WELCOME TO CREO CAPITAL PARTNERS
Our approach
Since 2005, CREO Capital Partners has made over 20 investments in our targeted industry: Food and Consumer Products. This focus has been an enormous part of our story, and our historical success. We know the food industry, we know the players, we know the opportunities, and we know the challenges. We’ve been entrenched with management, and we believe this is what makes us great partners for companies in this industry, large or small.
“CREO invested in my family business nearly ten years ago, and today our business has tripled in size and we’re having more fun every day. CREO has done everything that they said they would do to support us, and more.”
Doug Clendenning is the founder of a portfolio company in which CREO Capital Partners Management LLC (“CREO”) previously invested through one or more of the funds it manages. Mr. Clendenning was not compensated for recommending CREO, and does not have any material conflicts of interest as a result of his relationship with CREO.
BY THE NUMBERS
An overview of our business
History
Founded in 2005.
Based in Miami with offices in San Francisco and Denver
Blue Chip Investors
$1.5bn in capital raised from global debt and equity investors
Dedicated Capital
Investing out of
CREO Fund V
Industry Focus
20+ deals and
20+ years experience
in one target industry:
Food & Consumer
Global Investing
Transactions across the USA, UK and Mexico with a unique expertise in Hispanic and LATAM investing
REPRESENTATIVE INVESTMENTS
Some of the businesses we are proud to be associated with
Insignia International
In 2012, CREO Capital Partners combined many of its most successful investments in the food sector into one parent company, Flagship Food Group. Today, Insignia International, as it is now known, is a diversified food company with operations in branded retail, food service, private label, and food logistics.
505 Southwestern®
CREO Capital Partners acquired the 505 Southwestern® brand from its founder in 2008 and since has funded significant capital to build a new production facility, invest in heavy marketing and new product development, and expand distribution globally. Today, 505 is sold from London to Los Angeles, is one of the fastest-growing salsa and green chile brands in the USA, and has grown 8x since CREO’s acquisition. We are also proud that that founder of 505 remains a shareholder today and is actively involved in certain aspects of promoting the brand.
Atlantic Foods Group (Flagship Europe)
In 2013, CREO closed on its first investment outside of the USA, acquiring UK-based Atlantic Foods Group, LTD. Since 2013, CREO led three acquisitions in Europe to form Flagship Europe, which it sold to OSI Group, Inc. in 2016. Europe remains a target market for CREO.
