Our Philosophy.

1. We are the shareholders.  It’s our money that we are investing and it is our money that we are putting at risk.  We don’t take on that responsibility lightly.

2. We are operators. Our team also gets involved in running the businesses in which we invest. We are not passive investors. We are actively involved in the business and work alongside existing management or in their place.

3. We focus on the customer and the product. We believe that a customer is at the centre of our universe and should be the centre of the universe in every company in which we invest and operate. We believe that getting the customer a better product, a better solution and a better experience is the number one focus of our business.

4. We don’t have a fixed time horizon. We enter and exit at times that make sense for the business. We have no fixed period. Much of this will be determined by the product, the customer and the market.

5. We are not fixated on returns and numbers.  While important, we are also focused on how our businesses operate, our contribution to our people, our stakeholders, our community, and our clients.  It is not all about the money. It’s about the business and the customer. if we do right by the business, it will do right by us.

Having been entrepreneurs and investors but know exactly what young companies are going through and how to move you through those tough times.  Our focus is to get each of our businesses through those times and move them towards the next phase of their development which may be an exit or maybe a further sale to a larger private equity group or to an industry player.   Whatever works for the business and the customer is our focus.

Too many private equity investors focus on themselves, their horizon, their funds, their multiple, their timing, their capital. We focus on the customer and the value that we are bringing to them. The customer is the centre of our universe.