Board Member Spotlight: Irma Goyal Shrivastava

We are honored to introduce Irma Goyal Shrivastava, board member at Health-Ade. Irma is a marketing and business leader with an impressive track record of…
The Nuances of ESG | An Interview with Perkins Coie

ESG has been a hot topic in finance over the last few years. How should we regulate it? Does every corner of the world have a different set of standards? How do we prevent greenwashing? With several companies releasing their 2022 impact reports, we thought what better time to dive into the nuances of ESG […]
Expo West 2023 Trends

Expo West is often described as the Super Bowl of the CPG world. The show can be a little overwhelming and rightfully so with this…
Food as Medicine Emerges As Key Takeaway from White House Conference | Interview with Sam Kass

About Sam Kass Food entrepreneur Sam Kass is a former White House Chef and Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition. He is the founder of TROVE and a partner in Acre Venture Partners. Kass joined the White House kitchen staff in 2009 as Assistant Chef and, in 2010, became Food Initiative Coordinator. During his White House tenure, he took […]
Trends and Insights from SIAL Paris

This year we attended national shows like Expo West, Future Food Tech and Expo East. SIAL gave us a taste of global food and beverage…
10 Trends We Saw at Expo East 2022

Last week, Manna Tree attended Expo East 2022 in Philadelphia. Our team put together a list of trends we saw at the expo. Here are…
Evolve BioSystems Becomes Infinant Health

Evolve Biosystems becomes Infinant Health – powerful evolution of mission, leadership, portfolio & commercialization strategy to transform the future of human health under new corporate identity…
Gotham Greens Raises $310 Million in Fresh Funding To Accelerate National Greenhouse Expansion

Indoor farming pioneer acquires FresH2O Growers, one of the largest greenhouse operations on the East Coast, immediately doubling its production capacity New York, Sept. 12,…
True Food Kitchen Raises $100 Million from Mission-Aligned Investors to Help People Eat Better, Feel Better & Live Better

Nation’s leading wellness restaurant brand welcomes new investors to support accelerated growth.
Food as an Asset Class: Resilient and Growing

Originally compiled by Adriana Tullman, Managing Director of Global Investment Solutions at Manna Tree. Food has proven to be a resilient and steadily growing asset…
How Ellie Rubenstein Aims to Build a ‘Next Gen’ Private Equity Firm

Originally written and posted by Toby Mitchenall. Toby Mitchenall is the Senior Editor, ESG and Sustainability, at PEI Media. He is responsible for New Private Markets,…
2021 Annual ESG Report – Portfolio Company Updates

Manna Tree’s 2021 Annual ESG Report highlights the ESG practices of our portfolio company’s.1 Using the 2021 baseline assessments for each company, our goal as…