By Founders,
For Founders

Who are we? Mile-12 Group embodies the true spirit of entrepreneurship. As a collective of business founders and operators ourselves, we know how hard it is to start and build a business from the ground up.

What’s next? We believe selling a business goes beyond a transaction – it is about transitioning your life’s work carefully while taking care of your employees, customers and community. Mile-12 is solely focused on making that happen as seamlessly as possible.

Our Team

Founders First. Growth-Minded. Customer Centric. Deep Industry Expertise. Global Footprint.

We are a diverse team of entrepreneurs, business owner-operators, and investors with over 30 years of experience working with over 200 businesses across the globe.

We are long-term partners to business founders in every sense of the word. Our expertise spans all functions and facets of running a business successfully and taking it to the next level.

Our Core Principles

Values-Driven

Preserving your company’s hard-earned reputation.

Results-Oriented

Optimizing your business’ long-term growth potential.

People-Centric

Ensuring stability for your employees, customers, and community.

What We Look for / Our Difference

Business Growth : Mile-12 is focused on acquiring and helping grow exceptional businesses in North America through a hands-on, active management approach.

Experienced Operators : We seek to partner with business owners looking to transition out of their business and entrust it a capable and experienced group of operators.

Company Legacy : company values and legacy are often not a priority in private equity transactions, or when absorbed into a larger organization. We preserve and grow your legacy

Commitment : rather than being one of several passively managed portfolio companies or business units, we will take full-time operational roles and ensure the business & legacy are properly transitioned.

Growth Strategy : our value creation strategy is focused on sustainable growth and stewardship and will not be centered around financial engineering, synergies or significant cost cutting.

Time Horizon : we are focused on being long term operators. Our investment period is not defined by the life of a fund and we have flexibility in how capital is returned to investors.

Financial Characteristics:

History of predictable profits
Recurring demand for services offered
Services: EBITDA of $1 million to $8 million
Software: ARR of $3 million to $10 million

Company Characteristics:

Strong customer loyalty
Culture of integrity
Differentiated value proposition

Owner Characteristics:

Looking to fully retire or take some chips off the table (retain 10% to 20% ownership)
Preserve the operating legacy of your business
Ensure customers and employees are cared for post-transaction

Industries of Interest

Business Services

Software/SaaS

Financial Services

Transportation and Logistics

Environmental Services

Healthcare

Our Partnership

Flexible

We meet you where you are. We understand most businesses stand at different inflection points. Our model has the flexibility to accommodate whatever objective the Founder has – whether that is a partial exit or a full sale.

Honest

We commit to being as honest and transparent as we possibly can in a potential partnership with us.

Helpful

We bring not just financial capital, but also operational expertise to the table and hope to support you with those differentiators

Selected Partner Companies

Below are a few companies that Mile-12's advisors have supported to becoming nationally recognized brands via hands-on management, financial capital, and critical operational support.