Loft Growth Partners

Overview

Loft Growth Partners is a growth investor specializing in emerging consumer products businesses. The firm focuses on sectors such as food and beverage, personal care, home care, pet care, and vitamins and supplements. Loft Growth Partners targets companies with revenues between $2 million and $25 million, aiming to partner with entrepreneurs building the brands of tomorrow. The firm has a long track record of investing in great entrepreneurs and mentoring hundreds more. Over the last 20 years, Loft Growth Partners has raised approximately $200 million to fuel small and growing brands. Its investor base includes dozens of founders, plus current and former executives of leading companies in the industry. The firm has partnered with entrepreneurs and teams that have achieved a 50%+ annual growth rate across the portfolio since inception. Loft Growth Partners has assisted many partner brands to have significant monetizations, including Wellness pet food, which was acquired by Berwind and became WellPet; MegaFood whole food vitamins, which became part of Pharmavite; and Tasty Bite Indian and pan-Asian foods, which was acquired by Kagome of Japan, which is now owned by Mars Inc. The firm has helped create more than 300 jobs in the last decade alone across partner brands. Loft Growth Partners is devoted to elevating its partner brands and helping them grow in every sense of the word. The team brings many resources to help brands succeed: experienced team, decades of insights, long track record of emerging brand success, and a multitude of relationships across key areas to open doors. The firm is a majority women-led firm, with two out of the three partners, and three out of four of the senior team, being women. In addition, the majority of the firm's current partner brands are led by women, and nearly all of the companies have female and/or people of color as key executives. Loft Growth Partners is committed to building the brands of the future and remains the longest tenured comparable emerging consumer products investment firm. Over the last five years, more than 50 new investment firms have emerged, offering well more than $1 billion of investment capital. This is positive for the emerging brand ecosystem and for Loft Growth Partners by bringing in more co-investors and collaborators. The firm is eager to discover new brands that provide a unique consumer offering and work together to build meaningful, sustainable businesses.

Investment Focus

• Companies with revenues between $2 million and $25 million
• Strong track record of success with consumers and retailers
• Brands grounded in strong purpose and values
• Products that consumers love

Portfolio Companies