Ambition.
Accelerated.

We buy proven businesses and build new ones, then push them through the growth years with technology, automation and operating rigour. Entrepreneurs run them. We back them, and build alongside.

Fifteen years building and improving companies · European lower mid-market

01What we do

Two ways to build a company worth more.

The same craft from two starting points. One inherits a business with a track record. The other starts from a gap in a market. Both are held, run and compounded by us.

Acquire

Buy

We acquire profitable companies and the bolt-ons around them. Founders get a straight deal and a buyer who has run companies. We hold for the long term rather than assemble to flip.

Create

Build

We start new companies where technology opens a gap, and install what makes them scale: automation, financial discipline, and a route to market. Entrepreneurship as a repeatable exercise.

02Where we operate

We operate where the curve steepens.

A company earns its steepest years once the model is proven and demand outpaces the organisation. That is when technology and automation compound hardest, and when most owners run out of road alone. We buy and build into that window, and hold through it.

Company value · lifecycle■ Where we operate
SeedFirst traction, model unproven
VentureModel proven, spend scaling We build
GrowthRevenue compounding, organisation straining We operate here
EstablishedLong trading history, sustained profit We buy
03How we decide

Two layers on every decision.

The data narrows a market of thousands to a handful. The behavioural layer governs how the call actually gets made, which is where most buyers lose their money. We run both, on every company.

StageCompanies remainingCount
01
Discovery
0
DataRegistries, filings and web signals across the EU lower mid-market.
BehaviourWe screen the whole market, not the deals brought to us.
02
Screening
0
DataGrowth, margin quality, and the size of the automation gap.
BehaviourCriteria written before we see the names.
03
Assessment
0
DataUnit economics, cohort retention, cash conversion.
BehaviourHow much of this business is one person's habits?
04
Conviction
0
DataThe value bridge and the downside case, both priced.
BehaviourA pre-mortem: we argue the no before the yes.
05
Ownership
0
DataOne operating dashboard from the first week.
BehaviourIncentives set so the right call is also the easy one.

Funnel volumes are illustrative of shape, not a published track record.

04Sectors

Where technology changes the unit economics.

We concentrate where software and automation reset how a business earns, so a well-run company can pull decisively ahead of slower incumbents.

01

IT & MSP

Recurring, fragmented, owners retiring.

BuyMSPs and IT service firms BuildAutomation layered onto delivery
02

Automation Flow

Process work that software can absorb.

BuySystem integrators and machine builders BuildWorkflow automation products
03

Energy services

Installers riding the transition, still owner-run.

BuyInstallation and maintenance firms BuildPlanning and service software
04

Business services

Labour-heavy, where AI removes the cost.

BuyFinance, HR and compliance back offices BuildStructured-data tooling
05

Vertical software

Niche products, customers that never leave.

BuySmall vertical software companies BuildNew products where the gap is obvious
05Acquisition criteria

What we buy, and how it runs.

Published so intermediaries can screen us in one minute, and owners know before the first call whether there is a fit. Every transaction is structured on its own terms.

Revenue€2m – €25m
EBITDA€0.5m – €5m
GeographyBenelux, DACH, Nordics
SituationFounder exit, succession, carve-out
StakeMajority or 100%
StructureCash, vendor finance, earn-out, co-investment
Hold periodLong term. Not a fund clock.
Our roleOwner and operator, never passive
What we look for
  • Recurring or repeat revenue, not project by project
  • A team that already runs the day to day
  • Someone who already sells, and a pipeline to show for it
  • Manual work that software could absorb
  • Customers who stay for years
  • Numbers that reconcile
Not a fit
  • Pre-revenue or pre-profit
  • Turnarounds and distressed
  • Minority stakes without control
  • Real estate and asset plays
From first call to closeTypical, not guaranteed
Week 0First conversationThirty minutes. No materials, no NDA needed to talk.
Week 2Indicative viewA price range and the reasoning behind it, in writing.
Week 3–8Confirmatory diligenceBooks, contracts, systems. One team, no army of advisers.
Week 8–12Signing and closeCash at close. Seller rollover welcome, never required.
07Get in touch

Show us what you have built.

Nothing polished required. A deck, a set of figures, or three lines is enough to start. You will get a straight answer either way, with the reasoning behind it: what we would pay for, what we would change, or why it is not for us.

SellYou own a company and want a buyer who keeps it running.
BuildYou have a business to start and want an operating partner, not a passive cheque.
AdviseYou represent a seller and want a fast, straight read.

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