Our investment approach provides the following characteristics:
Permanent Capital
Because we represent our own capital and have no outside investors, our criteria for investment are free from often encumbering influences.
Flexible Structuring
Investing free of externally raised funds enables increased flexibility to find beneficial structures to existing shareholders and key team members.
Long-Term Horizons
We align the strategies and goals with building long term, viable and sustainable businesses. We believe the best interests of the company are realized over the long-term.
Successful Experience
Our success is based from experience as operators and builders of business from value versus financial engineering.
Beyond capital, Pine Lake Capital helps drive growth for partner companies by expanding distribution, enhancing the innovation process and influencing marketing to increase brand appeal.
Paertnership Advantages
We focus exclusively on the smaller end of the middle market. We prefer companies with defensible products where we can accellerate growth through the support of sales, marketing and distribution capabilities.
We look for companies that share four fundamental principles:
Passion for Growth
We look for companies that share a passion for building products and companies cultures around creating superior customer experiences.
Agility
We know plans change. We work to create the right support structure to enable partners to rapidly capitalize on opportunities.
Integrity
Integrity is a foundational element for our partnership. We believe trust is required to acheive economic benefits and integrity is vital for trust.
Partnership
We go to work on behalf of our partners. We view our role as a supporting resource to facilitate mutual success.
We combine investment with operating resources that help great companies to rapidly scale.