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Steve Young on Investing in Health and Nutrition Pioneers
Manna Tree’s Steve Young discusses the private equity firm’s focus on companies whose products improve human health.
Photo courtesy of Steve Young
There are equity investors in the food business, and then there are equity investors. Steve Young believes Manna Tree is the latter.
Here’s what that means. Many dozens of companies, from venture capitalists to private equity firms, have sprung up over the past 20 years to help transform the Western food, beverage, and ingredients industry from its long-time emphasis on taste, convenience, and process to a “better-for-you” focus that elevated nutritional functionality, healthfulness, and whole fo…
