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October 13, 2025
AUA featured in Alternatives Watch – “Former Goya COO’s second act: Helping family businesses navigate their next chapter with growth equity”
AUA Founder & Managing Partner, Andy Unanue, was recently featured in Alternatives Watch discussing the nuances behind working with family-owned business, how AUA partners with these firms, and the lessons learned from his time as COO of Goya Foods.
Read Full StoryOctober 12, 2025
AUA featured in WSJ PE Pro – “Deal Rebound This Year Suggests Buyouts Are Making a Comeback”
AUA Private Equity Partners was included in a WSJ PE Pro article discussing how deal activity isd on track for the second-best year since 2021 and how AUA is looking to wrap up at least one acquisition by year’s end.
Read Full StoryOctober 1, 2025
AUA Founder & Managing Partner, Andy Unanue, Appears on Schwab Network’ Markets On Close – “Where Private Equity Intersects With Family-Run Businesses”
Recently, our Founder & Managing Partner, Andy Unanue, appeared on Schwab Network’s Market On Close to discuss how more family-owned businesses are turning to private equity to help them balance the need for growth while retaining their unique culture, as well as the “good strong pipeline” of deals he sees getting done in the consumer products and services space.
Read Full StoryJuly 9, 2025
AUA Private Equity Partners Sells Western Smokehouse After More Than Doubling The Size Of Business In Two Years
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AUA Private Equity Partners, LLC (“AUA Private Equity” or “AUA”), an operationally-focused lower-middle market investment firm specializing in family-owned businesses in the consumer products and services sectors, today announced the sale of Western Smokehouse Partners, LLC (“Western” or the “Company”), a leading manufacturer of better-for-you protein snacks, to Monogram Capital Partners […]
Read Full StoryDecember 16, 2024
AUA Private Equity and Avance Investment Management Form Partnership to Make Investment in Tropical Cheese
NEW YORK, MIAMI and WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec. 16, 2024 — AUA Private Equity Partners, LLC (“AUA”) and Avance Investment Management (“Avance”), two Hispanic-led investment firms focused on partnering with family and founder-owned businesses, today jointly announced a significant investment in Tropical Cheese Industries, LLC (“Tropical Cheese” or the “Company”), a high-quality Hispanic food […]
Read Full StoryOctober 23, 2024
AUA Private Equity Announces the Sale of Raymundo’s Food Group, LLC
West Palm Beach, FL (October 23, 2024) – AUA Private Equity Partners, LLC (“AUA Private Equity”), is pleased to announce the sale of substantially all of the assets of Raymundo’s Food Group, LLC (“RFG” or “Raymundo’s”) to Lakeview Farms, a portfolio company of CapVest. Over the past decade, Raymundo’s has established itself as a leading, […]
Read Full StoryMay 22, 2024
Western Smokehouse Partners, a Portfolio Company of AUA Private Equity, Acquires Golden Valley Natural
WEST PALM BEACH, FL. (May 22, 2024) – AUA Private Equity Partners, LLC (“AUA Private Equity” or the “Firm”), is pleased to announce, on behalf of its portfolio company Western Smokehouse Partners, LLC (“Western” or “Western Smokehouse Partners”) the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Golden Valley Natural, LLC dba Hero Snacks (“Golden […]
Read Full StoryFebruary 21, 2024
bistroMD Acquired by Marley Spoon
WEST PALM BEACH, FL. (FEBRUARY 21, 2024) — AUA Private Equity Partners, LLC (“AUA Private Equity”), is pleased to announce that it has taken a minority stake in Marley Spoon Group SE (“Marley Spoon Group” or “MSG”) following Marley Spoon Group’s acquisition of bistroMD, LLC (“bistroMD”), which was previously owned by AUA Private Equity, LLC […]
Read Full StoryJanuary 4, 2024
AUA Private Equity Partners Announces Acquisition of Weaver Holdings, LLC
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — AUA Private Equity Partners, LLC (“AUA Private Equity”) is pleased to announce the acquisition of Weaver Holdings, LLC (“Weaver Popcorn Manufacturing” or the “Company”), a fourth-generation family-owned manufacturer of popcorn and snacking products. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Weaver Popcorn Manufacturing is the largest independent manufacturer of […]
Read Full StoryAugust 10, 2023
AUA Private Equity Partners Appoints New Management Team at Portfolio Company Raymundo’s Food Group
West Palm Beach, FL – August 10, 2023 – AUA Private Equity Partners, LLC (“AUA Private Equity”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Rosales as Chief Executive Officer, Maya Glinberg as Chief Financial Officer, Jody Jordan as Chief Operating Officer, and Marsha Young as Vice President of Supply Chain of Raymundo’s Food Group, […]
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