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We grow healthy businesses and support management to ensure continued success

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Active Platform Add-On/Merger Areas of Focus:

Through our three active platforms we are out looking for businesses that could add managerial depth, expand our product or service set, add new customers, and strengthen our geographic territories

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Fishing products

fire sprinkler

Fire and life safety services

Meeting at construction site

Engineering services

We pride ourselves on timely responses and thoughtful feedback 

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New Platform Focus

While maintaining our position as generalists and remaining open to opportunities across the broader services, distribution, and manufacturing industries, we are specifically targeting location-based service businesses where the service is delivered locally and growth comes from opening new branches or locations. We are continuing to refine our institutional knowledge and tool kit focused on assisting companies in their growth by opening or acquiring additional locations, while maintaining high standards and quality, and being customer focused.

Fixing a Pipe

Pump products and services

Cementing Floor

Infrastructure services

Electrician

Facility services

Door Technician

Commercial services

Plumbers

Residential services

X-rays

Business services

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General New Platform Screen

While maintaining our position as generalists and remaining open to opportunities across the broader manufacturing, services and consumer industries, we are specifically targeting location-based service businesses for our next platform.

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Size

Revenue greater than $10 million

EBITDA greater than $2 million

Geography

Headquartered in the United States or Canada for platforms

Owner(s) mentality

Desire to preserve legacy

Growth focused

Concerned about potential negative impact on team and community

Keen interest in finding ways to improve business

Interested In

Wants to grow by managing more locations

Wants help growing or recruiting branch/office managers without ruining their culture

Wants team to be owners but unsure how

Wants help solving business problems  

Company characteristics

Established management team in place

Healthy culture

History of growth and profitability

Strong underlying industry fundamentals

Low capital intensity

Investment types

Control investments

Non-control investments

Other flexible structures

Investment strategies

Ownership transition/succession

Management-led buyout (owner removed from day-today operations)

Business owner led acquisition strategy

Growth capital investment

The Great River Company

200 Southdale Center, Edina, MN 55435

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