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The Pure Food Co
Growth capital for international expansion
- Scale
- Europe
- Counterparty
- Simplicity & ACC
- Arcbridge role
- Capital adviser
- Status
- Completed
Summary
Refinancing secondary capital and raising growth capital for a New Zealand food-technology business expanding into Europe.
- Situation
- An Auckland-based provider of protein-enriched, texture-modified food for aged care, with a data-led system of 4,500+ meal options, had opened a plant in France and needed capital to penetrate a $2bn+ European niche.
- Structure
- A combined secondary refinancing and primary growth raise, aligned to a market-entry plan focused on Western and Northern Europe.
- Capital
- Institutional New Zealand investors Simplicity and ACC.
- Strategic outcome
- Capital in place to fund the French expansion and the time to breakeven in new markets, with a pathway to significant valuation returns.
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