Our Investment Criteria
Parallel49 Equity seeks platform investment opportunities that possess the following characteristics:
Investment Size:
- Businesses with enterprise value between $25 million and $150 million
- Add-on acquisitions do not have a minimum value
Types of Business:
- Focused in the specialty manufacturing, business services, and value-added distribution sectors
- History of strong, sustainable cash flow or a clear path to achieve this
- Characterized by sustainable competitive advantages, potential for long-term growth and well-defined and actionable value creation opportunities
- Prefer companies with significant market share of a well-defined market or niche
Industries of Interest:
- Specialty Manufacturing – Aerospace, Agriculture, Beverage, Chemicals, Consumer Products, Defense, Food, Hardware, Industrial, Materials, Medical Instruments, Packaging
- Business Services – Consumer Services, Energy, Facility Services, Financial Services, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Oil and Gas Services, Payments, Transportation, Waste Management
Partnership with Management:
- Parallel49 Equity looks for highly motivated, capable and ethical management teams with whom we can partner and whose entrepreneurial spirit would be enhanced through significant equity ownership
- Parallel49 Equity can work with existing management to improve the depth and breadth of the team as necessary
Investment Types:
- Parallel49 Equity pursues acquisitions of public or private companies, management-led buyouts, recapitalizations and sales of subsidiaries of larger companies
- Parallel49 Equity can facilitate succession planning of closely held businesses
- Add-on acquisitions are made to enhance the competitive position of platform companies
