Avrio Capital

Avrio Capital is a Canadian sector-specialist venture capital / subordinated-debt investment firm founded in 2002 and based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, investing in companies operating in the food and agricultural sectors. The firm's domain name ''avriosubdebt.com'' reflects its subordinated-debt / mezzanine / growth-capital-hybrid investment model providing structured capital to North American food and agricultural companies. Avrio Capital positions itself as a dedicated food and agri-business investor providing growth capital to Canadian and U.S. food-industry companies including agricultural-technology / ag-tech, food-processing, food-and-beverage CPG, natural / organic / sustainable food products, and adjacent food-system themes. The firm typically writes initial check sizes in the CAD / USD 2 to 15 million range at growth and expansion stages, with both equity and subordinated-debt structures. Avrio has raised multiple institutional funds with aggregate AUM in the CAD / USD low-hundreds-of-millions range across vintages. Notable portfolio companies have included various Canadian and North American food and agricultural businesses.