# Proterra Investment Partners

> Proterra Investment Partners is a VC fund backing Food and Beverage. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Minneapolis, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 67%
- Fund size: $36M
- Last fund: Oct 2020
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/10377850/
- Website: http://www.proterrapartners.com/

Proterra Investment Partners is an alternative investment manager focused on private equity investments in the natural resource sectors of agriculture, food, and metals and mining. Proterra has offices in Minneapolis, London, Mumbai, Singapore, Shanghai, and Sydney.Proterra launched as a standalone investment advisor and private equity fundmanager for the Black River Asset Management private equity funds (the “Funds”) on January 1, 2016. The Funds spun out from Black River Asset Management, a wholly-owned, independently managed subsidiary of Cargill, Inc. Proterra’s investment strategies are influenced by the senior leadership team’s longstanding tenure with Cargill – a global leader in providing food, agriculture, financial, and industrial products and services. Although no longer an owner, Cargill maintains its relationship with Proterra as a committed limited partner to the Funds.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 7 | 58% |
| Farming | 3 | 25% |
| Food Processing | 3 | 25% |
| Sales | 2 | 17% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 17% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 25% |
| Series B | 2 | 17% |
| Series C | 2 | 17% |
| Debt Financing | 2 | 17% |
| Seed | 1 | 8% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| China | 4 | 33% |
| United States | 4 | 33% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 8% |
| Singapore | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jim Sayre | Founding Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-sayre |
| Tai LIN | Managing Partner of Proterra Asia | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tai-tai-1820 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Streamline Innovations | Streamline Innovations focuses on innovative and sustainable gas and water treatment solutions. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in San Antonio, Texas, United States. |  | Debt Financing | Aug 19, 2025 |  |
| MyLand Company | MyLand is a soil health company. By focusing on soil health, MyLand is helping to tackle two of the world’s biggest challenges: food security and climate disruption. MyLand’s innovative and patented technology allows farmers to easily and rapidly implement regenerative agriculture practices and improve their soil health by harnessing the land’s ownnatural ecosystem. MyLand partners with farmers to infuse life into the soil, helping to return farms to their most fertile state, achieving greater productivity and enhanced profitability. For additional information on how MyLand is transforming soil health globally, visit MyLand.ag. | $23M | Series B | Jan 28, 2025 |  |
| Lil Bucks | Lil Bucks is an online marketplace for food products of sprouted buckwheat. | $3M | Series A | Sep 10, 2024 |  |
| Apeiron Bioenergy | Apeiron Bioenergy is an integrated global player in the entire chain of bioenergy products from feedstock to the end and by-products. |  | Private Equity | Oct 06, 2022 |  |
| Simple Love | Simple Love is a natural yoghurt brand. |  | Series C | Mar 24, 2022 |  |
| Deli Star | Deli Star Corp. produces high quality cooked meats for America's fine sandwich and salad makers, and food service personnel. With a strong focus on food safety, customer service and innovation, Deli Star is committed to providing the tastiest, highest quality products that our customers expect and deserve. |  | Debt Financing | Jan 24, 2022 |  |
| NOD | NOD is a healthy beverage solutions company based in Shanghai. It is a brand born in China with global ambitions, driven by a team with a proven blend of in-depth China and international expertise in the beverage sector. |  | Seed | Jan 18, 2022 |  |
| NOD | NOD is a healthy beverage solutions company based in Shanghai. It is a brand born in China with global ambitions, driven by a team with a proven blend of in-depth China and international expertise in the beverage sector. | $1.6M | Seed | Sep 28, 2021 |  |
| Daydaycook | DayDayCook was founded in December, 2012. They are Hong Kong’s largest cooking multimedia platform and have community with monthly users totaly more than 400,000. Today, as more and more users aspire to a higher quality of life, food safety, and health, DayDayCook has become a platform for original recipes and cooking advice, helping their users tomaintain a healthy lifestyle.DayDayCook inspires a young generation to cook and enjoy both traditional and modern Asian recipes through a variety of distribution channels including digital and traditional publishing with high quality and easy-to-follow recipes.DayDayCook has millions of monthly viewers over its broad reach including website, mobile apps, videos, and books. With a strong and dedicated fan base including over 275,000 Facebook fans, DayDayCook also brings goods to the consumer through its e-commerce store 'The DayDayCook Shop' |  | Series C | Aug 17, 2021 |  |
| Simple Love | Simple Love is a natural yoghurt brand. | $122.2M | Series B | Mar 25, 2021 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CICC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cicc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DCP Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dcp-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Linyi Hongying Technology Services](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/linyi-hongying-technology-services) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BA Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ba-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CITIC Agriculture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/citic-agriculture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Climate Innovation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/climate-innovation-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Proterra Investment Partners invest in?

Proterra Investment Partners invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Farming and Food Processing startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Proterra Investment Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Proterra Investment Partners?

The team at Proterra Investment Partners includes Jim Sayre (Founding Partner) and Tai LIN (Managing Partner of Proterra Asia). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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