Criteria
Our Ideal Investment Criteria
Tenth Street Group is continually pursuing acquisitions. In order to diversify and expand market opportunities, we are interested in acquisitions or partnerships that are mutually beneficial.
We desire profitable family owned, founder owned, or small group of operating partner US-based companies. Specifically, we are looking for companies that are simple to understand and have room for growth.
Revenue: $5M to $25M in revenue.
Earnings: $1M to $10M.
Margins: Between 10% - 40%
Industry: Industrials, manufacturing, paper and packaging, building materials, specialty distribution, and services industries.
Assets: We prefer businesses with assets currently on their balance sheet.
Growth Opportunities: We are looking for deals that can scale or have growth potential that has yet to be tapped into.
Existing Management: We prefer deals with existing management team in place that we can partner with and grow alongside.
BUYOUT
Situation: Seeking to transition ownership (100% sale) with minimal disruption to the team, culture, customers, and community.
TRANSITION
Situation: Contemplating personal exit within the next 2-7 years, and seeking to transition majority ownership (initially rolling 10-30%) with minimal disruption to the team, culture, customers, and community.
GROWTH PARTNERSHIP
Situation: Seeking a partner and partial liquidity (typically rolling 25-49%), but plan to stay actively involved and aim to grow the business.
ADD ONS
Based on relevance to a particular portfolio company, interested in mergers, acqui-hires, product add-ons, and company purchases.
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