A team of experienced industrial professionals and investors joined to acquire and give a continuity growth to a privately-held or family business in Northern Italy.
Quaero SRF is a privately held partnership looking to invest and operate a business with annual EBITDA in the range of 1,5 Million Euro to 2,5 Million Euro in Northern Italy.
We intend to give continuity to your business, taking a direct management role, with commitment to the preservation of your legacy.
Our sole purpose is to operate and grow a single business. Thus, we commit all our effort to ensure it’s long term success and preserve your legacy for the benefit of your customers, employees, and community.
Differences between other potential buyers and Quaero SRF:
| Quaero SRF | Private Equity | Your Competitors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your Company | 100% of our focus and effort | One small piece of a much larger portfolio | Reducing competition |
| Daily Task | Growing your business and keep your legacy | Finding a new deal and exiting from past acquisitions | Integration and merging cutting cost |
| Source of Investment | Committed entrepreneurs, executives and investors | Institutions, other funds, pension funds | Public and/or private investors, cash flow |
| Goals | Grow top line, improve operations based on learned experience | Cost cutting leverage, sell the company at a profit | Absorb your business |
| Time Horizon | Long-term | 3-5 years | Long-term unless their goal is to eliminate a competitor |
Our investment criteria is simple and up front.
Quaero SRF is looking for a business with the following criteria. We recognize that every business is different, the criteria outlined below is guiding our search.
We are also interested in businesses for sale with brokers or other intermediaries’ mandates.
• Manufacturing Industry
• Fragmented Industry
• Straightforward Industrial Operation
• Growing Industry
• Sustainable profit margin. More than 8% EBITDA margin
• EBITDA: 1,5 to 2,5 Million Euro
• Recurring revenue model
• History of cashflow generation
• Generational transition
• Solid middle management
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