Buyout PE
Rural American Fund
Rural American Fund acquires controlling stakes in established, profitable businesses, from Chicago, United States. It states a focus on agriculture and food & beverage.
Stated investment criteria
What Rural American Fund says it buys
Read from Rural American Fund’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.
| Minimum revenue it states | $10m1 |
| Minimum EBITDA it states | $2m1 |
| Transaction types | Platform, Add-on1 |
| People listed on its team page | 42 |
A stated mandate is a firm’s description of itself and was true of the page on the day it was read; firms widen and narrow what they will look at without updating the site. Rural American Fund states that it takes minority stakes rather than control. The team figure counts the people the firm shows on one team page, so it is a floor rather than a headcount: firms that split their team across tabs or load it in pages will read low. Nothing here is a commitment by Rural American Fund to consider any particular business, and nothing on this page is represented as being for sale.
SEC filings
What Rural American Fund 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 filed | 1 |
| Total capital raised | $30m |
| Largest single vehicle | $30m |
| Filing history | 2020 |
| Smallest accepted commitment | $300k |
| Filed from | ILLINOIS |
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.
Portfolio
Disclosed holdings
Companies Rural American Fund lists on its own website. No investment years are published.
| Company | Invested | Years held | Recorded transaction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquatrols | — | — | — |
| Charger Genetics | — | — | — |
| Fisher Nut | — | — | — |
| Hen Haven | — | — | — |
| Independent Ag | — | — | — |
| La Crosse Seed | — | — | — |
| Ritchie Industries | — | — | — |
| Ritchie Industries, Inc. | — | — | — |
| Seeds 2000 | — | — | — |
| Technology Crops International | — | — | — |
Compiled from Rural American Fund’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
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