EncoreConsumerCapital

Merchant and Investment Bankers

Arthur P. Gould & Co.

The seafood industry is a particularly complex environment for private-equity investors. To enhance its capabilities in the area, Encore Consumer Capital, a leading direct-investment firm specializing in food and consumer products, has teamed up with Arthur P. Gould & Co. (“APG”), a New York-based merchant bank (ww.gouldco.com) with a focus in the seafood industry. APG’s expertise and experience spans the full range of the seafood industry – from aquaculture to wild-harvest, from primary production to value-added processing and marketing. Through investment search, analysis, and structuring methods that take the unique ownership, resource, regulatory, and consumer characteristics of this industry into account, Encore has equipped itself to be a unique value-added investment partner to seafood companies.

Encore and APG are interested in potential investments in many areas of the industry, including:

•Wild-harvest production of finfish and shellfish
•Sustainably farmed finfish and shellfish
•Organic, Marine Stewardship Council certified, and food-safe seafood
•Fresh branded seafood
•Ready-to-eat seafood
•“Super-premium” brandable products (e.g., live oysters, caviar)
•New aquaculture species
•New raw materials
•Value-Added Distribution
•Emerging geographies with important resource bases, including China and South America