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This 24-page issue reviews the financial engines that drive the nutrition industry, including public markets, venture capital, corporate investments, later-stage investments and mergers & acquisitions.
EXCERPT FROM OVERVIEW ARTICLE:
M&A activity picks up, corporate venture funds seek technology, growth investors build food brands and IPO window remains closed.
It’s been more than three years since NBJ devoted an issue exclusively to nutrition industry finance. In the interim, nutrition stocks have taken a beating, the dot-com bomb vaporized millions in nutrition-oriented investments and some venture capital firms once hot on health found new favorites.
In this issue, NBJ updates readers on public markets, early-and mid-stage private investing and mergers & acquisitions, capturing the opinions and actions of investors who have stayed the course in the nutrition industry.
NBJ Price Index Picks Up in 2003
After a few rocky years, in 2002 the NBJ Stock Index made a tentative recovery and so far has sustained that recovery in 2003...
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Finance in the Nutrition Industry Overview Article............ 1-8
Posco BioVentures, a Korean steel company fund, is open to opportunities in nutrition with a biotech slant ........9
NutriJoy beverage company is Cargill Ventures' first food investment ..... 10
Unilever Technology Ventures is set up on the West Coast to identify technology investments and add value to Unilever's R&D activities.... 11
Roy Bingham of HealthBusiness Partners detects some revitalization and a growing number of M&A targets in the supplement sector .....12-13
Q&A: Equity analyst Greg Badishkanian reviews developments in the public markets ........ 14
Dean acquires Horizon and leaps to the top position in the organic industry .... 16
Venture capital investment - and involvement - prove to be Oregon Chai's cup of tea .... 17
CreAgri Inc. receives investment from Burrill's nutraceutical fund ..... 19
Wholesale division grows to half of NBTY's business with Rexall Sundown acquisition ..... 20
Veteran North Castle Partners reflects on several years of investing, management participation and exits in the nutrition industry ........................... 22
COMPANIES INCLUDED:
Abbott Labs, Acirca, Activated Holdings, Adams Harkness & Hill, Alexia Foods, Avalon Natural Products, Bariatrix Products International, Bay City Capital, Burrill Nutraceuticals Capital Fund, C.P. Baker, Cargill, Cargill Ventures, Century Foods International, Cooke Pharma, Cornerstone Nutritional Labs, CreAgri, De Tuinen, Dean Foods , DSM, EAS, Efficas, Energy Brands, Enzymatic Therapy, Ethnic Gourmet, Freemont Ventures, Galileo Pharmaceuticals, Gardenburger, Global Health Sciences, GNC, Hain Celestial Group, Harry’s Fresh Foods, Health Business Partners, Health Sciences Group, Horizon Organic Dairy, Hormel Foods, Inventages Venture Capital Gmbh, Inverness Medical Innovations, Kansas State University, Langholm Capital Partners Fund, Leiner Health Products, Life Ventures by Nestle, Maypro Industries, Medifast Group, MET-Rx, Mid-America Commercialization, Naked Juice, National Venture Capital Assn., Natural HealthLink, NBTY, Nellson Nutraceuticals, Nestle USA, North Castle Partners, Nutraceuticals International, NutriJoy, Oregon Chai, Posco BioVentures, RBC Capital Markets, Rexall Sundown, Rosewood Capital, Royal Numico, Sherbrooke Capital, Striker Partners, Suiza Foods, Swander Pace Capital, TA Associates, The Procter and Gamble Company, The Shansby Group, Unicity, Unilever Technology Ventures, Venture Economics, Vital Living, Vitaminshoppe.com, Weider, White Wave, ZonePerfect
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