We are entrepreneurial business owners, operators and investors

Our goal is to invest in, or partner with, like minded people and expand our investment interests across divers business sectors and geographies.

What We Do

Wealth Creation

Our goal is to enable owners to realize value they have created in their business. We offer a significant investment in the business using a mix of fresh cash equity, lender debt and potentially future profit sharing incentives for owners and management teams.

Partnership

We provide a flexible partnership with business owners and management teams to build upon their legacy of success. We can invest in majority or minority positions, depending on the needs and desires of current ownership group.

Resources

As investors, we believe our role is best suited at the strategy level and prefer to provide our investments operational autonomy. Drawing on our divers experience and resources, we will provide access to growth capital, shared services, and a network of value-add partners.

Our Approach

Our approach to new investments starts with listening to the needs and desires of our investment partners. We believe in aligning our interest with yours, ensuring we mee both our financial goals and commitments to the investment. We avoid conflicts, incentivize performance, and maximize returns.
We are successful but humble business professionals with high integrity. We conduct business only with the highest ethical standards in mind, which guides our businesses practices, employees, investment partners, lenders, suppliers etc. We earn and maintain trust through open and transparent relationships.
We adhere to a proven and disciplined approach to business management and investment. Our combined experiences in many industries has given us referenceable and practical knowledge, but we also work with a network of partners to navigate investment opportunities and ensure we can achieve results and deliver on commitments.

Current Investments

Industrial Machine Manufactring

Headquartered in Toronto, the Company manufactures highly engineered and automated industrial hydraulic presses, press lines, and die handling equipment to a variety of industries including, aerospace, industrial, automotive, consumer goods, defence, and construction.

Date Invested:

Acquired 2018

Location:

Toronto, Canada

Status:

Seeking add-ons in the industrial machine manufacturing and automation products and services.

Industrial Machine Manufactring

Headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, the Company manufactures hydraulic presses, press lines and tool handling devices with automation for industrial manufacturers with a focus on forming, straightening and joining technologies.

Date Invested:

2021

Location:

Stuttgart, Germany

Status:

Subsidiary Press Manufacturers, Automation

Architectural Millwork

Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, the Company offers advanced architectural woodworking solutions, custom millworking and installation services to large commercial clientele. The Company is one of the largest in millwork manufacturers in Ontario and focusses largely on the high-end office tenant improvement market.

Date Invested:

2023

Location:

Toronto, Canada

Status:

Platform, seeking add-on in the commercial construction products and services

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Investment Criteria

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INDUSTRY

  • Agnostic, but favour manucfacturing
  • Positive trends
  • Identifiable niche
  • Stable competition
  • Minimal cyclicality

    • 2

    SITUATION

  • Business divestiture
  • MBO partnership
  • Corporate carve-out
  • Take private
  • Growth equity
  • Partnerships/ JVs

    • 3

    STRUCTURE

  • Highly flexible to investment terms
  • Aligned with sellers and mgmt. teams
  • Responsible leverage on business

    • 4

    FINANCIAL

  • EBITDA $5MM+
  • Strong working capital
  • Stable customer base
  • Stable competition
  • EBITDA margins >10%
  • Low Capex

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