In Pursuit Of An Evolving Sector With Unwavering Focus And Commitment
Investment Strategy
At Tilia, we make control investments, partnering with growing companies who provide business services and solutions to larger customers and suppliers operating within the global food supply chain.
Tilia invests in companies with strong growth potential and brings meaningful financial, operational, human and industry resources to capitalize on market trends and further accelerate their growth strategies. We bring to bear over 30 years of domain expertise that draws from backgrounds in public and private health, food safety, nutrition, and life sciences. With these unique perspectives and significant experience scaling organizations, our focus is on control investments in the lower middle market investments that meet the following criteria:
Investment Criteria
Ebitda
$5-15M
Revenues
>$10M
Enterprise Value
$25-125M
Mission-critical / technical service
Multiple avenues for growth
Market leader in the respective niche
Facility / capacity expansion needs
Favorable customer relationships & trusted provider
Preferred partner to management
Benefiting from outsourcing trends
Ability to drive value through governance approach
Sector Specialty
Tilia is solely focused on serving the fragmented, complex, and expanding “farm to fork” segment of the global food supply chain.
We invest in technical, mission-critical services that enable the movement of food from where it is raised and produced to where it is consumed. This underpenetrated niche is ripe with opportunity and is benefitting from converging market and regulatory trends. In an evolving landscape, we further select for the most attractive sectors. We actively cultivate meaningful relationships between the private sector, public sector, and academia to add value, providing each portfolio company with unique industry insight.
Areas Of Focus
Farm
Production
Fork
Consumption