Butterfly

About Butterfly

Butterfly Equity is a Los Angeles-based private equity firm specializing in the food sector, focusing on areas from seed to fork. Their mission is to partner with leading disruptors in the food industry, providing capital, operational expertise, and technology to accelerate growth and create value. They are passionate about making an impact through food and have established the Butterfly Equity Foundation to improve health and well-being by supporting access to nutritious food.

Products & Services

Upstream & Processing:Focus on stable but evolving food production sectors.

Industry Enablers:Diversified, capital-efficient B2B services and technology in the food industry.

Branded Goods:Category leaders that are changing the food landscape.

Multi-Site:Rapidly scalable distributors of food.

Specialties

Food sector investment Upstream & Processing Industry Enablers Branded Goods Multi-Site food distribution Operational expertise Technology integration

Funding History

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#	Type	Amount Fields	Date Fields	Investors
1	RT: Continuation Fund T: - FT: Continuation Fund	A: 527000000 MR: - FA: $527 million FAN: 527000000	D: 2025-08-05 FD: 2025-08-05	2 investors

Continuation Fund Latest

2025-08-05

$527.0M

2 investors (Pro only)

Growth Metrics

+45%

Employee Growth

YoY

3.2x

Funding Growth

Last Round

12

Markets

Operating

10K+

Customers

Active

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Team & Leadership

A

Adam Waglay

Co-founder & Co-CEO

D

Dustin Beck

Co-founder & Co-CEO

D

Derick Prelle

Partner, Chief Transformation Officer

V

Vishal Patel

Partner, Investment Team

A

Aaron Kirkbride

Partner, Investment Team

P

Peter Tang

Chief Financial Officer & Managing Director

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Recent News

Butterfly Announces New Product Launch

2 days ago

Company unveils innovative solution to transform the industry, expanding market reach and capabilities...

Leadership Team Expands with Industry Veteran

1 week ago

New executive brings 20+ years of experience to accelerate growth and strategic initiatives...

Company Recognized as Industry Leader

2 weeks ago

Receives prestigious award for innovation and customer satisfaction in competitive market...

Key Competitors

C1

Competitor Alpha

Series B · $50M raised

C2

Competitor Beta

Series C · $120M raised

C3

Competitor Gamma

Series A · $25M raised

C4

Competitor Delta

Seed · $10M raised