Skip to main content
Caplight Logo









Proterra Investment Partners

Proterra Investment Partners

Minneapolis, Minnesotaproterrapartners.com

Overview

Proterra Investment Partners is a global alternative asset manager focused on private equity and private credit investments in the natural resource sectors of agriculture, food, metals, and mining. The firm, which spun out of Cargill's Black River Asset Management in 2016, invests across the food value chain from "farm to fork". Its investment strategies include private equity, credit, farmland, sustainable agriculture, and real estate. Proterra has a particular focus on companies that benefit from growing consumer demand for sustainably grown, clean label, and "better for you" products.

Portfolio Companies

9

Investments

Proterra Investment Partners investments
CompanyDateStageLead
Streamline Innovations, Inc.Aug 2025DebtLead
MyLandFeb 2025GrantLead
Lil BucksSep 2024Series ALead
Lil BucksAug 2024Series ALead
Weaver Popcorn ManufacturingJan 2024DebtLead

Key People

brent bechtle

Founding Partner

Brent Bechtle

Founding Partner - Head Of Agriculture Funds

Torben Thordsen

Founding Partner

Robert Hutter

Portfolio Manager, Managing Director Agriculture

Tai Lin

Partner

Sector & Stage Mix

Industry, funding stage, and valuation band breakdowns.

Premium
SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth

Unlock portfolio analytics

Sign up to view full sector, stage, and valuation breakdowns for this investor.

Investment Activity

Yearly cadence, pace, and funding raised over time.

Premium
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026

Unlock portfolio analytics

Sign up to explore yearly investment trends and funding raised over time.

FAQ

Firmographic Details

HeadquartersMinneapolis, Minnesota
Year FoundedN/A

Institutional Data Access

Join leading institutional investors using Caplight to access private market data, discover pricing, and execute secondary block trades.

Requires verified institutional or accredited status.

See something wrong or outdated?