food

Simple Mills Earns IVCA Company of the Year Honor

HPA is proud to announce that Simple Mills, an HPA portfolio company and leading clean-label food brand, has been named the 2025 Venture Capital Portfolio Company of the Year by the Illinois Venture Capital Association (IVCA). This honor recognizes Simple Mills’ exceptional growth, purpose-driven leadership, and transformative impact on both the food industry and Chicago’s innovation […]

November 24, 2025 By Pete Wilkins

• better for you
• Chicago
• exit
• food
• growth
• ivca
• simple mills
• strategic

HPA Announces Acquisition of Portfolio Company Simple Mills by Flowers Foods, Inc.

Chicago, IL – January 8, 2025 – Hyde Park Angels (HPA), a premier early-stage venture capital group specializing in investing through its unique People First model, is pleased to announce that its portfolio company, Simple Mills, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO) for $795 million in […]

January 8, 2025 By Pete Wilkins

• acquisition
• better for you
• Chicago
• exit
• food
• funding
• growth
• simple mills
• strategic