Private industrial investment
Built to hold.Capital for essential industry.
Shorepost Capital parters with and holds industrial companies delivering critical services and manufacturing capabilities.
Approach
How we work with founders and family-owned companies.
Stewardship
We become good custodians of the acquired businesses. The name stays, the people stay, and the work continues the way the owner built it to work.
Value creation
Shorepost focuses on adding value by providing more resources and building a long term growth plan alongside management.
Continuous improvement
Small gains, compounded. We invest in the people, equipment, and systems that make the work a little better every day.
Flexibility on structure
A full sale, a majority partnership, or a minority position. The structure follows what the owner and the business need.
Investment focus
Essential industrial services, across the United States.
These are some of the areas where we invest. The common thread matters more than the category.
Infrastructure and utility services
Maintenance, inspection, and field services supporting electric, gas, water, and communications infrastructure.
Industrial technology
Software, instrumentation, and technical products that keep industrial operations running and measurable.
Construction and specialty trades
Contractors and trade businesses serving commercial, industrial, and municipal customers.
Industrial manufacturing
Makers of components, equipment, and materials with lasting demand and real switching costs.
Facility maintenance
Recurring mechanical, electrical, and site services that keep buildings and plants working.
Other critical services
Businesses that share the same character: necessary work, recurring demand, and a reputation earned over years.
What we look for
Durable companies that provide reliable services and products.
- EBITDA: unprofitable to $10 million
- Enterprise value: up to $50 million
- Essential services with recurring demand through every cycle
- Established operations with tenured field teams and real reputations
- Owners planning a transition, or seeking a long term partner
- Businesses rooted in their region across the United States
- Steady end markets in infrastructure, utilities, and the built environment
- Management that intends to stay and keep building
About
Ownership, taken personally.
We run a focused portfolio, know every business in it, and measure our work in years rather than quarters. Good ownership is a practice: showing up, backing the team, and making decisions founders would recognize.
Shorepost Capital is a private investment firm based in South Florida. We acquire essential industrial businesses and hold them for the long term, with respect for what the founder built and for the people who run it every day.
If you own a business in our focus areas, we would like to hear from you.
A first conversation is confidential and carries no obligation.