{"schemaVersion":"1.0","matched":true,"query":{"name":"YumEarth","city":null},"permalink":"https://whoowns.cashpaymed.org/record/dynamic-platform-yumearth","record":{"id":"dynamic-platform-yumearth","name":"YumEarth","descriptor":"Operating group with current investment ownership verified by a separate evidence review.","checked":"August 18, 2026","peStatus":"confirmed","statusLabel":"Private-equity controlled","statusDetail":"The current ownership chain reaches ACON Investments, and the cited transaction establishes control.","alternatives":[],"chain":[{"role":"Business","entity":"YumEarth","detail":"Operating group with current investment ownership verified by a separate evidence review."},{"role":"Controlling PE owner","entity":"ACON Investments","detail":"ACON Investments is the current investment firm connected to YumEarth. Ownership: ACON Investments, L.L.C. publicly announced on June 30, 2026 that it and its affiliates had acquired a \"controlling stake\" in YumEarth, explicitly identifying YumEarth as the target company and describing the transaction as the first investment of the ACON Evolution Fund.[1] The announcement states that The Fini Company will hold an ownership stake as an industry partner but clearly attributes the controlling stake to ACON, not to Fini, and does not disclose exact percentages.[1] This announcement is a direct primary source from the acquiring investment firm, satisfying the requirement for one direct primary source for a qualified ownership claim.\n\nIndependent verification: Multiple independent transaction and deal sources corroborate that ACON acquired a controlling stake in YumEarth rather than a minority position.\n- Riverside Company, the prior financial sponsor, published a news release titled \"Sweet Success: The Riverside Company Exits YumEarth\" on June 30, 2026, stating that Riverside \"has sold YumEarth to ACON Investments,\" confirming that Riverside fully exited and that YumEarth was sold to ACON.[4] This establishes that ACON is the new financial owner and that the prior sponsor no longer holds an interest.\n- PrivSource records the transaction as \"ACON Investments acquired a controlling stake in YumEarth... from Riverside\" and lists buyers (ACON Investments LLC, The Fini Company), targets (YumEarth), and sellers (The Riverside Company), classifying the transaction as a buyout.[2][3] This independent deal database corroborates the existence and nature of t"}],"facts":[{"dimension":"Private-equity relationship","label":"PE-controlled","statement":"The current ownership chain reaches ACON Investments, and the cited transaction establishes control.","evidenceDate":"August 18, 2026","sources":[{"label":"Verified ownership evidence for YumEarth","url":"https://aconinvestments.com/news/acon-investments-acquires-better-for-you-confectionery-company-yumearth/"}]},{"dimension":"Operating relationship","label":"Operating group","statement":"Platform-level record; individual locations may have separate franchisees or operators.","evidenceDate":"August 18, 2026","sources":[{"label":"Verified ownership evidence for YumEarth","url":"https://aconinvestments.com/news/acon-investments-acquires-better-for-you-confectionery-company-yumearth/"}]},{"dimension":"Ownership form and scale","label":"majority control (controlling stake, percentage undisclosed)","statement":"Reported scale: Multiple businesses or brands. Ownership form and geographic scale are shown separately.","evidenceDate":"August 18, 2026","sources":[{"label":"Verified ownership evidence for YumEarth","url":"https://aconinvestments.com/news/acon-investments-acquires-better-for-you-confectionery-company-yumearth/"}]}]},"coverageWarning":null,"license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"WHO OWNS THIS? (https://whoowns.cashpaymed.org)"}}