About
We are passionate about food.
Butterfly Equity is a Los Angeles-based private equity firm specializing in the food sector from seed to fork across the following key verticals: upstream & processing, industry enablers, multi-site and branded goods. Our team has significant experience across food, private equity and technology and has been involved in investing more than $16 billion of equity capital in companies ranging from growth-stage to Fortune 500 enterprises.
Upstream & Processing
Food & Beverage Products
Food Distribution
Foodservice
We partner with leading disruptors in the food industry.
We provide access to capital, operational expertise and technology to accelerate growth and generate outsized returns. We drive transformation and value creation through strong partnerships between visionary management teams and Butterfly’s team of highly-specialized investors, operators and technical experts.
We are passionate about making an impact through food. Alongside the launch of Butterfly Equity, we created the Butterfly Equity Foundation based on the belief that food and food-related issues are a critical path to addressing urgent matters of community health, welfare and opportunity. The foundation is a philanthropic organization dedicated to improving the health and well-being of all people by supporting greater access to nutritious food. It is guided by a vision of the world where everyone has all the fresh, healthy food they need to thrive. For more information, please visit the foundation.