Investment
CriteriaInvestment Criteria
Stone-Goff Partners seeks to invest in companies that have established successful business models. In particular, we look for companies that exhibit the following characteristics
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Stone-Goff invests in technology driven service businesses – service businesses that are enhanced by technology
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Companies that have generated between $3 million and $12 million of historical EBITDA
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Companies that operate in Business Services, Consulting Services, Marketing Services, IT Services, Outsourcing Services, Consumer Services, and Human Capital & Training verticals
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Companies domiciled anywhere in the US
Deal Structures
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Partnering with founder owner / operators
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Corporate Carve-outs
Characteristics We Like
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Proven, stable profitability takes precedence over historical growth
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Management teams with deep domain expertise
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Strong market positions evidenced by leading gross margins and EBITDA margins
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Typically we are the first institutional capital invested in the company
What we avoid in our investments:
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We do not invest in early-stage companies
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Customer concentration
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Unproven profitability