Specialty Chemicals · Industrials and Industrial Services · Essential B2B Services

Modernization is our thesis.

Most private equity treats modernization as one line item on a long list of improvements.

We built our strategy around it.

We acquire the businesses that keep industry running: specialty chemicals, industrials and industrial services, and essential B2B services. We give them the capital, capabilities, and time to become something greater.

Our Investment Approach

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The Strategy

Three words. One thesis. Decades of execution.

01 Buy.

We acquire founder-led businesses generating $2.5M–$12M EBITDA in specialty chemicals, industrials and industrial services, and essential B2B services. We move quickly, pay fair prices, and close without drama.

02 Build.

We modernize businesses through financial leadership, digital transformation, AI, and process redesign. Sean built and ran a software company and led a technology consulting division, so this is work we have done from the inside, accountable for results. We work inside the business with management, putting these systems in place ourselves.

03 Compound.

We hold. We don’t flip. We partner with management to grow through add-ons, improve margins, and compound enterprise value over years, not quarters. Your legacy stays intact.

Our Edge

Operating experience and an investor’s discipline, in one partnership.

Operator reviewing shop floor operations

Sean has transformed businesses from the inside: financial leadership, operational redesign, and technology implementation. ERP systems, CRM platforms, AI-driven process automation, deployed by an operator accountable for the P&L. Rocky brings the investor’s discipline that decides where that work pays off. Together we put both inside the companies we acquire. The result is stronger gross margins, a better competitive position, and businesses built to last.

Financial Leadership

CFO-level oversight deployed in every acquisition from day one.

Digital Transformation

ERP, CRM, AI, and process redesign. We’ve done this for decades.

Industrial Focus

Essential businesses with durable demand and real, recurring cash flow.

For Business Owners

We understand the founder’s seat.

Most buyers see a transaction. We see what you’ve spent decades building. We understand what it feels like to be on your side of the table. We’ve been there. One of us built and sold a company. The other spent 14 years as a principal investor at a family office, sourcing, diligencing, and closing acquisitions. We know both sides of the table, and we treat both fairly.

Your team stays and what works stays. We build on the foundation you have created.

No Pressure Process

We move at your pace. First conversation is just a conversation.

You Stay Involved

We prefer founders engaged post-close. Your knowledge is irreplaceable.

Your Culture Stays

We build on what you’ve created.

For Advisors and Intermediaries

A Buyer That Closes. A Partner That Calls Back.

Bring us a fit and you get a real answer fast, terms that hold, and an economic stake we protect like it is our own.

Speed

We respond to every CIM within five business days and deliver an LOI within three weeks on the deals that fit. When a deal falls outside our criteria, we tell you quickly so you can move on.

Transparency

What we sign is what we close. No retrades, no financing surprises, and no committee black holes between the LOI and the wire.

Fee Protection

Your economics are fixed. We protect intermediary fees on every deal, every time.

Repeat Business

We are long-term holders building a long-term reputation. Send us one good deal and we intend to earn the next ten.

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