OUR VALUES
- Fairness: We are committed to fostering transparent and respectful relationships, ensuring equitable outcomes for our team, the businesses we partner with, and the communities we serve. Fairness means mutual respect and trust at every stage of collaboration.
- Excellence: We hold ourselves to the highest standards of operational and strategic performance, delivering reliable, consistent results that exceed expectations. Excellence is the foundation of our reputation and the outcomes we achieve.
- Responsibility: We take ownership of the impact our actions have on employees, stakeholders, and communities. Responsibility means operating with integrity and contributing to shared success, ensuring every step we take strengthens the broader ecosystem.
COMPANIES WE INVEST IN TYPICALLY...
Have Owners Looking For Exits
Are you looking to retire or move on after a sale? We're able to help you make that happen and have flexible structures to accommodate you.
Are Nuts & Bolts Businesses
We like old-school, straight-forward businesses that have been around a while. We do not invest in tech or start-ups.
Feature Opportunities To Grow
We are specialists at growing businesses that sit on good foundations. We want to build on what you started and take your business to its next level.
Are Based In the USA or Canada
We have owned businesses on both sides of the border and understand domestic and international trade better than most
Have Stable, Predictable Earnings
You know who your customers likely will be this year and what your revenues should look like. You don't do project work or have wild swings up and down
Have A GM Or Operations Person
You have somebody reliable in place who keeps the lights on, the team working and the floor running. (We can handle the office and customers.)
AS A BUSINESS OWNER
DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?
A Typical Owner We Buy From...
You’re an owner who has been building up his business over the decades with nobody in-house that wants to or is able to buy you out. You have taken the business to a place where you have the flexibility to take holidays, not come in on Fridays and you leave the day-to-day, in-the-trenches work to your general manager.
A Typical Company We Buy...
Your company is pretty predictable and its industry is stable or even growing. There is something special about the way you perform your services or something proprietary about the products you produce. You stand out from competitors in a couple of different ways or one really big way. A lot of that is owed to your team because you have good people that you look after.
WE'RE OPERATORS AT HEART.
HERE'S WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT...
- Our buy-out structures are flexible and tailored to your situation
- We don't require you to stick around for years and years working for us
- We've run businesses before and know how to put out fires
- Cross-border, importing and exporting solutions are in our DNA
- We prefer to grow businesses through sales, not cutting costs and staff
- We bring our own money to every deal so we're motivated to succeed
- We actively manage businesses, not just spreadsheets
PERSONNEL
WHO WE ARE...
An entrepreneur and investor based in Calgary, Alberta. Nick Olynyk carries over a decade of executive and operational experience in the lower middle market.
In other words… Nick has started, built and sold entrepreneurial businesses and brands. He is an entrepreneur at heart with a passion for pushing businesses to their full potential.
After the sale of his manufacturing company, Vic West Brands, Nick completed his MBA from the University of California at Berkeley, specializing in Finance.
Frequently Asked Questions
As founders, we understand that selling your business is a personal and major life decision.
We are discreet and treat you with respect as you examine the sale of your business.
Whether you’ve decided to sell or if the thought is starting to cross your mind, we are happy to talk about what the sales process looks like. Contact us any time and we’ll be happy to answer any questions your may have.
We offer complete exits and majority equity acquisitions.
Your business will have a unique structure and needs, and we will be adaptable to create the best fit for you and your business.
Most founders we work with seek a limited role in the future. This usually means a limited transition period and/or advisory role following a transaction.
This structure allows a founder to retire, spend more time with family, or step back from the business.
Many buyers looking at your business will be financial buyers with rigid fund structures and requirements. We are operators at heart…
We always invest some or all of our own equity that we earned as founders. We are not bound by any artificial structures, and this allows us to do what is best for your business first. This also allows us to hold a business for the long-term or until the time is right to sell.
We add value by growing already great businesses. This means we seek to expand existing business, not slash and burn through them.
Your team helped grow your business to where it is today. We value the infrastructure and individuals who got it there, and we will work to ensure they can play a part in the next phase of its growth, equitably.
CURIOUS TO LEARN MORE?
OUR FOUR STEP PROCESS...
1) Initial Discussion – Ensure we can fit your goals and timelines for a sale now or in the future
2) Valuation – We provide you with a valuation and/or offer
3) Your Call – Decide if now or later is the right time
4) *CLICK HERE TO BEGIN*
Initial Discussion
Ensure we can fit your goals and timelines for a sale now or in the future
Valuation
We provide you with a valuation and/or offer
Your Call
Decide if now or later is the right time