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Tyler Mayoras
Managing Director, Food & Beverage at Manna Tree
Greater Chicago Area
Overview
Tyler Mayoras is a Managing Director at Manna Tree, a private equity firm, where he focuses on empowering consumers to live better and longer through investments in food and beverage companies. With a background in private equity and agribusiness, Tyler has successfully led investments in notable companies like EVR Foods (Lavva) and Simple Mills, contributing to their growth and success in the industry.
Work Experience
Managing Director, Food & Beverage
2023 - Current
Manna Tree is a global private equity firm empowering consumers to live better, longer. The firm strategically invests in the consumer sector, particularly within the health and wellness ecosystem, focusing on growth-stage and buyout opportunities. Manna Tree has made investments in 13 companies to date: Health-Ade, Gotham Greens, Vital Farms, Good Culture, Verde Farms, True Food Kitchen, TruFood Manufacturing, MycoTechnology, Nutriati, Urban Remedy, The New Primal, Infinant Health and Cheetah.
Manna Tree invests in the future of human health, powered by food.
Board Member
2023
Board Member
2023
Board Member
2023
The New Primal specializes in manufacturing grass-fed, grass-finished, and pasture-raised meat snacks.
Raised $23,655,965.00 from Third Prime and Manna Tree.
Strategic Advisor
2022 - 2023
Beyond Impact Fund II is a Switzerland based fund that invests in companies removing animals from the supply chain of food, beverage, beauty, fashion and household products.
Boardmember
2020 - 2023
Cool Beans has introduced the first whole food plant based wraps for the frozen aisle. Providing simple, clean ingredients that are minimally processed, the wraps provide natural plant based nutrition without any fake meats or cheeses.
Cool Beans is a plant-based wrap rooted in goodness and whole plant-based frozen wraps.
Strategic Advisor
2022 - 2023
Renewal Mill is a leader in upcycling ingredients for the food and beverage industries.
Renewal Mill is a next generation ingredients company that upcycles byproducts from food manufacturing into high-quality ingredients.
Raised $2,616,427.00 from ICA.fund, Puget Sound Venture Club and Beyond Impact.
Strategic Advisor
2022 - 2023
Atomo Coffee is forging a more sustainable cup of coffee by creating coffee that is molecularly similar to coffee with out any coffee beans.
Atomo Coffee is a developer of molecular coffee.
Raised $53,221,908.00 from RSE Ventures, AgFunder, Blue Horizon Corporation, Reshape, Climate Capital, Rich Products Ventures, Horizons Ventures, S2G Ventures and Newtree Impact.
Principal, Food and Agribusiness Fund
2015 - 2020
One of team managing the $155 million Advantage Capital Agribusiness investment fund. The fund invests in food & agribusiness companies throughout the US but mostly in rural parts of the Country. Portfolio company transactions led and managed include Shenandoah Growers, Navitas Organics, Farmhouse Culture, Snaxsational Brands and NurturMe.
Advantage Capital has invested over $3.8 billion in more than 800 portfolio companies and projects nationwide since 1992.
Raised $77,000,000.00 from Citi.
Managing Director & Co-Head of Food & Agribusiness Practice
2011 - 2015
O'Keefe is an award winning, results oriented strategic and financial advisory firm specializing in Strategic Advisory Services, Turnaround & Restructuring, Performance Improvement, and Litigation Support. In addition, we also provide solutions to clients experiencing non-recurring or life events that are significant to their growth or survival. When hands-on guidance and exceptional performance is a must, organizations turn to the expertise and experience of O’Keefe. We’re your partners for success. Our culture of collaboration and problem solving is unmatched. We craft solutions that produce impressive bottom-line results even in the most complex situations. Established in 2001, O'Keefe is headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan with offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Grand Rapids, and Morristown.
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