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Building B2B specialist services businesses for their next stage of growth.

Leveraging AI and automation to amplify human judgment

What we look for

Businesses where expertise compounds.

  • B2B businesses where skilled professionals deliver high-value work
  • Durable differentiation and critical client relationships
  • Predictable revenue with multiple avenues for growth
  • Fragmented end markets with a credible M&A runway
  • Businesses where technology and AI compound an existing advantage
Investment criteria
$25–250M
Revenue
$10–30M
EBITDA
Majority
and structured minority investments
Flexible
Time horizon, with reinvestment optionality at exit
Partnerships

Our partnerships

We partner with founders and management teams of B2B specialist services businesses built on expertise, customer relationships and proprietary data.

Partnership

Altus

Commercial receivables recovery and accounts receivable management.

Altus
AltusMetairie, LA · Partner since 2025
Portfolio impact
Go-to-market

Commercial redesign

Redesigned the go-to-market model for the next stage of growth, with dedicated teams for new-logo sales, account management and customer support. Focused motions for key sectors and named enterprise accounts are backed by expanded marketing and partnerships.

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Technology · Service delivery

Collections intelligence

Collectors now work with tools built for them, freeing up valuable collector capacity and improving client outcomes.

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Portfolio impact

Supporting growth with management

Examples of how we work with management teams to strengthen service delivery, develop commercial capabilities and grow through M&A.

Portfolio impact / Numera
Bookkeeping automation
Tools live
Only16%
of transactions require human override
Technology · Service delivery · Numera

Bookkeeping automation

BookWise posts transactions and people validate them, improving accuracy and shifting accountant time from posting to review and advisory. Currently, 16% of transactions require human override, and the model learns from each entry.

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Accounting workspace with a laptop and financial recordsNumera
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Who we are

A partner built for specialist services businesses.

We are investors, operators and technologists with experience building and scaling services businesses. Our senior team brings more than eighty years of combined private equity experience.

We work with founders and management teams to build on what makes their businesses valuable. We pair investment judgment with operating support across talent, commercial development, technology and M&A to help them grow while preserving the strengths behind their success.

How we partner
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Our People

Our People

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Astira AI Cortex

Applied AI shaped around the business.

Astira AI Cortex brings together infrastructure, applications and expertise that teams can adapt to each company’s needs. We work with management and the professionals delivering the service to apply these capabilities where they can improve how work gets done and the value customers receive.

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Get in touch

If you've built a firm on expertise, we'd like to hear about it.

We welcome conversations with founders, partners and management teams, and with the advisors who work alongside them.