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.
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
Preserving your company’s hard-earned reputation.
Optimizing your business’ long-term growth potential.
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.
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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.
- 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
- Strong customer loyalty
- Culture of integrity
- Differentiated value proposition
- 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
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Our Partnership
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.
We commit to being as honest and transparent as we possibly can in a potential partnership with us.
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.
Insurance Services | Nashville, TN
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Waste Management | Channelview, TX
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3PL Logistics | Minneapolis, MN
Real Estate Technology | Miami, FL
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HR Services/Software | Littleton, CO
Biological Services | Carlsbad, CA
Security and Investigations | Hanover, MD
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Financial Compliance | New York, NY
Nonprofit Software | Mount Pleasant, SC
Facilities Management Technology | San Diego, CA
Transporation | Boston, MA
Healthcare Services | Boise, ID
Legal Technology | Chicago, IL
Healthcare Services | Chicago, IL
Education Services | Plano, TX
We know what it feels like to sell a business, so we've made it as easy as possible for you.
- Hire an Investment Banker / Broker - 1 Month
- Build and Populate Data Room - 1 Month
- Buyers Outreach - 2 Months
- Incredibly Long Management/Buyer Meetings - 1 Month
- Term Sheets + Negotiations + LOI - 2 Months
- Due Diligence - 1-2 Months
- Q&As + Renegotiations - 1 Month
- Closing - 1-2 Months <50% Probability
Your business is a cog in the wheel of a massive bureaucracy
- Short Informational Package – A Letter by You
- Expression of Interest – A Letter by Us - 1 Day
- Analysis of Business - 2-5 Days
- A Fair Offer from Us - 1 Day
- Mutually Agreed Offer - 2-3 Days
- Closing - 8 - 10 Weeks to 10 - 12 Weeks
We work together to sustainably grow your business and deliver on our promise to you and your employees
What do we need from you to get started?
Financials
Share your historical financials. We're primarily looking for a profitability benchmark between $1.5M to $8M per year.
Future Plans
Tell us about your desires for the future of the business. Would you like to continue to run it or would you like to transition out? If you would like to stay, how do you see growing the business and where do you see the opportunities?
Ready to kick off the process?
