Acquiring & operating
A thoughtful home for the business you built.
We buy profitable Canadian businesses one at a time and run them ourselves, for good. No fund clock, no forced exit in year five. The two people who answer your first email are the ones who own it afterward.
Direct buyerNo broker feesQuebec & Ontario
$480M
in enterprise value we've advised on and supported, working with founders, management teams, and family-owned businesses.
One
at a timeYour business gets our full attention, start to finish. We are not running a process on five companies at once.
60
daysis what we aim for from letter of intent to funds wired. We do our own diligence.
Continuity
is the plan, not a concession. Your name stays, and so does everything under it: your staff, your managers, your location, and the way your customers get treated.
Our philosophy
Not private equity. A personal partnership.
The mark is a doorway: one side is yours, the arch is what carries the weight afterward. That's the whole idea of the firm, drawn.
01
We intend to own it, not flip it. We are long-term operators who plan to run the business we acquire, not sell it again in three to five years.
02
We work directly and confidentially. With you and your trusted advisors. No committees behind the curtain, no book circulated to your competitors.
03
We value what isn't on the balance sheet. Your people, your customers, your reputation. We underwrite culture and continuity alongside the numbers.
04
We move carefully, then decisively. When there's alignment we run a clear process and close on time, without disrupting your business or your team.
05
We know what it takes to build something real. Our backgrounds span operating businesses, advising founders, and closing complicated deals. We know how personal this decision is.
Who you'd deal with
Two partners. We are the buyers. No middlemen, no committees.
Christopher Koklas
Partner · Acquisition entrepreneur
"We preserve your staff, your culture, and the reputation you've built over decades."
Eight years in operations and finance, out of a family of small business owners. He knows what it takes to build a company because he grew up around people doing it.
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Simar Anand
Partner · Acquisition entrepreneur
"Unlike private equity, we're here to operate personally, for good."
An operator at heart: former corporate lawyer and restaurateur. He moves deals quickly and fairly and keeps the transition smooth for everyone in the building.
In the pressFasken interviews Simar AnandLinkedInOur experience
This is our first acquisition. We're saying so out loud.
What we bring is the other side of the table: years advising and operating businesses, and $480 million in enterprise value supported across manufacturers, founders, and family-owned firms. We arrive prepared, and we don't waste your months learning on your dime.
Evaluation & diligence
We know exactly how businesses get valued and how diligence is run professionally, because we've run it.
Where deals break
We've watched transactions fall apart in the last two weeks. We know the traps and steer around them early.
The part nobody schedules
Selling is an emotional event, not a transaction. We plan for that as seriously as we plan for the numbers.
The advantage
Why sell to us?
Straightforward terms
A fair, market-rate valuation and a deal simple enough to explain in one sentence. Before you sign you will know exactly how and when every dollar reaches you, with nothing buried in a schedule at the back.
Your people stay
We commit to keeping your staff and honouring what you built. We are not here to slash costs. We're here to grow the thing.
A short process
No broker relay, no auction theatre. We do our own diligence and aim to close in as little as 60 days.
Investment focus
A good business, and an owner who wants a respectful handover.
Financials
Revenue$5M – $25M
EBITDA$1.25M+
Profitability3+ years
Industries
ManufacturingHVAC & plumbingB2B servicesFood productionProperty managementSpecialty tradesTextiles
Ideal fit
–Quebec or Ontario
–Owner retiring or transitioning out
–No single customer carrying the business
–Recurring revenue preferred
–B2B
Close to the lines but not exactly on them? Write anyway. The criteria describe what we're hunting for, not a door we'd shut in your face.
The journey
Four steps, and you can stop at any of them.
Selling is a life-changing event. The process is built around your time and your confidentiality, not ours.
NDA first. Signed before you share anything sensitive.
01 · INTRODUCTION
A 30-minute call
Casual, no materials. What the business does, what you want life to look like after, and whether the two of us are a fit at all.
02 · ANALYSIS & LOI
A number in writing
We sign the NDA, review basic financials, and put a letter of intent in front of you: a fair price, and every term of how it gets paid, in plain language.
03 · DILIGENCE
Sixty days, together
We verify the details, meet your team on your timing, and plan the handover, including what your last day actually looks like.
04 · CLOSING
Funds wired
The money moves, the sign stays on the building, and we celebrate a handover done properly.
Let's start a conversation.
Confidential, no obligation, direct to the buyer. If it isn't a fit we'll say so on that first call, and tell you who to talk to instead.
Quebec & Ontario, Canada
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