Creo Capital Partners

CREO Capital Partners is a middle market private equity firm founded in 2005, headquartered in Miami with additional offices in San Francisco and Denver. Since its founding, the firm has completed over 25 deals in the food space and more than 20 middle market transactions overall, with a strategic focus on family- and founder-owned businesses that demonstrate a unique competitive advantage, strong management teams, free cash flow generation, and EBITDA of $20 million or more. The firm invests through its dedicated CREO Fund V and has raised approximately $1.5 billion in capital from global debt and equity investors. With a team of 10 dedicated professionals, CREO currently maintains 9 active investments across its portfolio. The firm has a particularly deep expertise in the consumer packaged goods and food sector, having built and scaled several notable food brands and platforms throughout its history. Among its most prominent investments is 505 Southwestern, a salsa and green chile brand acquired from its founder in 2008 that has since grown 8x and expanded distribution from the United States to international markets including the United Kingdom. CREO also assembled what became Insignia International, originally formed in 2012 as Flagship Food Group by consolidating multiple food sector investments into a diversified food company with operations spanning branded retail, foodservice, private label, and food logistics. In Europe, the firm acquired UK-based Atlantic Foods Group in 2013 and subsequently led three additional European acquisitions to form Flagship Europe, which was ultimately sold to OSI Group in 2016. CREO has completed transactions across the United States, United Kingdom, and Mexico, and brings a unique expertise in Hispanic and Latin American markets. The firm's investment strategy centers on partnering with entrepreneurial founders and management teams to accelerate growth through capital investment, operational support, marketing, new product development, and distribution expansion. Europe remains an active target market for the firm as it continues deploying capital from its fifth fund.