A Focused and
Collaborative Investor
In North American Services Businesses
We bring Midwestern perspective and Motown mettle to companies committed to the next level of excellence and growth.
In North American Services Businesses
We bring Midwestern perspective and Motown mettle to companies committed to the next level of excellence and growth.
We bring a people-first, thematic and buy-and-build approach to private equity investing in secularly relevant and fragmented services sectors. We aim to invest $50 million or more of equity in each business we support.
Over two decades, we have partnered with more than 280 platform and add-on businesses throughout North America. We provide resources to help these businesses grow by professionalizing operations, improving service offerings, executing M&A strategies and accessing new markets.
ExecFactor is our proprietary, thematic investment strategy where we underwrite an industry and partner with an executive to deploy our build-and-build investment model. This strategy brings together our sector focus, deep industry relationships, committed capital and repeatable buy-and-build approach to create a new platform investment.
We pride ourselves on an unwavering commitment to candor, trust and accountability in our relationships with management teams, investors, advisors and employees.
We look to partner with companies that are ambitious and seek the support and partnership of knowledgeable industry veterans to grow beyond their foundation.
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