
Investments
28Portfolio Exits
28Funds
4Partners & Customers
10About Nestle
Nestle(SWX: NESN) is a food and beverage manufacturer. The company's product portfolio includes brands such as Nescafe, Perrier, Pure Life, and Purina. It also owns a part of the French cosmetics firm L'Oreal. The company was founded in 1866 and is based in Vevey, Switzerland.

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Latest Nestle News
Sep 16, 2023
THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images It’s one thing to know about shrinkflation. It’s another to be warned about it in the grocery store. “Shrinkflation” refers to companies giving customers less of their products for the same (or higher) price. The tactic has become widespread among consumer goods suppliers amid high inflation. Now, the French supermarket chain Carrefour is exposing examples of it for shoppers, with labels on shelves reading: “This product has seen its volume or weight fall and the effective price from the supplier rise.” Dozens of products have been hit with the labels since Monday, according to Reuters. “The aim in stigmatizing these products is to be able to tell manufacturers to rethink their pricing policy,” Stefen Bompais, director of client communications at Carrefour, told the news agency. Carrefour will soon enter annual price negotiations with Nestlé, Unilever , PepsiCo , and other owners of well-known brands. Among the shrinkflation examples it’s showing shoppers are Guigoz infant formula, produced by Nestlé, and a bottle of sugar-free peach-flavored Lipton iced tea, produced by PepsiCo. Despite the cost of raw materials falling, consumers goods companies have not been cooperating with efforts to cut prices, Carrefour CEO Alexandre Bompard has argued. He’s found in ally in French finance minister Bruno Le Maire, who’s urged corporations to lower prices—and pointed a finger at Unilever, Nestle and PepsiCo for not complying. Of course, retailers themselves have been accused by consumer groups of shrinkflation with their own products—among them, Carrefour. But European governments are increasingly trying to help consumers hurt by the rising cost of living, in part by pressuring big companies to lower prices. Subscribe to Well Adjusted, our newsletter full of simple strategies to work smarter and live better, from the Fortune Well team. Sign up today . Most popular in Retail articles
Nestle Investments
28 Investments
Nestle has made 28 investments. Their latest investment was in YFood as part of their Corporate Minority on March 3, 2023.

Nestle Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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3/1/2023 | Corporate Minority | YFood | Yes | 1 | ||
12/27/2022 | Corporate Minority | Ruipeng Pet Hospital | Yes | 1 | ||
11/19/2021 | Seed VC - II | Sundial Foods | $4M | Yes | Clear Current Capital, FoodLabs, IndieBio, Nestle, SOSV, and Undisclosed Investors | 16 |
7/12/2021 | Grant | |||||
6/25/2021 | PIPE |
Nestle Portfolio Exits
28 Portfolio Exits
Nestle has 28 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Palforzia on September 04, 2023.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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9/4/2023 | Divestiture | Palforzia | 3 | ||
4/18/2023 | Corporate Majority | 1 | |||
11/29/2022 | Divestiture | 2 | |||
Date | 9/4/2023 | 4/18/2023 | 11/29/2022 | ||
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Exit | Divestiture | Corporate Majority | Divestiture | ||
Companies | Palforzia | ||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Nestle Acquisitions
39 Acquisitions
Nestle acquired 39 companies. Their latest acquisition was Grupo CRM on September 07, 2023.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
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9/7/2023 | Corporate Majority | 2 | ||||
2/22/2023 | Acquired Unit | 1 | ||||
11/17/2022 | Acquired Unit | 4 | ||||
10/19/2022 | ||||||
5/23/2022 | Private Equity |
Date | 9/7/2023 | 2/22/2023 | 11/17/2022 | 10/19/2022 | 5/23/2022 |
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Investment Stage | Private Equity | ||||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Total Funding | |||||
Note | Corporate Majority | Acquired Unit | Acquired Unit | ||
Sources | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Nestle Fund History
4 Fund Histories
Nestle has 4 funds, including Nestle II.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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12/31/2005 | Nestle II | Multi-Stage Venture Capital | Closed | $601.05M | 1 |
10/31/2005 | Nestle Growth Fund | ||||
12/31/2002 | Nestle I | ||||
Nestle III |
Closing Date | 12/31/2005 | 10/31/2005 | 12/31/2002 | |
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Fund | Nestle II | Nestle Growth Fund | Nestle I | Nestle III |
Fund Type | Multi-Stage Venture Capital | |||
Status | Closed | |||
Amount | $601.05M | |||
Sources | 1 |
Nestle Partners & Customers
10 Partners and customers
Nestle has 10 strategic partners and customers. Nestle recently partnered with Telit on September 9, 2023.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
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9/5/2023 | Partner | United States | '' Telit Cinterion has been a partner of Nestlé since we began conducting the first tests using 5G technology at Nestlé at the São José dos Campos Technology Park . | 1 | |
9/4/2023 | Licensee | United Kingdom | BAAR , Switzerland -- Stallergenes Greer , a leading global healthcare company specialising in allergen immunotherapy , announced today that it has signed global agreements with Nestlé to harness the peanut allergy oral immunotherapy treatment Palforzia ® . | 1 | |
8/23/2023 | Vendor | United States | Telit Cinterion and Nestlé Brazil Partner on Private 5G for Industry 4.0 Factory Automation `` Telit has been a partner of Nestlé since we began conducting the first tests using 5G technology at Nestlé at the São José dos Campos Technology Park . | 2 | |
7/28/2023 | Partner | ||||
7/26/2023 | Partner |
Date | 9/5/2023 | 9/4/2023 | 8/23/2023 | 7/28/2023 | 7/26/2023 |
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Type | Partner | Licensee | Vendor | Partner | Partner |
Business Partner | |||||
Country | United States | United Kingdom | United States | ||
News Snippet | '' Telit Cinterion has been a partner of Nestlé since we began conducting the first tests using 5G technology at Nestlé at the São José dos Campos Technology Park . | BAAR , Switzerland -- Stallergenes Greer , a leading global healthcare company specialising in allergen immunotherapy , announced today that it has signed global agreements with Nestlé to harness the peanut allergy oral immunotherapy treatment Palforzia ® . | Telit Cinterion and Nestlé Brazil Partner on Private 5G for Industry 4.0 Factory Automation `` Telit has been a partner of Nestlé since we began conducting the first tests using 5G technology at Nestlé at the São José dos Campos Technology Park . | ||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Nestle Team
59 Team Members
Nestle has 59 team members, including current Chief Executive Officer, Paul Bulcke.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Paul Bulcke | Chief Executive Officer | Current | |
Name | Paul Bulcke | ||||
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Work History | |||||
Title | Chief Executive Officer | ||||
Status | Current |
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