The Prospect Difference
Entrepreneurs really are different. They are self-directed, action-oriented, and highly engaged. This is also our mindset. Working with us feels natural to business owners because we bring our collective experience, curious natures, and optimistic perspectives to the table.
Business Builders Since Day One
Building companies, teams, strategic plans and value has been our passion for 25 years. We are exclusively focused on helping pre-middle market companies grow larger and more valuable, maximizing their potential.
Business is Personal to Us
Our special affinity for closely-held businesses comes from our own collaborative atmosphere. The Prospect Partners team is tight-knit, laser‑focused on our management teams’ and investors’ needs, and refreshingly free of big egos.
Our Culture
We put the 8Ps of private equity to work
Our very name is no accident. “Prospect” represents our expertise at gauging a company’s potential and “Partners” stands for our commitment to working together. What’s more, there are eight additional “Ps” embedded in our firm’s culture:
Management Support System
Yes, we’re passionate a what we do. Yes, we can hustle with the best of them. And along the way we’ve held on to our values. Open relationships are our stock-in-trade. We work closely with management teams. We strive for collaboration over conflict. And we know trust must be earned.
We bring a hands-on, collaborative approach that includes proven playbooks and strategies tailored for the challenges and opportunities facing pre-middle market companies.
Strategic Planning
Sustainable growth requires a keen understanding of where we are heading. We work closely with our teams to implement long-term strategic plans that can be broken down into annual, quarterly and monthly goals so we can “win the week, win the quarter and win the year”.
Governance
Strong governance produces exceptional results. We believe this governance is reflected in each interaction with our teams, and we work hard to help our companies align incentives, mitigate risks and provide oversight to our management teams.
Infrastructure Building
We invest in entrepreneurial companies and specialize in providing meaningful infrastructure enhancements that can unlock accelerated growth. This often includes focused action plans, improved KPIs and financial reporting, upgraded IT systems and the utilization of specialized external resources to solve tough problems.
Management Team Enhancements
Human capital is often a bigger constraint than financial capital, and growth requires new skills and team members to add bandwidth. Management teams typically see multiple additions during their growth cycle, and we have extensive expertise helping our portfolio companies make these critical hires.
Our strategic approach
Starting Point
Use experience and proactive efforts to identify market leaders and platform build-up opportunities
- Proactive outreach, reputation as trusted partner
Action oriented management team in an attractive, fragmented market with:
- Vision for growth
- Differentiated product or service
- Base of recurring revenue
- Defensible market position
- Diverse customer base
Robust Due Diligence
- Patient, in-depth approach
- Close working relationships with management team from day one
Inflection & Growth
Active, close partnership with each team
Flexible playbook designed to professionalize businesses and accelerate value creation
Early focus on building infrastructure
Deep experience adding to management teams
Add-on and organic growth via new product lines and/or geographic expansion
Positioned for Long-Term Growth
Fully developed management team
Platform built for sustainable, long-term growth
Tested growth playbook
Larger, professionalized company allows for valuation expansion
$2-$8 million
Signs of Success
- Strong momentum in business
- Management willingness to embrace change & partnership
- Progress mitigating original risk factors
- Attention from industry experts and investors
Potential Exit Zone
- Understand management and Prospect goals for an exit
- Focused on good fit for the Company
- Opportunity for “second bite of the apple” and allow management to continue to participate in future growth
Our Focus
Since 1998, we have specialized in building up promising companies with EBITDA between $2 - $8 million – typically with revenues between $10 - $75 million.
Meet the Team
We are all entrepreneurs at heart, combining decades of investment knowledge with the drive to work side-by-side in the trenches.
Our Companies
We know how to spot companies at an inflection. Over the years we have completed more than 165 investments across the country and in dozens of industries. The common thread is a passionate management team with a high-potential company.
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