Murano Group
100 Pine St Ste 2260, San Francisco, CA, 94111, United States
Overview
Murano Group is a privately owned holding company that invests its own capital to create long term value. Murano combines the experience of structuring and closing a wide variety of transactions—from leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations to growth equity and venture capital—with the entrepreneurial experience of starting and running businesses from scratch. This combination allows Murano to offer portfolio companies a flexible level of financial, organizational, and operational support. Our investments are focused principally in consumer companies and food and beverage related businesses.
- Total investments
- 2
- Lead investments
- 1
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 0
Investment portfolio
- Stryve
Led · Series B · Apr 2019
Stryve Foods manufactures and markets premium air-dried meat snack products and human-grade pet treats, sold under the Stryve, Kalahari, Braaitime, Vacadillos and Two Tails brands. Its air-dried snacks are marketed as all-natural, never cooked, zero grams of added sugar (with one exception), and free of MSG, gluten, nitrates, nitrites and preservatives, positioning them for Keto and Paleo consumers. The company distributes in major North American retail channels—grocery, club stores and other outlets—while also selling direct-to-consumer via ecommerce and Amazon. Management reports operational productivity programs and cost-model improvements that are delivering better margins. Stryve says demand and customer response to category growth and new packaging have been strong. The company is using recent financing to fund working capital and support a near-term ramp in quality distribution. Stryve Biltong produces gourmet beef biltong snacks marketed as all-natural, 0g sugar, high-protein convenient snacks. The brand targets the meat snacks and clean protein snacking categories and says it has become the undisputed leader in biltong snacks. Since launching in 2017 the company has achieved distribution across all retail channels and has rapidly grown its online business. Stryve is pursuing growth through increased marketing to drive education, awareness and trial. The company plans continued investment in talent and operations to support expansion. Leadership additions noted in the article include CMO Jaxie Alt and board member Peter Rahal, brought on as part of the company’s growth push.
- Miniluxe
Participated · Series C · Oct 2014
MiniLuxe operates a network of nail studios and sells an associated beauty product line. The company is pursuing expansion of its studio footprint and growth of its product offerings, and has indicated potential franchising and acquisition activity as future strategic options. Financially, MiniLuxe has received multiple follow-on investments from Flow Capital, which states its total committed investment could reach $7.925 million across four funding rounds if the current tranche is fully drawn. The recent commitment comprises an initial $1.35 million tranche of up to $1.75 million. No revenue, user, valuation, founding year, or location information was disclosed in the report.
Team
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