Advisory and capital for enduring companies in agri-food, health, and industrials.
We work with a small number of owners and management teams. We take long-term positions and stay with a company well past a single transaction, helping bring ambitious endeavors to market.
Conifer & Company is a research-driven merchant bank. We advise owners and management teams on commercial strategy, business development, and capital decisions, and we back that advice with direct relationships across suppliers, co-manufacturers, distributors, customers, and capital providers. We take a small number of engagements and concentrate where our involvement changes the result.
WHO WE ARE
WHAT WE DO
Strategic advisory
Commercial strategy, business development, market entry, diligence, and counterparty identification.
Supplier, co-manufacturer, distributor, and customer relationships across food, nutrition, and pharmaceutical supply chains.
Operating and supply chain support
Capital and partnerships
Partnerships, licensing, joint ventures, and long-term, aligned capital, structured around the business.
WHERE WE FOCUS
We concentrate on three sectors and know the parts of them we work in firsthand. We work across formation, spin-outs, growth businesses, and established companies where the operating problem fits our sector knowledge. The work is hands-on and close to the operating side of the business.
Agri-food
Protein, nutrition, specialty ingredients, processing, and the supply chains that move them
Health
Medical technology, biotechnology, and precision health
Industrials
Advanced materials, specialty chemicals, and biomanufacturing
LEADERSHIP
Steve Sprieser
MANAGING PARTNER
Steve covered the healthcare and agribusiness sectors at the Boston Consulting Group and has been a co-founder or early employee of four venture-backed companies in those sectors. At Conifer he leads research and industry coverage.
Tony Chavarria
MANAGING PARTNER
Tony has spent his career on the operating side of nutrition and pharmaceutical markets, ranging from hands-on supply chain arbitrage to leading startups and turnarounds. At Conifer he leads agri-food engagements and international partnerships.
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