ADVISORS

kindred partners is dedicated to building enduring win-win partnerships with intermediaries

We aim to be a preferred buyer of all or part of great businesses. Achieving this requires, among other things, that we develop and sustain mutually beneficial relationships with business owners and their advisors.

We welcome the opportunity to work with any and all intermediaries. We value our deal partners and are committed to being responsive, reliable, and straight-forward. We want a deserved reputation for being easy to deal with. Time is the most precious resource we all have - we will not waste yours, and hope that you will respect ours.

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OUR APPROACH

  • We respect that the vendor is your client.

  • We will behave with discretion, efficiency and transparency. We will be dependable.

  • We will be helpful and collaborative with all parties on progressing towards completion.

  • We invest from our own balance sheet. We do not need to raise outside capital. Further, we can offer flexible and creative solutions.

  • Being unconstrained by fund lifecycle dynamics, we can offer your client a permanent home for their business.

  • We can offer your client flexibility regarding their ongoing involvement, or otherwise, in the business.

  • We will offer a fair deal.

  • We will undertake standard commercial due diligence, but our focus will be on items of criticality and maintaining momentum.

INVESTMENT CRITERIA

Our open mandate allows us to consider any opportunity, but these are our preferred criteria.

  • Simple business offering an essential and non-deferrable product or service to its customers. To us, boring is beautiful.

  • Long and consistent history of $1-10 million in annual cash earnings generated from a broad set of recurring customers at healthy margins.

  • High - ideally improving - returns on equity while employing little debt.

  • Favourable long-term prospects given a strong, defensible market position and durable value proposition.

  • Proven, aligned managers and engaged employees with low turnover.

  • Headquarters in Australia.

  • Full or partial sale, with a preference for a majority position in partnership with the existing or incoming management team.