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Healthy snack subscription service Nature Delivered, which trades as Graze.com, has undergone a management buy-out backed by the Carlyle Group.<\/p>\n

As part of the deal for an undisclosed sum, co-founder and CEO Graham Bosher successfully exited, with paperwork filed on Christmas Eve confirming his resignation from the board.<\/p>\n

Stepping down as CEO, Bosher has taken on a non-executive director role; the 2009 Young Gun<\/a> told Growing Business that he plans to take his first proper break in 12 years.<\/p>\n

Graze’s chief marketing officer and former head of marketing Anthony Fletcher has taken over the firm as UK MD, having joined the company in 2009 following six years at Innocent Drinks.<\/p>\n

He and chief financial officer Andrew Gibbs, a fellow Yankee Acquisitions director – which was set up by the pair prior to the deal – will now lead the business during a period of continued fast-growth.<\/p>\n

The pair were backed by major US private equity firm The Carlyle Group, which was reported in August last year by the Daily Telegraph<\/a> to be interested in pursuing a £50m deal. It joined existing investors including DFJ Esprit and Octopus Investments.<\/p>\n

It was Octopus which led a £2m venture capital round involving DFJ in 2009. Venture partner at Index Ventures and prominent angel backer Robin Klein is also listed as a shareholder. Meanwhile early investors William Reeve, former director of LoveFiLM, Zoopla and Secret Escapes and director of Touch Local Mark Livingstone also exited the firm.<\/p>\n

Founded in 2007 by a group of seven friends, led by Graham Bosher, Graze delivers letter-box sized healthy snack packages on a subscription basis.<\/p>\n

The firm, which experienced a turnover rise to £20.9m in December 2012, compared to £8.1m in the previous year, plans to use the new investment to fund further growth and is looking to continue expanding its staff base, having recently advertised a series of positions to add to the 50-strong company.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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