NEW YORK — Non-public fairness agency Bregal Companions has invested in Oggi Meals Inc., a Montreal-based producer of gluten-free, natural, non-GMO frozen pizza and different meals merchandise bought in grocery shops and eating places throughout North America. Monetary phrases of the funding weren’t disclosed.
Based in 2015, Oggi makes use of proprietary gluten-free recipes and a hand-stretching crust manufacturing course of that give the corporate’s signature Neapolitan-style pizzas a doughy, naturally rising crust. Along with conventional gluten-free pizzas, Oggi gives a number of 100% vegan and plant-based-meat frozen pizza codecs. The corporate additionally gives Dolce Vita baking mixes.
“We have been extremely impressed with the standard of Oggi’s merchandise and with the corporate’s progress over the past a number of years, and we’re thrilled to have this chance to accomplice with Oggi’s founders and administration throughout this subsequent thrilling section of the corporate’s progress,” stated Charles Yoon, managing accomplice of Bregal Companions.
Joe Turturici, co-founder and chief govt officer of Oggi, added, “At Oggi we’ve got labored exhausting to create what we consider is the very best gluten-free frozen pizza available on the market, and we’re trying ahead to working with Bregal to take our enterprise to the following stage.”
Bregal’s funding was led by Charles Yoon, Thomas Kearney, Kevin Deemer, Omar Nabhani and Andy Neumann.
Bregal Companions is a non-public fairness agency with $1.25 billion of dedicated capital. Based in 2012, the agency focuses on three core verticals: shopper and multi-unit, meals and beverage, and enterprise providers. The corporate’s portfolio consists of The Mochi Ice Cream Co., American Seafoods, Blue Harvest Fisheries, Ruby Slipper Cafe and West Coast Salmon.
