The Prospect Difference
Entrepreneurs really are different: 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 over two decades. We’re exclusively focused on helping niche leaders 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:
Value Add
Yes, we’re passionate at 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 is tailored for the challenges and opportunities facing small companies today
Growth Initiatives
Prospect invests to drive both organic and M&A-driven growth; these growth strategies are highly customized for the company
Strategic Partnership
Partnerships are critical in the pre-middle market, which Prospect believes are driven by trust and experience
Infrastructure Building
Prospect invests in entrepreneurial companies, which typically need meaningful infrastructure enhancements prior to accelerating growth
Management Team Additions
Human capital is often a bigger constraint than financial capital; management teams typically see multiple additions during their growth cycle
Our strategic approach
Starting Point
Use experience and proactive efforts to seek 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've 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’ve 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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