Our philosophy
01 –
Keep it simple
You won’t need a Mensa membership to negotiate with us. Selling your business doesn’t need to be stressful or complicated.
02 –
No a**holes
Life is too short to spend it with undesirables. We make sure everyone in our ecosystem shares the same values as us.
03 –
Grow, but the right way
We have no interest in growing profits at the expense of the employees that generate them. We seek long-term sustainable growth over short-term sugar hits.
04 –
Trenches over towers
Unlike other investors, we are hands-on because you can’t understand a business from an ivory tower. We seek to collaborate with our management, not dictate from a distance.
Our difference
Arbour Capital
Targeted due diligence
Simple structures
Preference to promote existing staff
No predefined ownership period
Private Equity
Long diligence process
Management replaced
Culture changes
Complicated structures
Short-term owners
Competitors
Legacy disappears
Roles are consolidated
Management replaced
Uncertainty for employees
Risk of tyre kicking
Our process
Discovery call
Day 1
Assess initial info
Day 1 to 14
Make an offer
2 Weeks
Close the deal
3 Months
Discovery call
Day 1
Assess initial info
Day 1 to 14
Make an offer
2 Weeks
Close the deal
3 Months
Businesses we love
Size & margins.
EBITDA $1.5m - $5.0m
Profit margins above 15%.
Competitive advantage.
What the business does that is hard to compete with.
High quality team.
Great team with a positive culture.
Simpler the better.
A simple business model you can explain to kids.
Industry agnostic.
Non-cyclical or capital intensive.
No existential threats.
Is the industry at risk of obsolescence?
Limited concentration.
Diverse and loyal customer/supplier base.