North America’s beverage industry saw a rise of 12% in deal activity during February 2022, when compared with the last 12-month average, led by Shinsegae Property’s $248.67m acquisition of Shafer Vineyards, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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A total of 28 beverage industry deals worth $360.8m were announced for the region in February 2022, against the 12-month average of 25 deals.

Of all the deal types, venture financing saw most activity in February 2022 with 14 transactions, representing a 50% share for the region.

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In second place was M&A with ten deals, followed by private equity deals with four transactions, respectively capturing a 35.7% and 14.3% share of the overall deal activity for the month.

In terms of value of deals, M&A was the leading category in North America’s beverage industry with $248.67m, while venture financing and private equity deals totalled $100.83m and $11.35m, respectively.

North America beverage industry deals in February 2022: Top deals

The top five beverage deals accounted for 92.9% of the overall value during February 2022.

The combined value of the top five beverage deals stood at $335.21m, against the overall value of $360.8m recorded for the month.

The top five beverage industry deals of February 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) Shinsegae Property $248.67m acquisition deal with Shafer Vineyards

2) The $60m venture financing of Ava Food Labs by Casa Verde Capital,Horizons Ventures,James Stewart,Level One Fund,Rage Capital and SOSV Investments

3) Apax Partners $11.35m private equity deal with Ole Smoky Distillery

4) The $8.1m venture financing of Brainluxury by M13 Ventures and True Ventures

5) Bluestein Ventures,Gaingels Management and Sidekick Partners $7.1m venture financing deal with Bizzy Coffee