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Arbor Investments

Arbor Investments acquires controlling stakes in established, profitable businesses, from Palm Beach, Chicago. It states a focus on food & beverage and consumer & retail.

Capital raised$3.8bnacross 5 SEC-filed vehicles
Most recent fund2023filing since 2016
HeadquartersPalm Beach, Chicago
Largest single fund$1.5bn

Stated investment criteria

What Arbor Investments says it buys

Read from Arbor Investments’s own website in August 2026. This is what the firm says it buys, not what anyone has recorded it buying, and figures are shown in the currency the firm itself used - nothing here is converted. Every line links to the page it was read from.

People listed on its team page311

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SEC filings

What Arbor Investments has raised

From this firm's own Form D filings. A fund files one within fifteen days of its first sale, under penalty of perjury, which makes these the hardest numbers on the page.

Vehicles filed5
Total capital raised$3.8bn
Largest single vehicle$1.5bn
Filing history2016 to 2023
Smallest accepted commitmentNone stated
Filed fromILLINOIS

Form D covers US-domiciled vehicles raised from accredited investors. It will not capture a fund raised outside the United States, separately managed accounts, or capital deployed off balance sheet, so treat these as a floor rather than a total.

Regulatory record

How Arbor Investments is registered

From this firm's Form ADV, the annual filing every registered and exempt investment adviser makes to the SEC.

Adviser statusSEC registered
Regulatory assets under management$3.5bn
Employees29
Private funds advised11 · $3.5bn gross
SEC adviser numberCRD 157442

Portfolio

Disclosed holdings

Companies Arbor Investments lists on its own website. No investment years are published.

CompanyInvestedYears heldRecorded transaction
Artisanal Brewing Ventures
Bold Rock Hard Cider
Foodservice Packaging
Sixpoint Brewery
Southern Tier Brewing
Victory Brewing
Victory Kitchen

Compiled from Arbor Investments’s published portfolio page. Where a recorded transaction is shown, that company was the target of a reported deal and has most likely already been realised. Nothing here is represented as being for sale.

Valuation context

Transaction values in Food & Beverage

What companies have actually sold for in food & beverage, across 386 recorded transactions.

Median consideration$143m
Middle 50%$40m-$337m
Revenue multiple1.35×
EBITDA multiple10.15×

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