Fulcrum Capital Partners invests equity in Vitalus Nutrition
Canadian private equity firm Fulcrum Capital Partners has made an equity investment in Vitalus Nutrition Inc, an Abbotsford, British Columbia supplier of specialty cream and milk protein ingredients for the food, beverage, and nutraceutical industries. No financial terms were released. Fulcrum said the deal will support key growth initiatives. They include expansion of the company's milk protein concentrate production capabilities, development of a process to produce a proprietary prebiotic fibre, and construction of a Winnipeg facility for production of dairy ingredients. Vitalus is the sixth platform deal of Fulcrum Capital Partners V, which raised $344 million in 2015.


