Buy, Build & Integrate
We utilize sector-specific experience and proprietary insights to identify companies with outstanding growth potential. The foundation of our ‘Buy, Build & Integrate’ strategy is partnering closely and collaboratively with management teams throughout their journey to realize—and surpass—their business’ potential.
Roadmap to Market Leadership
To ensure everyone is on the same page, we develop an operational roadmap together that creates value by utilizing broad capabilities and talent.
Odyssey M&A Engines
Our goal is to create an internal M&A engine for each business that will continually identify and execute opportunities to scale. Our specialty in integration supports the M&A muscle with connective tissue that allows our teams to grow and become market leaders.
Cross-Functional Support
Our comprehensive expertise spans people, resources and processes serve your needs, across functional areas.
Proactive Partnership
Through opportunities and challenges, we stay hyper-engaged by providing flexible financial support and other resources, and valuable perspective.
Business Transformation
We help to protect and expand what you’ve built by remaining at your side throughout your journey to follow the roadmap we developed together. You are welcome to take advantage of our extensive expertise, from board-level engagement and network support to organic growth strategies and our M&A engine.
We transform middle-market companies into efficient and diversified businesses with superb growth profiles.
Our thematic strategy is fueled by passion for our companies, which is why we’re able to build leaders that are positioned to grow well and to endure into the future.
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Partner with Us
We actively seek investment opportunities and are highly interested in companies with strong growth prospects in industries with a positive long-term outlook and favorable secular trends.
Enterprise Value
$100 million to $1 billion
Industries
Primarily industrial manufacturing, industrial services, and business services
Structure & Ownership
Structural flexibility to meet situational needs; majority control positions only
Business Size
EBITDA levels of $20 million and more
Geography
Primarily North American companies that may have international operations
Equity Investments
$100 million to $300 million per investment
Industrials
- Aerospace and Defense
- Building Products
- Commercial and Residential Services
- Engineered Components
- Electrical Products & Services
- Industrial Technology / Automation
- Industrial Services
- Packaging
- Safety Products
- Specialty Chemicals
- Specialty Distribution
- Water and Flow Control
Business Services
- Event Outsourcing
- Human Capital Management
- Insurance & Benefits Services
- Legal Services
- Marketing & Information Services
- Pharma / Biotech Services
- Technology & Digital Services
- Testing & Certification
Other Opportunities
We know well that tuck-in and add-on acquisitions are a key component of driving growth. That’s why we carefully consider opportunities to acquire businesses—of any size, in any geography—that strategically complement our portfolio companies.