Investment Strategy

Sector-focused investors partnering with management teams to drive growth and create value.

Our Investment Criteria

Sectors:

Technology enabled business services

Media

Education

Communications

Investment Size:

$15 – $125 million

 

Geography:

North America

Transaction Profile:

Buyouts, Management Lead Buyouts, Roll-Ups, Recapitalizations, and Majority Ownership Positions

Company Size:

Cash flow positive companies with minimum revenue of $10.0 million and minimum EBITDA of $3.0 million

Investment Style & Approach

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Partnerships with Management

Spire Capital partners with executives and management teams who serve as resources, references and foundations for future portfolio companies. Spire works hand-in-hand with each of its management teams to navigate their operational and strategic goals.

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Extensive Network of Industry Relationships

Spire Capital’s extensive relationships with companies, founders, senior executives, investment bankers, consultants, vendors and analysts within the targeted industries results in access to, and distinct advantages in, the numerous investments that the firm consistently evaluates.

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Active Portfolio Company Involvement

Spire Capital’s Investment Professionals direct participation in the targeted industry segments has proven to be extremely valuable from the due diligence process to working alongside our senior leadership teams every day.

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Patient Capital, Disciplined Investors

Spire takes a long term view towards investments and recognizes that it takes time, and often capital, to lay the foundations for accelerated sustainable growth. In doing so, Spire maintains modest leverage levels across its portfolio to ensure that businesses have sufficient flexibility to invest for growth.

Our Investment Strategy Tearsheet