How we partner matters as much as what we build.

Partnership isn’t a structure we put around a deal. It’s the work itself. How a business is built shapes what it becomes, and we take that seriously from day one.

Every business is different but how we show up shouldn’t be. Here is what founders can expect from us, in every relationship we build:

A point of view built by decades of experience.

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Long-term capital and a team that moves.

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Cultural alignment as a hard requirement.

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Investment Criteria

Focus sharpens conviction. We invest in a defined set of businesses, founder and employee owned, profitable, and operating in end-markets we know well. The criteria below are where most of our best partnerships start.

OWNERSHIP

Founder- or employee-owned businesses considering their first outside partner

GEOGRAPHY

US and Canada-focused with the ability (or existing ability) to create cross-border presence

CASH FLOW

Strong free cash flow backed by a diversified base of long-term clients

REVENUE

Up to $100 million

EBITDA

Up to $20 million

VALUES

A growth mindset with integrity that’s embedded in the culture and team

Market Focus

We invest where the work does not stop. Our focus on essential and regulated service businesses support the communities and economies that depend on them through every cycle. That durability is what gives us the confidence to hold for the long term.

  • Architecture, Engineering
and Design
  • Environmental
  • Transportation
  • Aviation
  • Architecture, Engineering
and Design
  • Environmental
  • Transportation
  • Aviation
  • Architecture, Engineering
and Design
  • Environmental
  • Transportation
  • Aviation
Value Creation

We work alongside management teams to provide the operational support, strategic resources, and honest counsel that help good businesses grow into great ones, all at a pace that makes sense for them.

Deep network

Access to operators, advisors, and customers we’ve built relationships with over decades. We open doors and stay involved long enough to make sure they lead somewhere.

Long term capital

We hold for the long term. This patience lets the business invest behind real opportunities, not just chase the next quarter or the next exit.

Operational support

Practical support across finance, talent, systems, and growth where it is genuinely useful. The goal is to strengthen the team, not replace it.

Growth through acquisition

Acquisitions when they sharpen the business, not when they pad the model. We help identify, evaluate, and integrate the right deals only when it makes the company better.