Approach
SSC · Est. 2016
We work collaboratively with our partner companies towards the goal of accelerating growth.
SSC's flexible investment mandate allows the Firm to invest significant capital in its portfolio companies in order to drive organic growth and fund acquisitions.
Our advantages
SSC approaches transactions as a “solution provider.” With every partnership SSC promises:
- Engaged decision-makers who help maximize efficiency
- Flexible capital and deal structures that provide high certainty to close
- Deep industry expertise to help support management teams operationally and strategically
- Operational engagement throughout the entire investment process
The SSC Way℠
The SSC Way℠ integrates operational engagement with M&A throughout the entire investment process.
- SSC’s operational and M&A resources are engaged from the onset of each potential transaction, throughout portfolio transformation, to realization
- SSC Operating Principals or Operating Partners are consistently onsite at our portfolio companies implementing the SSC Way℠
- Over time, the SSC Way℠ is implemented in each corporate function for all of SSC’s portfolio companies
- This process allows for SSC and its partners to drive significant operational improvements in each investment
INVESTMENT CRITERIA
SSC is a private investment firm that thematically invests in Industrial and Business Services sectors.
We look for the following criteria in our investments:
PLATFORM CHARACTERISTICS
Based in North America
Up to $25M EBITDA
Minimal Customer Concentration
Secular Tailwinds and Recession Resistant
Long-Term Growth
Large & Fragmented Markets
Add-on Criteria
- North America
- Strategic fit with a platform portfolio company
- Complementary services / products
- Direct competitors or indirect competitors in an adjacent market
- Overlapping customers
- EBITDA ranging between $1 – $20 million
REFERRAL FEES
We pay referral fees for introductions that result in a closed transaction.
For introductions to founder and family-owned businesses or to companies that are divesting specific divisions, SSC pays referral fees for introductions that result in a closed transaction. Referral fees are available for individual finders, independent sponsors, sell-side and buy-side advisors, and business brokers.