Encore Consumer Capital recently concluded a banner year, completing six new platform investments, two add-on acquisitions, one strategic exit, and the closing of the firm's third committed equity fund.

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Said Encore Managing Director Robert Brown, "Our firm demonstrated its resourcefulness time and again, partnering with eight owner-operated businesses spanning branded packaged goods, food ingredients, private label, and contract manufacturing. The leaders of these companies, in sectors as diverse as organic foods, prestige beauty, craft brewing, and healthy snacking, each chose Encore as a partner in their future growth."

2015 also marked the successful sale of Encore's produce distribution platform, FreshKO Produce Services, Inc., to C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc., and Encore closed its third fund, Encore Consumer Capital Fund III, LP, at a hard cap of $260 million.

About Encore Consumer Capital

Encore Consumer Capital is a San Francisco-based private equity investment firm focused on the consumer products industry. The firm has raised over $600 million in committed equity capital and has invested in 24 platform companies. Encore is currently investing out of its $260 million third fund, which closed in 2015. The firm targets companies with between $10 million and $100 million in annual revenues where Encore's strong operating expertise in strategy development, brand marketing and distribution expansion can help drive performance.
www.EncoreConsumerCapital.com