We are a team of entrepreneurs, operators, and investors dedicated to empowering businesses to realize their growth objectives and unlock their full potential through hands-on leadership & teamwork.
We Drive Transformational Growth
in partnership with our management teams
We partner with founders and management teams to drive transformational improvements by investing in the core business, leading technology adoption, building exceptional teams, and seizing growth opportunities. Our approach aligns incentives, culture, and values, ensuring that each partnership is tailored to the unique objectives and needs of the business.
We invest in companies in the business and consumer services industries. By providing capital and strategic thought-partnership, we enable our companies to outpace their growth expectations, acquire competitors, innovate rapidly, and better serve their customers.
We believe that when we win together, our partners should thrive. Our flexible strategies allow owners to take chips off the table while retaining “unit-level ownership,” benefiting from annual distributions and eventual full exits as their businesses grow. We retain the employees and management teams of our partner companies, equipping them with the resources and processes needed to excel in serving their customers, employees, and communities.
We partner with committed management teams with scalable business models and durable unit economics in large, fragmented markets, amplifying their growth potential at critical moments in their evolution. As business builders, we work closely with management to develop strategic plans, build robust teams, invest in growth opportunities, and address challenges swiftly, creating lasting value.
Together with founder-owned companies, we aim to achieve success and win together.
We Are Partners
that share common goals and values with our portfolio companies
We target founder-owned business services companies that have resilient moats where we can identify multiple paths to accelerate growth. We are committed to working on smaller businesses, where our experience and skillset can disproportionately impact the value of these companies, creating better outcomes for the companies and our shareholders.
While every company and situation is unique, their core fundamentals share common themes. We seek growing, highly profitable, market-leading businesses led by passionate founders and entrepreneurs who strive for continuous improvement and want to reinvest materially alongside us.
Target Characteristics
Strong Foundation
A strong, and profitable business with compelling organic and inorganic growth potential.
Passionate Leaders
Dedicated management seeking a hands-on partner and wanting to meaningfully reinvest
Large and Fragmented Markets
Multiple available targets in large industries supported by durable secular tailwinds
Transaction Type
Majority investments, where we can be the first institutional capital
Size
Transactions up to $50 million in enterprise value
Capital Structure
Conservative capital structure that prioritizes growth and innovation
Contact Us
info@ironhorse.partners
P.O. Box 65
Bahama, NC 27503