Boulder Investment Group Reprise raises $55M for new natural-products fund

BOULDER – Boulder Investment Group Reprise – led by the trio that managed an investment arm of Boulder Brands before that company was acquired by Pinnacle Foods – has raised just more than $55 million for a new fund that will invest in natural products startups across the United States.

Presence Marketing CEO Bill Weiland and former Boulder Brands execs Carole Buyers and Duane Primozich are managing the new fund, dubbed BIGR Ventures LP. The group had previously run Boulder Brands Investment Group LLC, formed in 2013 to invest in early-stage natural and organic foods companies and leverage Boulder Brands’ infrastructure…