Restaurant Owners: Are you interested in raising growth capital for a chain or selling your business?
The pandemic was a challenging time for restaurants – to say the least. The market is growing again, growing companies need financial support, and we can help. Green Circle has an extensive network of VC, PE, Family Office and Strategic investors who remain very interested in acquiring, or investing in, fast casual restaurants.
- Raising growth capital (for progressive chains with three or more units)
- Selling a restaurant business and other M&A
- Restructuring and other finance options for distressed restaurants
If you own or run a fast casual chain please fill out the very brief contact form below so Mike Vieten, our Managing Director – Restaurants, may contact you to schedule a conversation to explore your goals.
Telephone: (646) 875-4870
Email: [email protected]
About Green Circle
The Natural Choice for Capital Advice
Green Circle is a leading, boutique investment banking advisory firm led by experienced investment professionals and former operators that provides advisory services in raising capital and mergers & acquisitions. The firm’s focus is specifically applied to middle market natural consumer products companies, particularly those in the food industry. Green Circle has an industry-specific focus, but a global reach. The firm has represented clients in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa, and also has local investment banking partners in some of those geographies. Our client companies are typically led by bold entrepreneurs or family-owned.
The firm is run by seasoned professionals with operational experience in the industry, who also have extensive experience in investment banking, private equity and wealth management at major firms including Paine Webber (now UBS), Bear Stearns, Bank of America, Oppenheimer & Co., Cowen & Co., and Jefferies. Whether advising on mergers and acquisitions, capital raises or providing other strategic advice or consultative services, Green Circle provides objective, sound input for our clients. The main metric by which we measure our success is the value that we provide to our clients.
Click on the link below to read our thesis for the fast casual restaurant space as seen in “QSR”:
The Green Circle team has decades of collective experience as investment professionals and operators in the food and beverage space. In 2020 the firm hired Michael Vieten, CFA, to lead our new practice in the restaurant space. We focus on Restaurant-tech and chain concepts that are “Better” (Better for you, Better for the planet, and Better tech-enabled so as to navigate the post-Covid landscape). Michael is an experienced restaurant professional who has consulted for or invested in the companies listed below:
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