Supporting the growth of Canada's food and ingredient sector through increased access to capital
Access to Capital
Consortia Contribution
$399,340
Cluster Contribution
$1,527,708
Bellwoods Partners
Champlain Advisory Limited
Goal
To raise and establish a $200 million all-Canadian equity capital fund, targeted at small and medium-sized enterprises in the Canadian plant-based food, feed and ingredient sector.
Project Summary
Bellwoods Partners, and their consortium member Champlin Adivory will raise and establish a $200 million all-Canadian equity capital fund, targeted at small and medium-sized enterprises in the Canadian plant-based food, feed and ingredient sector.
Currently, prospective processors across Canada are unable to access the equity capital they require to begin the construction of production facilities. These SMEs need a near-term solution to address the market shortcomings and pursue a valuable, but transient, opportunity for Canadian agriculture. Without which, the value-add elements of the pea protein value chain are likely to accrue to enterprises outside of Canada.
To accomplish their goal of establishing a $200 million fund, the project will extensively involve capital providers and plant protein processors within Canada, leverage a generational market opportunity to educate investors, and identify pockets of investor capital well positioned to fund processing capacity.
Results and Impact
- Investors across Canada learned about the investment opportunity in Canada's agrifood sector, making this opportunity a top agenda item among national crown corporations, such as BDC, FCC, EDC.
- Processors learned how to speak to investors and what concerns investors
- Long-term strategic partnership developed between Bellwoods and Champlin with Indigenous consortium: Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies and Whitecap Dakota First Nation
