Our Approach
What we do
- We are entrepreneurs who partner with business owners and founders.
- Our focus is long-term growth and value creation, building upon the existing legacy of the business.
- We will invest in the business and take care of your team, partners, and customers.
What we look for
We want to invest in and acquire companies that fit the following criteria:
Company
- Primarily recurring revenues
- Profitable
- Strong, defensible position
Industry
- Distinct niche
- Growing with favorable tailwinds
Why us?
We will work with you to grow your business. We are committed to the long run. Our ambition is to preserve and realize your vision all over the globe.
Our Principal will commit 100% of his time and energy to running the acquired business, and leverage his experience living and working in different geographies.
Long-term Focus
We will focus on the long-term growth of your business and take care of your customers.
Team
We will take care of your team and treat them as long-term partners.
Flexible & Fair
We will work with you to determine win-win conditions for investing in your company.
Experienced
The Principal is backed by a world class team of operators and investors.
What makes us different
Company's Future
Focus
Seller's Legacy
Seller's Future
Employees' Future
Value Creation Levers
Ease of Transaction
Funded By
Operate a single great business.
Hold company for the long term.
Build on company legacy and culture.
Flexible to the needs and wants of the seller.
Remain more critical than ever to the normal course of the business.
Revenue growth, geographical coverage, and product expansion.
One to three months dealing with one counterparty.
Team of entrepreneurs, company operators, and investors.
Private Equity
One of many within a portfolio.
Typically short term focus.
Uncertain. Private Equity often intervene and change culture.
Either forced to stay or to leave. Seller often locked in with earnout.
Uncertain, depends on Private Equity’s cost cutting plans.
Revenue growth, cost cutting, financial engineering.
Couple of months to a year dealing with several counterparties.
Insurance, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Endowments, Pension Funds.
STRATEGIC BUYER
Either merged or integrated into the larger business.
Uncertain, either short term or long term.
Potentially lost.
Typically compelled to stay involved for months or even years.
At risk, as job duplicity is inevitable.
Revenue growth, cost synergies, integrations.
Couple of months to a year dealing with several layers of approval.
Company Shareholders.
PRINCIPAL
Chris’ goal is to acquire and operate a single great business to preserve and grow its legacy.
Chris has over 12 years’ experience in operating and investing. He operated a microfinance company in Peru, and worked both in investment banking and for an investment fund in London.
Chris grew up in Belgium, and has lived and worked in Belgium, Peru, the UK, and the US. He holds Master’s degrees from Stanford GSB and London Business School.
Chris’ passion for entrepreneurship stems from his grandfather, who operated several businesses in Belgium and was a great inspiration for him.
PARTNERS
CEO, Embark Behavioral Health
Founder, Saltoun Capital
Former CEO
Co-Founder, Search Fund Partners
+30 years in high tech, 2x CEO
CEO, Banyan Software
Founder, Futaleufu Partners Lecturer, Stanford GSB Former CEO
Managing Partner, TD Investments
Partner, Ravenscourt Partners
Co-Founder, BK Growth
President, RIA in a Box
Co-Founder, TTCER Partners
Vice Chairman, Asurion
Lecturer, Stanford GSB
Vice President, Ashford Venture Partners
Co-Founder, The Nashton Company
Former President of Vector Disease Acquisition
Co-Founder, The Nashton Company
Former CEO of Vector Disease Acquisition
Partner, Search Fund Partners
Former President/CFO
Co-Founder, TTCER Partners
Co-Founder, Asurion
Lecturer, Stanford GSB
Co-Founder, Ashford Venture Partners
Co-CEO, QMC Telecom International
Founder, Granite Point Partners
Chairman/CEO, Progressive Home Care
Lecturer, UCLA Anderson School of Management
Co-Founder, TTCER Partners
Co-Founder, Asurion
Lecturer, Stanford GSB
Founder, Hunter Search Capital
Co-Founder, Lucas & Ryan, LLC
Former CEO
Managing Partner, Cerralvo Capital
Former CEO
Managing Partner, Maven Equity Partners
Former CEO of Pacific Pulmonary
Lecturer, Stanford GSB
Co-Founder, Ashford Venture Partners
Co-CEO, QMC Telecom International
Co-Founder, Search Fund Partners
Former CEO/CFO
President, Taketa Capital
Former CEO, York Services Group
Co-Founder, Lucas & Ryan, LLC
Former Chairman/President
Partner, TTCER Partners
Managing Partner, Cerralvo Capital
Managing Partner, Futaleufu Partners
Managing Partner, TD Investments
Partner, Search Fund Partners
Former President/CEO
Co-Founder, BK Growth
CEO, RIA in a Box
Founder, Housatonic Partners
20+ years investing in companies
Author of The Outsiders
WE ARE LOOKING TO INVEST IN AND GROW A GREAT BUSINESS.
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