About BFG

We help entrepreneurs build exceptional businesses that deliver sustainable growth and outperform competitors in the better-for-you food, beverage, and consumer products space. With 40+ years of experience in the natural products world as both entrepreneurs and investors, BFG provides teams with the guidance most needed to make critical decisions and maximize opportunities. This advice spans operational strategy, tactical marketing, channel development, organizational design, and capital planning.

Where We Invest

We look to invest alongside passionate founders building disruptive brands with exceptional products and thoughtful strategies. BFG seeks partnerships with organizations making a positive impact on the environment and their communities, both locally and globally.

Prospective investments should have a line of sight to achieving $1mm in trailing 12-month sales.

Why We Are Different

We know the challenges associated with building brands and differentiated products. Our team’s leadership, background and network help our portfolio companies drive growth. Our portfolio companies have access to our network of industry partners with deep expertise in brand building, sales, marketing, operations, personnel recruitment, finance and strategy.

Our Impact

Environmental, Social, and Governance

BFG’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) program is centered around the knowledge that ESG risks and opportunities play an integral role in the growth and success of our portfolio companies. We believe the consideration of ESG within our investment process is key to value creation.

It’s our view that many of our portfolio companies have an inherent positive impact on consumers and the planet. Our ESG approach is focused on expanding and nurturing that impact throughout the growth of our portfolio companies, while minimizing ESG-related risks.

We consider ESG throughout the investment process, from initial diligence to ongoing engagement with our portfolio companies. Our team’s sectoral expertise and active ownership approach allows us to focus on the ESG issues most relevant to our portfolio, and enables us to guide founders and management teams in their response to material ESG risks and opportunities.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At BFG, we strive to create and sustain a diverse and inclusive work environment, where employees from all backgrounds are valued and are able to develop personally and professionally. We firmly believe that a diverse team and enriched environment will enable us to better serve our investors, portfolio companies, employees, and community.

Our diversity program has several specific goals, which include ensuring respectful communication and cooperation, fostering a culture of holistic teamwork and participation across all firm activities, promoting positive work-life balance, ongoing community engagement and philanthropy, and the promotion of basic standards of dignity and respect.

Our Strategic Partners

BFG is strategically aligned with some of the most prominent names in food and agriculture.

Continental Grain Company (Conti) is a privately‐owned global investor, owner, and operator of companies with more than 200 years of history across the food and agribusiness spectrum. Conti seeks to create long‐term value by applying deep industry knowledge, capital and talent to businesses ranging from established market leaders to promising innovators. By building platforms that leverage their strategic expertise in food production, processing, and distribution they source proprietary deals, working alongside trusted partners and supporting strong management teams. Conti brings a long‐term ownership mindset, concentrating on investment and operating plans that seek to create enduring value and a sustainable, efficient, and nutritional food supply chain.  

Rabobank is a global financial services leader providing wholesale and retail banking, leasing, and real estate services in more than 40 countries worldwide. Founded over a century ago, Rabobank today is one of the largest banks in the world, with nearly $1 trillion in assets, and ranks among the 10 safest banks globally. In the Americas, Rabobank is a premier bank to the food, agribusiness and beverage industry, providing sector expertise, strategic counsel and tailored financial solutions to clients across the entire food value chain.