of 26
Sector: Food M&A 1 of 1
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 5 of 5
State: Oregon M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 22 of 25
Year: 2023 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-11-01 Ned s Home

Fairfield, New Jersey, United States

Ned's Home provides gutter cleaning, soft wash, and other related, non-discretionary residential services, including gutter maintenance, installation, and repair. Ned's Home was founded in 1965 and is based in Fairfield, New Jersey.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-09-10 PharmaForceIQ

Miami, Florida, United States

PharmaForceIQ is a provider of precision omnichannel marketing solutions for the Life Science industry. The company uses a proprietary set of machine learning technologies. Unique data solutions connect the dots, end-to-end, in the pharma marketing ecosystem offering real time omnichannel deployment. PharmaForceIQ is based in Miami, Florida.

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