Alison Minter

Alison Minter is an Industry Advisor to North Castle Partners, a private equity firm focused on consumer companies in Health, Wellness, and Active Living. North Castle’s firm site says she has more than 20 years of consumer private equity investment experience and was formerly a Managing Partner at the firm.

While at North Castle, Minter led and managed investments across Healthy, Active, and Sustainable Living sectors. The firm currently lists her as serving on the boards of Sparx Hockey, BlueRoot Health, and Genexa. During her North Castle tenure, she also served on the boards of Therabody, Mack Weldon, Maya Kaimal, VitaCup, Full Swing Golf, ProSupps, HydroMassage, SmartyPants, Sprout Foods, Red Door Spas, Doctor’s Best, Octane Fitness, Contigo, Ibex, Cascade Helmets, Atkins/Bora-Bora Organic Foods, and Avalon Natural Products.

Before North Castle, Minter worked at Evolution Global Partners and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. She earned an A.B. in Economics from Princeton University.

• North Castle describes itself as focused exclusively on Health, Wellness, and Active Living consumer brands.
• The firm says it partners with “founders, entrepreneurs and leadership teams to build great companies.”
• Target sectors include beauty and personal care, fitness, food and beverage, home and leisure, specialty nutrition, sports/outdoor recreation, sustainable living, and wellness/consumer-driven health care.
• North Castle looks for businesses where “brand, innovation and world-class execution” combine to create growth and value-creation opportunities.
• The firm emphasizes values-based partnerships: trust, mutual respect, open communication, shared vision, and collaborative work with founders and leadership teams.
• The stub’s “Angel Investors” and “Seed Round” labels are not supported by North Castle’s public materials; the verified firm profile is small-cap consumer private equity.