What is Catterton?
Catterton is an American private equity firm focused on the consumer industry. Since its establishment in 1989, it has 25 years of successful investment experience and currently manages assets of US$4 billion.
L Catterton Asia has offices in Singapore and Mauritius, as well as offices in Hong Kong, Mumbai, Shanghai and Sydney. LCatterton Asia's main investment areas span multiple areas of fashion lifestyle consumer goods. These areas will benefit from growing consumer demand in the Asian market.
Catterton's investment areas:
L Catterton has extensive experience in investing in global fast-moving consumer goods brands (CPGs), covering food, beverages, retail, restaurants, beauty, health, fashion and accessories, service industries, etc.
Catterton's investments focus on the consumer sector, including food, beverage, retail, hospitality, consumer product manufacturing and services, consumer health, media, and marketing services.
L Catterton's investments in the pet sector include: Ainsworth Pet Nutrition, Inspired Pet Nutrition, Just Food For Dogs, Lily's Kitchen, Nature's Variety, Pet Vet Care Centers and Wellness Pet Food.
L Catterton's CPG investments include: The Honest Company, Kettle Brands, Home Chef, Ainsworth Pet Nutrition, Plum Organics, Zarbee's, Odwalla, Beanitos, Ferrara Candy Company, Sweet Leaf Tea, Restoration Hardware, Peloton, Sandro/Maje, Caribou Coffee and Equinox.
Catterton's development history:
In 2014, L Catterton acquired 70% of the brand's shares from the Halas family, the founders of Seafolly, for A$70 million, and increased its stake to 100% in 2018.
In 2016, LVMH announced that it would merge its private equity and real estate investment firm LCapital with the US private equity investment firm Catterton to form LCatterton, thus creating the world's largest consumer goods investment company.
In December 2018, LCatterton Asia, the Asian fund of LCatterton, the world's largest consumer goods private equity investment company, announced a "significant" investment in Will's Group, one of the largest private gym chains in China, but did not disclose the specific terms of the transaction.
In April 2018, L Catterton, the world's largest consumer goods private equity fund, said on Monday that it had completed the acquisition of Mexican hot sauce maker Cholula, but did not disclose the specific terms of the transaction.
In June 2016, L. Catterton, the world's largest consumer goods private equity fund, announced that it had signed a final agreement with the American restaurant chain Del Frico's Restaurant Group, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as Del Frico's) to acquire the latter for US$650 million through its subsidiary.
On June 18, 2019, Brazilian pet supplies e-commerce platform Petlove announced that it had received an important strategic investment from LCatterton Latin America Fund, the world's largest consumer goods private equity fund. Detailed transaction terms were not disclosed.
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