We buy and grow founder-owned businesses.
Loop Work Capital partners with owners of established service businesses who are thinking about a sale, a partial sale or a succession plan. We keep what works, back the team and help the company grow, through add-on acquisitions and AI workflow automation.
- Testing, inspection and compliance
- Field and facility services
- Technical and professional services
- Outsourced business services
- Legal services
Who we work with
Owners, their advisors and the investors beside us
Thinking about what's next
A sale, a partial sale or a succession plan. You choose your role, and you can keep a stake in what we build.
How we work with ownersA company that fits
Bring us founder-owned service businesses in our range. We give straight answers on fit and value early.
See our criteriaInvesting alongside independent sponsors
Family offices and private investors who want to own good businesses for a long time.
How we work with capital partnersApproach
Why an independent sponsor
We are not a fund on a clock. We invest with capital from family offices and private investors, and we stay involved after we close.
That lets us fit the structure to what you want, not to a fund's timeline. We buy good businesses first, put an experienced operator in charge, and grow them through add-on acquisitions and better tools for the team.
Criteria
What we look for
If your business looks like this, we'd like to hear from you.
of EBITDA
of EBITDA, for companies that join one we already own
typical range
based in the US
that customers buy again and again
and a reputation worth keeping
Focus
Where we're looking
Business and industrial services, mostly. A few of the areas we spend time in:
Testing, inspection and compliance
Inspection, testing and certification work that customers have to get done.
Field and facility services
Generators, doors and docks, building systems and other repair and maintenance work.
Technical and professional services
Surveying, engineering and similar licensed, project-based work.
Outsourced business services
Payroll, benefits administration, claims and other back-office work for small and mid-sized companies.
Legal services
Management services for law firms - intake, marketing, case operations and technology. The lawyers keep ownership of the practice and every legal decision.
AI workflow transformation
Good businesses first. Then we put AI to work.
We buy companies that would be worth owning without an AI story. After we close, we build AI into the daily work, alongside the people who already run it.
Lower cost to serve
In most companies we meet, quoting, scheduling, dispatch, intake, billing and reporting still take hours of manual work every week. Automating that work lets the same team handle more.
A better business
Better pricing on every quote, faster answers for customers, inventory and routes planned from real data, and more leads turned into customers. Where field work allows, drones, sensors and computer vision take on the routine visits.
Where it shows up
- Quoting and pricing
- Scheduling and dispatch
- Customer intake
- Billing and collections
- Inventory and routing
- Reporting
- We start with the data. We look at what the business already captures before we promise anything.
- A small, senior team. Your operators paired with a few experienced AI and data engineers, not a large consulting crew.
- Change management from day one. Building the tools is the quick part. Getting the team to use them is the real work, and we plan for it before we close.
For owners
How we work with owners
- You choose your role. Stay on and keep running the business, or step back on a plan we build together, with an experienced operator we recruit as CEO.
- You can keep a stake. Roll part of your equity into the new company and share in what we build next.
- Your name, your people and your customers stay. We add to the business. We don't take it apart.
- Straight answers early. We'll tell you how we think about value, and whether it's a fit, before you spend much time on diligence.
- Better tools for your team. We bring in AI and workflow automation for scheduling, billing and back-office work, so your people spend more time with customers and less on paperwork.
How it works
A confidential call
30 minutes on your business and what you want next.
A first look at the numbers
A few years of financials, then an indication of value and structure.
Letter of intent, diligence, close
A clear timeline agreed up front, with your advisors involved throughout.
Questions owners ask
What is an independent sponsor?
An investor who buys and grows companies without a traditional fund behind it. Our capital comes from family offices and private investors, so there is no fund deadline pushing a quick resale.
Do I have to step away after a sale?
No. Some owners stay and keep running the business. Others step back on a plan we build together, with an experienced operator we recruit as CEO.
What happens to my employees and customers?
They stay. We buy a business for what it already does well, and we add to it.
Is our conversation confidential?
Yes. Every conversation is confidential, and we're glad to sign an NDA before you share numbers.
Capital partners
Investing alongside us
We work with family offices and private investors who invest alongside independent sponsors and want to own good businesses for a long time.
- The full picture early. How we think about value, the risks we see and our plan for the company.
- A sponsor who stays involved. We work alongside the operator CEO after we close, not just at the closing table.
- Plain, regular updates. Clear reporting on how each company is doing.
Team
Who you'll work with
Ben Chideckel
Partner, Loop Work Capital
Ben has spent his career investing in private companies, from founder-owned businesses to some of the largest consumer brands in the US.
Before Loop Work Capital
- Blackstone
- 3G Capital
- L Catterton
MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business. BS in Economics, The Wharton School.
LinkedInSourcing and M&A
Partners who run outreach to owners, brokers and bankers, and lead each acquisition from first call to close.
AI and data
A small, senior team of AI and data engineers who lead data diligence before we buy and build the tools after we close.
Operating leadership
An experienced operator we recruit as CEO of each platform, working with the team that built the business.
Let's talk
If you own a business and are thinking about what's next, you're a broker or banker with a company that fits, or you invest alongside independent sponsors, email us. Every conversation is confidential.
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