Investment focus and approach
We acquire strong businesses with committed management teams and provide them with the capital and collaborative partnership needed to develop into lower middle market industry leaders.
To capture these opportunities, we use a focused investment approach:
Thesis Driven

Growth Focused


Collaborative Partners
Proven Approach

Human Capital

We develop an in-depth thesis for delivering significant risk-adjusted returns, before launching any new strategy. Key elements include:
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Identify under-appreciated sources of value
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Develop differentiated sourcing strategy
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Clear path to accelerate growth and increase profitability
We identify high-growth opportunities, where strong organizations are well-positioned to take advantage of favorable market fundamentals. We look for:
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Sustainable industry tailwinds with multiple avenues for growth
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Favorable market dynamics: high fragmentation, capacity to differentiate service and advantages to specialization
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Defensible market position and strong competitive advantages
We partner with proven management teams that are dedicated to building market-leading, high-performance organizations:
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Our ambitious management teams keep "skins in the game"
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Our Operations Team collaborates to help management accelerate and realize their ambitions
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Our Finance and Deal teams enable continued expansion
We apply a proven approach to value creation:
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Salesforce structuring and support to drive organic growth
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Fiscal policy and reporting to enable effective financial management
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Differentiated integration strategy to accelerate value creation
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Develop and strengthen backbone (finance, marketing, IT) to facilitate growth
We put people first, with a focus on attracting, enabling and retaining top talent:
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Empower management and employees with a voice and clear path for development
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Focus on training and career advancement
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Win the war for talent
Investment criteria
Company size
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Enterprise Value: $1M to $50M
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EBITDA: $0.5M to $10M
Transaction structure
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Control investments
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Sellers roll a portion of purchase price into equity in the go-forward entity
Market
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Professional, Business and Healthcare Services industries
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North America focus
Business model
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Defensible market position and sustainable competitive advantages
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Multiple avenues for growth
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Stable, recurring cash flows
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High capital conversion
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Favorable industry dynamics
Management team
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Management team with a proven track record
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Willingness to invest behind strategy