Investment Criteria

Partners for the long work.

We incubate and invest in early and growth-stage serial acquirer businesses through long-duration, committed capital.

Ideal founders and teams

  • A long-game orientation to building enduring businesses

  • Lean headquarters with empowered subsidiaries

  • Investor-operator mindsets built through experience

  • Data-driven, equity-efficient, and frugal decision-making

  • Ambitious teams with resilience and integrity across market cycles

What we look for

  • Durable competitive positions and long reinvestment runways

  • The ability to compound capital at high rates for decades

  • Mission-critical offerings with structural leadership in a narrow domain

  • Differentiated knowledge or data with strong returns on incremental capital

  • Decentralized, operator-led cultures and resilient cash flow

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