Our Differentiated Approach Makes Pillar49
the Ideal Partner for Businesses
At Pillar49, we take a different approach than most investors by “rolling up our sleeves” as active managers, providing our partners with the operational and financial resources to support and drive long-term growth.
We are flexible with how we partner with owners, providing solutions for retirement, reducing day-to-day involvement or accessing the capital needed to drive their next level of growth. We are committed to preserving the legacy of companies and prioritizing their employees and the communities that they serve.
Active Management
Making an investment is only the beginning of our journey. We will join the management team of the companies we partner with and become active day-to-day managers. We recognize no two businesses are the same, and plan to collaborate with the existing team and use our 20+ years of investing and operating experience to fill in gaps and deliver on the strategic vision.
Three-Person Team
Our three-person team allows us to quickly and efficiently diligence businesses to meet sellers’ timelines. We are able to scale up our involvement with our partners, as needed, to execute day-to-day initiatives and the longer-term strategic plan.
Growth Mindset with a Long-Term Focus
Unlike other financial investors that prioritize cost cutting and financial engineering (high amounts of debt), typically at the expense of a business’ culture, we see the value of investing in people, systems and processes to drive sustainable growth.
We are long-term partners and never enter an investment with a fixed hold period. We will never prioritize short-term profits over long-term growth, and only invest in businesses where we are excited about the runway for growth.
This applies to our relationship with customers, suppliers, employees and the community where we firmly believe investment drives ongoing benefits.
Flexibility
We have extensive transaction experience and pride ourselves on being highly flexible in how we structure our partnerships (creativity is one of our pillars). We can work with owners to accommodate different forms and timing of consideration based on their preference.
We offer succession and other transition solutions to sellers based on their preferred level of future involvement in the business (including no involvement).