Fulcrum Capital Partners has partnered with the management team of Vitalus Nutrition to provide growth capital to support the company growth. The investment is the sixth platform investment made by Fulcrum Capital Partners Fund V, a $344 million 2014 vintage fund.
Abbotsford, BC based Vitalus is a leading supplier of specialty cream and milk protein ingredients for the food, beverage, and nutraceutical industries. Vitalus’ products are used in various applications such as baking, confections, dairy products, snack foods, infant formula, protein drinks, nutrition bars, and more.
With the support of Fulcrum, Vitalus intends to expand milk protein concentrate production capabilities, to develop a process to produce a proprietary prebiotic fiber, to construct a Winnipeg facility for production of specialized dairy ingredients.